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FCPS Athletic Training Program

Research Opportunities

The FCPS Athletic Training Program (ATP) has developed into a nationally recognized organization for data collection related to adolescent athletic injuries. Over the past several years, the ATP has worked with a variety of research partners including Johns Hopkins University, The University of Virginia, and The US Lacrosse Foundation, National Rehabilitation Hospital, Union Memorial Hospital, MedStar Health Research Institute Department of Defense and private companies. We invite local physicians and researchers with an interest in adolescent injury research to contact the FCPS ATP Administrator for more information on potential research opportunities.

FCPS ATP Statistics:

  • Over 25,000 athletes participate each year.
  • 27 sports featuring 50 teams.
  • Two Virginia Board of Medicine licensed certified athletic trainers in each of the 25 high and secondary schools within FCPS providing daily comprehensive athletic healthcare to all student athletes.
  • Computerized record keeping system tracks each problem, injury and treatment provided by an on-site certified athletic trainers.
  • Athletic participation rules support all injuries be brought to the attention of the certified athletic training staff.
  • On-site research coordinator in place.
  • Tracking of athlete demographics available over 4 years.
  • Record keeping system may be modified to incorporate specific research project requirements.
  • 10 years of cumulative data representing over 15 million athlete exposures.

For more information, please contact:
Jon Almquist, ATC VATL
Administrator, FCPS Athletic Training Program
8115 Gatehouse Road, Suite 5100
Falls Church, VA 22042
571 423-1264 or email: Jon.Almquist@fcps.edu