Self-reported comfort of collegiate athletes with injury and condition care by same-sex and opposite-sex athletic trainers

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 106-112

  Drummond, Jan L ^a   Hostetter, Karen ^b   Laguna, Patricia L ^c   Gillentine, Andy ^d   Del Rossi, Gianluca ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Comfort level; Opposite sex health care; Same sex health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT INJURY; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 34249995407     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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