Download or read book College Athletes Experiences with a Lower Body Re Injury A Phenomenological Investigation written by Samantha Holder and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author's abstract: Lower extremity injuries are the most common musculoskeletal sport injuries and are an inevitable risk to sport participation (Chalmers, 2002; Dane et al., 2004; Kay et al., 2017). When an athlete sustains an injury, fear of re-injury is a salient emotion many athletes experience (e.g., Disanti et al., 2018; Kvist et al., 2005; Lentz et al., 2015). Previous research has identified fear of re-injury as a risk factor to suffering a subsequent injury (e.g., An et al., 2019; Andersen & Williams, 1988; Paterno et al., 2018; Podlog et al., 2011; Tagesson & Kvist, 2016). Epidemiology studies have highlighted that re-injuries are of high prevalence (e.g., Gans et al., 2018; Paterno et al., 2012), and are associated with lower return-to-play rates compared to the first injury occurrence (e.g., Gans et al., 2018; Webster et al., 2019). However, there is a lack of research that has explored the psychological and emotional response to a re-injury. Therefore, this study used a phenomenological qualitative approach to understand eight college athletes’ perceptions and lived experiences in regard to the psychological response to a lower-body re-injury. Five major themes were identified: (a) prior experience and knowledge, (b) concerns, (c) motivation, (d) social support, and (e) coping strategies. It appears that the re-injury experience, while a difficult experience, has some advantages. The athlete is already familiar with the physical and mental hardships of the injury, allowing them to better cope and progress through the rehabilitation. However, the repetitiveness of repeating the same injury process and not being able to participate in their sport for an even longer time was difficult and frustrating. Despite these hardships, the athletes’ appeared to have a renewed motivation as they gained a new perspective of cherishing their sport more and were proud of themselves of overcoming the adversity of re-injury. The findings from this study can be applied by sport personnel (e.g., coaches, athletic trainers, sport psychology professionals) to improve the re-injury experience by providing quality social support. Practical implications and future research direction will also be discussed.
Download or read book Effect of the COVID 19 Pandemic on the Experiences of Post surgical NCAA Athletes During Return to Play Progressions written by Monique Marcelino and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus Disease 2019, COVID-19) pandemic has taken the lives of over a million people worldwide and has forced shutdowns, lock-ins, and isolation around the globe in attempt to stop the spread of the virus (Toresdahl & Asif, 2020; Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2022). Mental health has been affected in a multitude of ways for the general population due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Kim et al., 2019; Liang et al., 2020; Munk et al., 2020; Duncan et al., 2020). Those who attend college are at higher risk for more intense reactions, positive and negative, to all the changes happening with COVID-19 (Son et al., 2020; Lopez-Castro et al., 2021; Hong et al., 2021; Yang et al., 2021; Browning et al., 2021). Another population at high risk for more intense reactions to COVID-19 are athletes. Athletes of all levels had seasons end abruptly and were confined to their home. Having sport suddenly removed can cause an array of emotions for an athlete, and if an athlete sustained an injury which required surgery, mental health may further deteriorate due to the added effects of recovery. Previous investigators (Jones et al., 2020; Kilic et al., 2018; Koorevaar et al., 2016; McPherson et al., 2019; Nixon et al., 2019; O’Connor et al, 2020) have examined the effect of various injuries on mental health and the return to play process, but little to no studies have been conducted during a global pandemic. The experience of going through surgery during the COVID-19 time period should be addressed in collegiate athletes. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the experiences of post-surgical NCAA athletes during return to play progressions. This study used two questionnaires to obtain quantitative data as well as a semi-structured interview to obtain qualitative information which was then analyzed. Analysis for themes and sub-themes are to help professionals understand what the student-athletes went through to aid in trying to minimize the negative effect athletes may feel in future circumstances to ensure their safety and well-being. In addition, this research could help those who go through similar situations at different periods of time that are still stressful. It was hypothesized that the negative experiences would increase for athletes who had surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic, and secondarily, that the negative experiences of athletes would delay the return to play progression.
