Athletic Trainers (also known as Athletic Trainer, Trainer, Athletic): Health care professionals who render service or treatment, under the direction of or in collaboration with a physician, in accordance with their education and training and State statutes, rules and regulations. Services provided are related to injur

NIH MeSH · D000098303Named Groups

Athletic Trainers

Also known asAthletic Trainer · Trainer, Athletic · Trainers, Athletic

Definition

Health care professionals who render service or treatment, under the direction of or in collaboration with a physician, in accordance with their education and training and State statutes, rules and regulations. Services provided are related to injury and illness prevention, wellness promotion and education, emergent care, examination and clinical diagnosis, therapeutic intervention, and rehabilitation of injuries and medical conditions. (from https://www.bocatc.org/)

MeSH classification

  • M01.526.485.067.060
  • N02.360.067.060

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Common questions about Athletic Trainers

What does Athletic Trainers mean in medicine?
Health care professionals who render service or treatment, under the direction of or in collaboration with a physician, in accordance with their education and training and State statutes, rules and regulations. Services provided are related to injury and illness prevention, wellness promotion and education, emergent care, examination and clinical diagnosis, therapeutic intervention, and rehabilitation of injuries and medical conditions. (from https://www.bocatc.org/) This definition is taken from the National Library of Medicine's MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) 2026 release, which is the standard vocabulary used to index PubMed and most medical literature.
Is Athletic Trainers known by any other names?
Yes. Athletic Trainers is also referred to as Athletic Trainer, Trainer, Athletic, Trainers, Athletic in different clinical, research and patient-facing contexts. The MeSH descriptor groups all of these synonyms under a single canonical concept so research and records stay consistent.
Where does Athletic Trainers sit in the medical classification?
Athletic Trainers falls under the broader medical category "Named Groups" in the MeSH hierarchy (tree numbers: M01.526.485.067.060, N02.360.067.060). Browsing the related concepts on this page takes you to neighbouring topics in the same branch of medicine.
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Source: NIH MeSH 2026 (D000098303) — National Library of Medicine, public domain. View official MeSH record ↗