Medical Knowledge
Knowledge Area
The Settings and Activities in Which Fellows Will Demonstrate Expertise in Their Knowledge of the Areas Listed Below:
- Anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics of exercise
- Basic nutritional principles and their application to exercise
- Psychological aspects of exercise, performance, and competition
- Guidelines for appropriate history-taking and physical evaluation prior to participation in exercise and sport
- Physical conditioning requirements for various exercise related activities and sports
- Special considerations related to age, gender, and disability
- Pathology and pathophysiology of illness and injury as they relate to exercise
- Effects of disease on exercise and the use of exercise in the care of medical and musculoskeletal problems
- Prevention, evaluation, and management, and rehabilitation of injuries and sports-related illnesses
- Clinical pharmacology relevant to sports medicine and the effects of therapeutic, performance-enhancing, and mood-altering drugs
- Promotion of physical fitness and healthy lifestyles
- Ethical principles as applied to exercise and sports
- Medicolegal aspects of exercise and sports
- Environmental aspects of exercise and sports
- Growth and development related to exercise
- The role of exercise in maintaining the health and function of the elderly
- Exercise programs in school-age children
- Basic principles of sports ultrasound, and the sonographic appearance of normal and pathologic adipose, fascia, muscle, tendon, bone, cartilage, joint, vasculature, and nerves