Download or read book Understanding the Career ending Injury written by Christina M. Rapp and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author's abstract: Injury is an unavoidable risk and many times a reality in the careers of competitive athletes. While the majority of these injuries will entail some form of rehabilitation followed by a return to play, severe injuries can ultimately end ones athletic career. For example, Kleiber, et al. (1987) discovered that the sole predictor of life satisfaction following an exit from sport was whether one had sustained a career-ending injury. Thus, the purpose of this research project was to qualitatively examine the experience of a career-ending injury through an existential phenomenological perspective. Because phenomenology aims to study how people describe their experiences, it is believed that this design can provide new insight into the athletic injury experience (Shelly, 1999). Data was transcribed and analyzed, and surfacing themes were identified in an attempt to describe the experience. Identified themes consisted of a) emotional response, b) changes, c) coping, and d) current state. These findings suggest that the experience of a career-ending injury may not yet be fully understood, however, support for prior injury research was also found.
Download or read book Experiences of Coping with Injury in Division I Athletes from Low to middle Socioeconomic Status Backgrounds written by Matthew P. Bejar and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Injuries inevitably occur in any sport at any level. The integrated sport injury model is one of the most extensive frameworks to address the psychological responses to athletic injury. While this model posits that socioeconomic status (SES) influences how an athlete cognitively, emotionally, and behaviorally responds to an injury, no research has substantiated this claim. Low SES individuals experience an exceptional amount of stress, which may complicate how they cope with a negative event. The coping strategies employed by an athlete can have major implications on rehabilitation adherence, recovery time, and psychosocial well-being. The purpose of this study was to qualitatively examine the experiences of low-to-middle SES athletes coping with injury. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I athletes who had sustained recent injuries that lasted at least four weeks. A thematic data analysis produced 73 raw data themes and 16 higher-order themes, which were organized into five general dimensions: cognitive appraisals, emotional reactions, problem-focused coping, emotion-focused coping, and avoidance coping. While many participants initially reacted with catastrophizing thoughts and negatively toned emotions, they employed mostly adaptive forms of coping, such as positive reframing and perseverance. Generally, coaches, athletic trainers, sport psychology professionals, and other individuals should be more cognizant of SES and other related identities when collaborating with injured athletes.
Download or read book The Lived Experience of Athletic Injury written by Greg A. Shelley and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lived Experience of the Collegiate Female Student athlete written by Kelsie Ann Patricia Saxe and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the lived experience of the collegiate female student-athlete. This population makes up approximately half of the 463,000 student-athletes competing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (Irick, 2013). Previous research has explored the benefits and drawbacks of women’s participation in sport and specific experiences within the female student-athlete experience. While research heavily encourages the adolescent girl’s participation in sports, there is conflicting research regarding the impact sport has on the experiences of female student-athletes at an elite level. LaFountaine (2007) found that female student-athletes are not thriving in relation to various aspects of holistic wellness. However, McLester, Hardin and Hoppe (2014) found that very few female student-athletes were susceptible to eating disorders and many had high levels of self-esteem and positive body image. Previous literature has explored the experiences of female student-athletes experiencing depression through a phenomenological perspective, however this whole population has not been explored using hermeneutic phenomenology (Jones et al., 2010; LaFountaine, 2007). The purpose of exploring this population through hermeneutic phenomenology is to gain a rich understanding of the experiences of collegiate female student-athletes so that administrators, coaches, and support staff can gain understanding of their experiences to guide their decisions and actions when leading this population. Participants were female student-athletes in their third or fourth year of eligibility at an NCAA, Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) institution. One in-depth, unstructured interview was conducted with each participant. Interviews were unstructured to allow the participant to direct the conversation and discuss aspects of her experience that seem most relevant to share. The transcripts were then analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) in which four themes emerged: transition blues, grinding it out, student-athlete bubble, and passing it on. Subthemes within these themes included: freshman year blues, senior year blues, injury, people leave, pressure, coaching issues, consuming, overwhelming support, my team, learning, and teaching. By examining the collegiate female student-athlete’s experience, athletic department staff can gain greater understanding of these experiences and better adapt to meet the needs of each student-athlete to enhance the experiences of this population.
