Press Releases Archive

NATA and Datalys Center in Indianapolis to conduct three-year study on high school student athletes

DALLAS AND INDIANAPOLIS, September 8, 2010 – An estimated 7.2 million secondary school students in the U.S. participate in organized sports that result in approximately 2 million injuries each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The National Athletic Trainers’ Association Education & Research Foundation and Datalys Center for Sports Injury Research and…
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Athletic Trainers Provide High Return On Investment In Today’s Workplace

DALLAS, Texas, November 4, 2014 – In recognition of Allied Health Professions Week (November 2-8), the National Athletic Trainers’ Association sheds new light on the occupational health environment and the financial benefits to employers who have athletic training programs on-site. With the ever increasing demand on output and return on investment in today’s workplace, employ…
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NATA Welcomes New Board Members

DALLAS, May 18, 2011 – During its 62nd Annual Meeting & Clinical Symposia, the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) will formally welcome Michael Goldenberg, MS, ATC, and D. Eric McDonnell, MEd, ATC, to its board of directors. NATA’s annual meeting will take place June 19 to 22 at the Ernest J. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. Goldenberg succeeds NATA’…
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Implementing Health and Safety Policy Changes at the High School Level: New Guidelines Published Online in Journal of Athletic Training

INDIANAPOLIS, March 22, 2016 – At the second Collaborative Solutions for Safety in Sport press conference today, new recommendations, “Implementing Health and Safety Policy Changes at the High School Level from a Leadership Perspective,” were released to an audience of sports and health care professionals. The national event was held at NCAA headquarters and hosted by the National Athletic Trainer…
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NATA Welcomes Newest Preferred Provider GO4ELLIS APP Designed to Improve Health Care for Youth Athletes

DALLAS – The National Athletic Trainers’ Association announced a new members-only platform that will make it easier to connect athletic trainers with per diem opportunities at youth sporting events. Go4Ellis, NATA’s newest Preferred Provider approved in December by the board of directors, is a mobile platform that allows event operators or anyone looking for an athletic trainer to provid…
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NATA Announces New Vice President and Secretary/Treasurer

DALLAS – The National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) has announced that two current board members will take on new leadership roles. The board of directors elected Marisa Brunett, MS, ATC, LAT, as vice president, and Chris Hall, MA, ATC, LAT, was appointed by President Tory Lindley, MA, ATC, to the position of secretary/treasurer . Brunett replaces Lindley, whose presidential term began Jun…
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Bigger Than Sports: Athletic Trainers Urge Compliance To Covid-19 Preparedness And Safety Protocols By College And University Student Athletes, Coaches And Staff To Protect Public Health

BIGGER THAN SPORTS: ATHLETIC TRAINERS URGE COMPLIANCE TO COVID-19 PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS BY COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY STUDENT ATHLETES, COACHES AND STAFF TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH Survey Finds that Less Than Half of Collegiate Student Athletes and Sports Staff are Fully Compliant With COVID-19 Safety Protocols DALLAS, TX – A survey conducted by National Athletic Trainers’ …
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Extensive Study on Concussions in Youth Sports Finds 'Culture of Resistance' for Self-Reporting Injury: NATA and NATA Foundation participated in and provided funding

Date: Oct. 30, 2013 Extensive Study on Concussions in Youth Sports Finds 'Culture of Resistance' for Self-Reporting Injury; Not Enough Evidence to Support Claim That Helmets Reduce Concussion Risk WASHINGTON -- Young athletes in the U.S. face a "culture of resistance" to reporting when they might have a concussion and to complying with treatment plans, which could end…
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New Research Suggests Hormones Put Females at Higher Risk of ACL Injury

DALLAS (December 4, 2001) - A new study commissioned by the National Athletic Trainers' Association Research and Education Foundation found that gender specific differences account for the high occurrence of ACL injuries in females. Results of the study were presented at the NATA Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposia in June and an abstract was recently published in the Journal of Athletic Training…
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Athletic Trainers and Congress Create ATEAM

DALLAS, August 2, 2011 – Today Rep. Edolphus “Ed” Towns (N.Y.-10) introduced the Athletic Trainers’ Equal Access to Medicare Act of 2011 (ATEAM) (HR 2785) into the U.S. House of Representatives. The Act will ensure that Medicare beneficiaries have better access to quality health care provided by state licensed or certified athletic trainers. Prior to a 2004 Centers fo…
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