Introduction

Question 1

5 types of injuries (“How are we injured?”)

Answer 1

• High load
• Repetitive load
• Sustained load
• Sudden unguarded movement
• Normal activity coupled with a failure of segmental coordination

Question 2

3 basic types of loads

Answer 2

• Tensile
• Compressive
• Shear (most often culprit to injury)

Question 3

Factors that alter how a viscoelastic material will deform

Answer 3

• Rate of loading
• Speed of loading
• Quantity of loading
• Duration of loading