Download or read book Exploring Injured Athletes Ratings of Social Support and Use of Coping Strategies as a Function of Injury Type and Gender Over the Course of Rehabilitation written by Shaine Eric Henert and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Impact of Serious Injury on the Competitive Athlete written by Lauren E. Miesel and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Abstract] This study of the impact of serious injury on the competitive athlete stemmed from the researcher's own experience in gymnastics. A review of the literature revealed no studies that explicitly sought descriptions from injured athletes that would illuminate the meaning and essential nature of the experience. A phenomenological research model was employed, involving ten athletes who had sustained serious injury. Data were collected through a series of open-ended interviews and were analyzed via phenomenological reduction and imaginative variation, resulting in distillation of fundamental structures and textures of the experience. The structural themes included disbelief, denial, frustration (anxiety), helplessness, separateness, and depression. It is notable that the majority of participants described an intuitive sense that something was "amiss" on the day of injury, prior to the accident. A distinction was high lighted between those who recovered fully and those who did not, the former developing a positive perspective about ultimate meanings, the latter developing a sustained sense of devastation and negative impact on their lives. Implications and applications of the study were explored, focusing on specific issues of enculturation in the areas of clinical treatment, educational practices and societal norms and expectations.
Download or read book An Exploration of Injured Collegiate Athletes Rehabilitation Experiences and Spiritual Health written by Justin Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Perceptions of the Psychological Rehabilitation of a Student athlete with an Injury in Sport at the NCAA Division I Level written by Hannah Bennett (Rita) and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author's abstract: How an athlete responds and recovers from an injury varies with each unique situation. One's reaction to their sport injury can be an influential determinant of their return to sport (Ahern & Lohr, 1997; Podlog & Eklund, 2005; Podlog & Eklund, 2009; Podlog, Lochbaum, & Stevens, 2009; Walker, Thatcher, & Lavallee, 2007). Those working directly with injured athletes are in a unique position to administer both physiological and psychological rehabilitation. Research has surfaced regarding the need of athletic trainers to also focus on the mental aspects of recovery (Barefield & McCallister, 1997; Gordon, S., Milios, D., & Grove, J.R., 1991; Grindley, E.J. & Zizzi, S.J., 2005). The objective of this narrative study is to focus and uncover the perceptions of coping with an injury among 4 NCAA Division I athletes and also the athletic trainers with whom they work. Interviews will be transcribed and a thematic structure of the lived experience of an injury will be revealed. With this investigative research, health and sport professionals will be able to approach both the mental and physical sides of rehabilitation.
Download or read book Injuries in Athletics Causes and Consequences written by Semyon M. Slobounov and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-06-17 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade, the scientific information on psychology of injury has increased considerably. Despite dramatic advances in physical education of coaches, field of medicine, athletic training, and physical therapy, the sport-related traumatic injuries is our major concern. Athletic injuries, both single and multiple, have a tendency to grow dramatically. Accordingly, prevention of sport-related injuries is a major challenge facing the sport medicine world today. The purpose of this book is to accumulate the latest development in psychological analyses, evaluation, and management of sport-related injuries, including traumatic brain injuries. No two traumatic injuries are alike in mechanism, symptoms, or symptoms resolution. There is still no agreement upon psychological diagnosis and there is no known comprehensive treatment for sport-related injuries for regaining pre-injury status. Physical symptoms resolution is not an indication of "psychological trauma" resolution.
