Expected roles of athletic trainers among secondary school students

Abstract

The present study aimed to clarify the expected roles of athletic trainers among secondary school students. Athletic trainers’ roles with seven categories have been defined by the Japan Sports Association. A self-administered questionnaire survey was administered to 283 students who attended a two-hour sports medicine lecture by Hamamatsu University School of Medicine in 2018. Among high school students, rehabilitation (81.0%), measurement and evaluation (81.0%), and health care and organization management (81.0%) were the highly expected roles of an athletic trainer for boys, and first-aid treatment (71.3%) and conditioning (70.7%) were the highly expected roles for girls. Among junior high school students, athletic rehabilitation (58.1%) and conditioning (58.6%) were the highly expected roles of an athletic trainer for boys, and first-aid treatment (51.1%) and conditioning (49.6%) were the highly expected roles for girls.