Musculoskeletal Trauma: Implications for Spine Injury Management. This item is unavailable.Musculoskeletal Trauma: Implications for Spine Injury Management

A foundation book on sports injury management with application to musculoskeletal injuries, representing primary clinical concerns for clinicians dealing with sports injuries. The content is not injury or modality specific, but focuses on planning a sequential treatment program for soft tissue injuries, fractures and proprioceptive/sensorimotor impairments without the redundancy of the same therapeutic interventions to different tissue types.

Gary Delforge, EdD, ATC, draws from more than 40 years of experience as a certified athletic trainer and educator. Most recently, he served as director of the sports health care department at the Arizona School of Health Sciences, a division of Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he developed an NATA-accredited master's degree program in athletic training. For 32 years he was associated with the University of Arizona, where he served for 7 years as head athletic trainer before devoting his time to curriculum development and teaching in athletic training.

As an active member of the NATA for many years, Dr. Delforge chaired the NATA Professional Education Committee and served as a member of the NATA board of directors. He is also a recipient of the Sayers "Bud" Miller Distinguished Athletic Training Educator award and a member of the NATA Hall of Fame.

He has written many journal articles and book chapters and presented frequently at national and regional meetings. Dr. Delforge earned his EdD in rehabilitation administration at the University of Arizona and a master's degree in health, physical education, and recreation at Kent State University.