Download or read book Psyche of the Injured Athlete written by Laura Miele and published by Skillbites. This book was released on 2021-02-28 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psyche of the Injured Athlete: the Unspoken Truths presents an intimate look at what happens to athletes who suffer a debilitating, sport career-ending injury. The athlete's identity, the sports family, the daily discipline and work to become an elite athlete are all gone. The psyche of the athlete is damaged, and there is little in place to help them find healing and wholeness. The author, Dr. Laura Miele, PhD, describes her own journey as an elite basketball player who suffered a back injury that ended her promising career and left her on the sidelines. She shares the utter devastation, the consultations with numerous medical professionals searching for a way to rehabilitate and continue to play, and the realization that she needed to move on from her dream. She is an expert in fitness, sports and recreation with a PhD in Sports Psychology, and she brings her understanding of athletic identity, sports injury rehabilitation, and career-ending injury to bear on the lack of mental health resources available to injured athletes and to those who care for them. This book is intended to help coaches, parents, medical practitioners, and the injured athletes themselves acknowledge the need for the body, mind and spirit all to be considered when evaluating the health and wellbeing of the injured athlete. The seven comprehensive chapters cover Miele's story, the role of sport in the identity of elite athletes, the loneliness and despair of an injured, depressed athlete, and finally her detailed solutions to help the injured athlete cope with and move beyond their injury, to transition out of sports and into a successful career and life. The insights from coaches and athletes sprinkled throughout the book corroborate and expand on the topics of athletics, injury, loss and recovery. Dr. Miele notes that athletes have everything they need to heal and move on if they are given the appropriate support. They are disciplined, they know how to work hard, and they are team players. With the right mental health resources and guidance, they can integrate their love of their sport into their life and come back strong. Whether you are a parent, coach, doctor or athlete, this book is a must read. Better analysis and treatment are critical to the mental health of elite athletes, and you owe it to yourself or the athlete you care for to better understand the psyche of the injured athlete.
Download or read book Coping with Injury and Daily Stressors in University Student Athletes written by Tiffany Rae Shepherd and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While recent research has generated a great deal of useful information about the nature of the stressors facing injured athletes and the coping strategies used during injury rehabilitation, few studies have examined the actual experiences of injured student athletes. This study sought to begin to address this gap in the literature by exploring the stress and coping experiences of injured student athletes over the course of their rehabilitation. Nine university student athletes with athletic injuries were recruited to complete fourteen consecutive weekly journal entries describing their stressors and coping strategies related to the injury rehabilitation process and other areas of life. Five participants (three female and two male) provided full journal datasets and then completed semi-structured interviews after returning to sport. Grounded theory methodology was utilized to analyze the journal and interview data. Themes arose related to the student athlete lifestyle, stressors, psychological responses to injury, coping strategies and coping effects, coping processes and perceived benefits. The results are discussed within the context of models of sport injury rehabilitation and previous research on stress and coping with athletic injury. The study identified several stressors and coping strategies specific to injured student athletes. These include balancing intensive time demands, which became further strained with the addition of rehabilitation, the effect of the injury on employment, and related coping strategies. Strengths and limitations of the study are addressed, and recommendations for future research are made with respect to this specific population and, more generally, research on stress and coping with athletic injury. Recommendations regarding strategies to support injured student athletes are also offered.
Download or read book In that Instant it was Over written by Lauren Aline Loberg and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A career-ending injury is an event that causes the involuntary termination of an athlete's participation in his or her chosen sport. Over the last decade, research has focused on injury and career transition; however little was known about athletes' experience of career-ending injury. The purpose of this study was to obtain in-depth descriptions of the lived experience of athletes who have had a career-ending injury. Using an existential phenomenological approach, the focus of the study was on the athletes' own perceptions of this experience. The participants were thirteen male and female former athletes representing a number of different sports. Using a purposeful, snowball sampling technique, participants were identified and interviews were conducted. The thematic structure derived from the interviews contained five major themes, which emerged within the ground, "Love of Sports." They included: "Your Life is Never the Same: Now, Before, & After;" "Something is Ripped from You: Loss of Identity, Strength, & Other People;" "It Still Hurts: Pain, Anger, Depression, & Fear;" "It Wasn't Really My Choice: Denial & False Hope;" and "Nobody Else Knows What You're Going Through: Difficult Relationships, Misunderstandings, & Unconditional Support." The results extend the current research in sport injury and career transition and suggest that a career-ending injury is one of the most difficult transition experiences an athlete can face. For the participants in this study their final injury was a life altering experience that represented a critical turning point in their lives. The pervasiveness of their pain extended far beyond the initial injury and was only one of the long-lasting effects of their career-ending experience.
