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Citation

Arvinen-Barrow M, Massey WV, Hemmings B. J. Athl. Train. 2014; 49(6): 764-772.

Affiliation

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, National Athletic Trainers' Association (USA))

DOI

10.4085/1062-6050-49.3.44

PMID

25243737

Abstract

Context :  Research from the sport medicine professional's (SMP's) perspective indicates that SMPs are often required to address psychosocial aspects of injuries during treatment. However, only a few authors have investigated injured athletes' experiences with these concerns.

OBJECTIVE :  To explore injured professional athletes' views on the role of SMPs in the psychosocial aspects of sport-injury rehabilitation. Design :  Qualitative study. Setting :  Professional association football and rugby union clubs. Patients or Other Participants :  Ten professional, male football (n = 4; 40%) and rugby union (n = 6; 60%) players (age = 22.4 ± 3.4 years). Data Collection and Analysis :  We collected data using a semistructured interview guide, and the data were then transcribed and analyzed following the interpretative phenomenological analysis guidelines. We peer-reviewed and triangulated the established emergent themes to establish trustworthiness.

RESULTS :  Athletes in our study viewed injuries as "part and parcel" of their sports. Despite normalizing sport injuries, athletes reported frequent feelings of frustration and self-doubt throughout the rehabilitation process. However, athletes' perceived the role of SMPs in injury rehabilitation as addressing physical concerns; any intervention aimed at psychosocial outcomes (eg, motivation, confidence) needed to be subtle and indirect.

CONCLUSIONS :  The SMPs working with injured athletes need to understand the psychosocial principles that underpin athletes' sport-injury process and the effect psychosocial reactions can have on athletes. Moreover, SMPs must understand the self-regulatory processes that may take place throughout injury rehabilitation and be able to apply psychological principles in natural and subtle ways to aid athletes' self-regulatory abilities.


Language: en

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