Physical Education A-Level
Acute injury
What Acute injury means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Acute injury
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Reference: AQA
An injury that arises from a sudden, single traumatic episode rather than repeated cumulative loading, so signs appear immediately.
Topics that use Acute injury
- Injury prevention and the rehabilitation of injury (AQA A-Level)
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