Download or read book An Assessment of the Prevalence of Injury of Collegiate Athletes at Maryville College Along with the Psychological Effects and Resilience of Those that Have Obtained Long term Absence Injuries written by Davis Clothier and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the span of five academic years, 23,710 injuries were reported to the National Collegiate Athlete Association (NCAA)-participating schools, and these injuries can be attained with practices, strength training workouts, and/or games. When injuries occur, negative psychological effects can occur, such as anxiety and decreased quality of life (QOL). The primary purpose of this cross-sectional study was to determine the overall mental wellness of athletes who have had long-time absence injuries in collegiate sports and to evaluate the resiliency response of these athletes. An electronic survey assessing rate of injury among sports, psychological responses to injury and QOL was distributed to athletes at one NCAA Division III school for three weeks in spring 2021. Most participants were white (89.7%), female (55.9%), and 82.3% of all participants experienced injuries during their collegiate career. However, 41.1% reported longterm injuries (more than 4 weeks) that had significant impacts on symptoms of anxiety and depression with 90% indicating moderate to high risk for poor mental wellness and decreased QOL with 31.7% indicating neutral to highly dissatisfied QOL. Many participants reported that the best way to support them during injuries was through the support of athletic trainers. Further research is needed to better understand the psychological impact of long-term injuries on college athletes as well as optimal forms of support for these athletes.
Download or read book Evaluating Risk of Injury to the Lower Extremity in Collegiate Football Athletes Using Clinical Screening Tools and BMI written by William T. Yungtum and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Context: Pre-participation exams are conducted at the beginning of the respected sports seasons to help identify any biomechanical deficiencies of athletes before the upcoming season. There have been multiple ways to suggest if an athlete has any biomechanical deficiency but not one gold standard test to determine who is at a higher risk of injury due to these deficiencies. For this study, biomechanical deficiencies were assessed using four methods: the modified functional movement screen (MFMS), the weight bearing lunge test (WBLT), the anterior reach of the star excursion balance test (SEBT-A) and body mass index (BMI). Objective: To determine if the MFMS, WBLT, SEBT-A, and BMI can identify individuals at higher risk of a non-contact lower-extremity injury within the population of a division I collegiate football. Secondary objective is to determine if differences in scores were seen between injury groups (contact or non-contact) and player position (skilled or linemen) groups. Design: Prospective cohort study. Settings: University of Toledo football athletic complex. Participants: A total of 82 division I collegiate football players (82 males) participated in this study. Methods: Participants underwent a pre-season screening which included the MFMS, SEBT-A and WBLT. A total of 3 acceptable MFMS trials were performed scored on a 0-3 scale, and then an averaged. The MFMS consists of the deep squat, hurdle step, inline lung, and active straight leg raise. For the WBLT, participants performed the test until maximum dorsiflexion range of motion distance of the ankle was met; they were progressed at 1cm increments until max reach distance was met. For the SEBT-A, 4 practice trials were performed followed by 3 successful recorded trials, test was done bilaterally. Normalized scores from each extremity were averaged together to determine maximum reach distance. Participants injured extremity reach distance side from the injured group were normalized and used for analysis. Following pre-season screening, injuries were tracked for the remainder of the season and defined as an injury to the ankle or knee resulting from participation in an organized, intercollegiate practice or competition, the injury requiring medical attention by a team-certified athletic trainer or physician, and the resulting in restriction of the student athlete’s participation or performance for one or more calendar days beyond the day of injury. Independent t-test was used to analyze all data with alpha set at 0.05. Results: 17 athletes who sustained a lower-extremity injury during practice or competition (ages 18.2+0.5, height = 185.24+4.62cm, weight=94.64+10.81kg) and 65 players who did not experience a lower-extremity injury (age 20.01+1.3 years, height=186.5+7.55cm, weight=106.35+ 19.24kg.). There were no significant differences found using the MFMS, SEBT-A, and WBLT to indicate risk of injury or differences in scores. BMI of linemen (33.79 kg/m2+3.16 kg/m2) vs. skilled player (27.69kg/m2+2.45 kg/m2) was shown to be significantly greater (p-value > 0.00). Conclusion: The data suggest it is still undetermined if the MFMS, SEBT-A, and the WBLT are valid pre-participation screening tools to determine non-contact, lower-extremity injuries in collegiate football athletes. Further research is needed to determine the usefulness of these pre-participation screens.
Download or read book The relationship between recent life changes and the incidence of athletic injuries to college athletes written by Brenda Ann Reilly and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
