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    Scapular Stabilizer Force Output Measurements in Collegiate Softball Players Over the Course of Fall, Non-traditional Season

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    Please enjoy Volume 6, Issue 1 of the JSMAHS. In this issue, you will find Professional, Graduate, and Undergraduate research abstracts, and case reports. Thank you for viewing this 6th Annual OATA Special Edition

    The Perceptions of NSAID Use among One Midwestern DIII Athletic Department

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    NSAIDs are commonly used among athletes for a variety of reasons. The purpose of this research is to gain insight on Division III athletes’view and opinions of NSAIDs. A survey was developed incorporating the Theory of Planned Behavior and distributed to all winter and spring athletic teams of one Midwestern Dill University. By utilizing the Theory of Planned Behavior, this study found attitude toward behavior as the strongest predictor of behavioral intention (p \u3c .001), while both Perceived Behavioral control (p \u3c .001) and Intention (p \u3c .001) were statistically significant predictors of behavior. Another finding from the study was that athletes perceived less than 25% of their teammates as taking NSAIDs. Displaying the importance of an athlete s own personal values and opinions of NSAID use was the strongest predictor of intentions. Further assessment should include more athletes to get a better representation of the athletic department

    Athletic Training Education Reform

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    Athletic Training Education Programs are in the midst of major clinical and educational reforms following the release of the Strategic Alliance Degree Statement under the direction of the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE). Athletic Training has historically been a bachelor’s-level entry degree. The new degree standards under CAATE will make the profession a master’s-level entry degree. Limited research exists on how the Strategic Alliance Degree Statement and the transition of the degree will affect the profession of Athletic Training in the short or long term due to the limited number of programs who have already completed the transition. In response to this, a 17 question web-based survey was distributed to Athletic Training Program Directors and Clinical Education Coordinators throughout the state of Ohio to assess their individual and institutional responses to the mandatory program transition and reform efforts. Results of the survey reflected the division of perspectives on the benefits and short-comings of such educational reform. A total of twelve institutions throughout the state of Ohio were represented in the responses. Roughly 56% of the respondents thought the transition would overall benefit the profession while the other 43% regarded it as harmful to the profession, partially on the account of so many programs being eliminated due to the combination of financial costs of the transition and low-enrollment rates. Financial cost was a frequently cited concern in the potential success of the transition, with 24% of respondents estimating costs of $30,000 or more in order to support a transition of bachelor’s programs to master’s entry-level programs
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