@article{ref1,
title="Role of sport medicine professionals in addressing psychosocial aspects of sport-injury rehabilitation: professional athletes' views",
journal="Journal of athletic training",
year="2014",
author="Arvinen-Barrow, Monna and Massey, William V. and Hemmings, Brian",
volume="49",
number="6",
pages="764-772",
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. <br><br>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. <br><br>RESULTS :  Athletes in our study viewed injuries as &quot;part and parcel&quot; 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. <br><br>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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1062-6050",
doi="10.4085/1062-6050-49.3.44",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4085/1062-6050-49.3.44"
}