Glossary of Sports Medicine Terminology - Index

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A |B | C |D | E |F | G |H | I |J | K |L | M |N | O |P | Q |R | S |T | U |V | W-Z |

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W

Wheezing: A whistling noise in the chest which occurs during breathing when the airways are compressed.

Whirlpool: Water bath in which the water is propelled by air to produce a massaging therapeutic action.

"Wind Knocked Out": Syndrome describing a contraction of the abdominal nerve trunk, the solar plexus, as a result of an abdominal contusion.

Wrist: The junction between the two forearm bones (radius and ulna) and the eight wrist bones (trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate, pisiform, triquetral, lunate and scaphoid).

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Z

Zygoma: The cheekbone.

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