@article{ref1,
title="Sport injuries and level of anxiety in soccer players",
journal="Medicina clinica",
year="1998",
author="García, A. P. and Aragües, G. M.",
volume="111",
number="2",
pages="45-48",
abstract="BACKGROUND: To study the relationship between psychological factors such as the anxiety trait and the possibility of suffering a sports injury in soccer players. SUBJECTS AND METHOD: In this study we analysed a sample of 149 males soccer players using a classic statistical analysis of case-control design studies, the relationship between the &quot;sports injury&quot; effect and the theoretical risk indicator of &quot;the anxiety trait&quot; measured using the Sixteen Personality Factors (16PF). RESULTS: It was found that there is indeed a relationship (odds ratio [OR] = 3.4; CI 95%; 1.03-11.4) between high levels in the anxiety trait and a proneness to suffering injuries, however, apart from confirming this idea which has been put forward by several authors, our results suggested that a very high or very low anxiety trait score favours the possibility of suffering an injury (OR = 3.2; CI 95%: 1.4-7.5). CONCLUSIONS: In soccer players to minimize the risk of sports injuries an optimum anxiety trait score is important as extreme scores, whether these are high or low, are associated with a greater risk of suffering injuries. Thus, if this individual characteristic is known, then it is possible to identify those persons who are predisposed to suffering sport injuries.<p /><p>Language: es</p>",
language="es",
issn="0025-7753",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}