1. Injury Evaluation HOPS

2. Injury Evaluation HOPS
Students Will be able to:
Define HOPS
Describe the injury evaluation process

3. Injury Evaluation HOPS
Who has tried to put something together ?
Was it ----
Easy, or
Frustrating

4. Injury Evaluation HOPS
What would make your task of putting something together, easier?

5. Injury Evaluation HOPS
Having organized instructions:
Will assist you how?

6. Injury Evaluation HOPS
Eliminates some of the frustration
Speeds up the process
Ensures that the end product will be successfully achieved.

7. Injury Evaluation HOPS
To correctly evaluate an athlete’s injury, you need to follow an organized process .

8. Injury Evaluation HOPS
An organized process of determining the type and severity of an injury

9. Injury Evaluation HOPS
HOPS: A system of injury evaluation based on History, Observation, Palpation Stress Tests

10. Injury Evaluation HOPS
History:
a series of questions asked to determine the nature and location of the injury

11. Injury Evaluation HOPS
History:
Based on subjective findings
Volunteer to write on board Hx questions to ask athlete
How did injury happen? (mechanism)
When did it happen?
Acute or chronic
Have you ever injured the same area before?
Previous injury
What did you feel or hear?
What type of pain do you have? Location?

12. Injury Evaluation HOPS
Observation:
Based on objective findings.
Volunteer to write on board Observations on might find with an injury
Observe how athlete holds injured area.
Observe gait
Compare Bi-Laterally
Always check the uninvolved side first
Swelling
Deformity
Discoloration
Atrophy
ROM

13. Injury Evaluation HOPS
Palpation:
Hands on approach
Volunteer to write on board what you are palpating for.
Tenderness to palpation (TTP) at:
Bones
Ligaments
Tendon
Muscles
Deformities
Spasms
Change in Temperature

14. Injury Evaluation HOPS
Stress Tests:
Specific tests done for specific areas
Range of Motion ROM AROM / PROM Special tests for specific structures Muscle Testing Functional Activities Sport Specific Activities

15. Injury Evaluation HOPS
Handout: HOPS Worksheet