Call for Case Study Abstracts authored by athletic training students.  The student authors of the top four abstracts will be chosen to present at the 20^th Annual SEATA Athletic Training Student Workshop in Atlanta, GA, Feb 11-12, 2005.  A faculty or staff person from the institution of the student submitting the abstract must be a co-author.

The winner of the 1^st place abstract will also be asked to prepare case study manuscript that will be published in Athletic Therapy Today.

Deadline: Due electronically January 1, 2005

Content: Clinical Case Report abstracts provide for the presentation of unique individual athletic injury cases of general interest to the NATA membership.

Instructions for Submission: E-mail to Brian-Bogdanowicz@utc.edu

Each abstract must have the following format:

• Submitted via e-mail as an attached WORD document

• Use a regular font no smaller than 12

• A title at the top of the first page.  The title should not contain information that may reveal the identity of the individual or the specific nature of the medical problem to the reader.

• Include the names of all authors under the title (The student author must be listed first.  Enter the last name, and then the initials (without periods), followed by a comma, and continue with the others ending with a colon.

• On the same line following the colon after the names of the authors, indicate the name of the institution (including the city and state) where the research was conducted.

• Double space and begin entering the body of the abstract flush left with no indentations.  The text must include the headings from each of the content areas.  Do not justify the right margin.  Do not include tables or figures.  A minimum of one paragraph should be presented for each of the following required content areas:

1. Personal Data/Pertinent Medical History (age, sex, sport and/or occupation of the individual, primary complaint, and pertinent aspects of his/her medical history)

2. Physical Signs and Symptoms (a brief summary of the physical findings)

3. Differential Diagnosis (array of possible injuries)

4. Results of diagnostic Imaging/Laboratory Tests

5. Clinical Course (e.g., diagnosis, treatment, surgical technique, rehabilitation program, final outcome)

6. Deviation from the Expected (a brief description of what makes this case unique)

•  The body of the clinical case report abstract must not exceed 700 words.

Brian Bogdanowicz, MS, ATC
Editorial Assistant
Athletic Therapy Today
Director of Clinical Education
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga http://www.utc.edu/~gatp
423-425-1733