Preface

Several objectives were established for the second edition of Orthopedic Taping, Wrapping, Bracing, & Padding. The first objective was to continue the comprehensive presentation of taping, wrapping, bracing, and padding techniques. The second objective was to improve the visual presentation of the material and techniques through enhanced color photographs and multicolor pages and borders. The third objective was to provide additional resources for instructors and students to assist with the organization, presentation, and skill development of the techniques while accommodating various teaching and learning strategies. I believe that these objectives were achieved and supplemented with numerous suggestions from reviewers and students who had previous experience with the first edition.

The overall goal of Orthopedic Taping, Wrapping, Bracing, & Padding is to facilitate learning of the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective skills required to effectively tape, wrap, brace, and pad patients and clients. The book is intended for entry-level undergraduate and graduate athletic training students, practicing athletic trainers, and other health care professionals responsible for technique application. Among students, the text is designed to first be used in the didactic setting, then taken to the clinical setting for practice and skill development. The all-inclusive, step-by-step technique focus of the text requires that students possess a general knowledge of anatomy, biomechanics, injury evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation. This general knowledge can be obtained through either prerequisite or concurrent courses in an education program. The material in the text covers the Board of Certification’s Role Delineation Study and the National Athletic Trainers’ Association’s Educational Competencies related to taping, wrapping, bracing, and padding. Among practicing athletic trainers and other health care professionals, the text can serve as a practical resource guide.

While much of the second edition remains the same as the first, key revisions, updates, and additions have been made to support the overall goal of the text. Chapter 1 introduces tapes, wraps, braces, and pads and includes types, objectives, and recommendations for application. Chapter 2 provides information on current and long-range needs and structural considerations of the application area. Chapter 3 includes the foot and toes; Chapter 4, the ankle; Chapter 5, the lower leg; Chapter 6, the knee; Chapter 7, the thigh, hip, and pelvis; Chapter 8, the shoulder and upper arm; Chapter 9, the elbow and forearm; Chapter 10, the wrist; Chapter 11, the hand, fingers, and thumb; and Chapter 12, the thorax, abdomen, and spine. These chapters begin with a general review of injuries and conditions that are common to the body region(s). Next, the chapters present step-by-step taping, wrapping, bracing, and padding techniques used in the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of these injuries and conditions. Chapter 13 discusses liability issues, standards and testing, and construction and application of NCAA and NFHS mandatory and standard equipment and padding.

New and expanded pedagogical features are used throughout the text to enhance the material, to assist the reader in developing critical thinking skills, and to further explain the use and application of the techniques.

Chapters 3 through 12 contain a brief discussion of common injuries and conditions for the particular body region. This feature allows readers to further develop an understanding of the purpose of the technique for each injury and condition

New color photography in each chapter plays an integral role in the presentation and learning of the techniques. The enhanced photographs are arranged to provide the reader with visual representation of the specific instructions for each technique step. New color line drawings illustrate the basic anatomy of each body region to assist the reader in developing an understanding of the purpose and effect of each technique on bone and soft tissue.

Anatomical structures and positions, injuries and conditions, and important terms are boldfaced to assist readers in recognizing key words.

Helpful hints, identified by the icon below, provide quick tips and other “tricks of the trade” to assist in technique application.

Revised and updated research brief boxes offer evidencebased information on the techniques. The addition of meta-analyses and systematic reviews strengthen the findings in determining the effectiveness of the techniques.

IF/THEN boxes guide the student in choosing the most appropriate technique in a given situation.

Revised details boxes offer additional information on technique origin, construction, and application.

Critical thinking boxes are located throughout each chapter to allow the reader the opportunity to critically synthesize technique use and application. Answers to the questions are provided at DavisPlus, http://davisplus.fadavis.com/index.cfm.

Case studies promote critical thinking and allow the reader the opportunity to select appropriate techniques within an actual injury prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation protocol. Answers to the questions are provided at DavisPlus, http://davisplus.fadavis.com/index.cfm.

The wrap-up summarizes the most important content of each chapter.

Revised and updated web references provide resources for supplemental information on the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries and conditions, online journals, surgical procedures, photographs, and other educational materials.

Expanded further reading provides additional information for in-depth examination of selected topics.

Each chapter contains a list of cited references to give both the reader and instructor the opportunity to locate additional information.

Key words from each chapter are located at the end of the text.

The index allows for cross-referencing to locate specific techniques and information within the chapters.

DavisPlus is a new feature with online resources available to instructors and students at http://davisplus.fadavis.com/index.cfm.

• DavisPlus resources, identified by the icon , are located throughout the chapters and contain additional taping, wrapping, bracing, and padding techniques with complete steps for application. A list of each chapter’s techniques is located following the chapter Wrap-Up.

• PowerPoint presentations for each chapter.

• A video containing 21 common taping, wrapping, bracing, and padding techniques. Individual techniques contained in the video are identified by the icon to the right throughout the chapters.

• Instructor’s Guide containing an image bank, test bank, activities, syllabus, and lecture notes.

I wrote this text to provide athletic training students and health care professionals multiple taping, wrapping, bracing, and padding techniques and alternatives. Differences among patients and clients and their injuries and conditions, the skill and experience levels of health care professionals, material availability, and facility budgets and sizes require a diverse set of strategies in the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients and clients. I hope that after each has had the opportunity to read the text, both groups will develop the necessary skills to effectively use the techniques in the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries and conditions among patients and clients. I would appreciate any ideas or suggestions for the improvement of this text in future editions. Please feel free to contact me with your suggestions through F. A. Davis Company, my publisher, or directly.

—Joel W. Beam