A longitudinal examination of athletes' emotional and cognitive responses to anterior cruciate ligament injury
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Eine Langzeituntersuchung der emotionalen und kognitiven Reaktionen von Sportlern auf Verletzung des vorderen Kreuzbandes |
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Autor: | Morrey, M.A.; Stuart, M.J.; Smith, A.M.; Wiese-Bjornstal, D.M. |
Erschienen in: | Clinical journal of sport medicine |
Veröffentlicht: | 9 (1999), 2, S. 63-69, Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 1050-642X, 1536-3724 |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU199908400927 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract des Autors
Objective: To determine the emotional and cognitive impact of injury and surgery on physical recovery in injured athletes. Design: A prospective longitudinal study comparing the psychosocial and physical recovery of competitive and recreational athletes. Setting: Tertiary-care sports medicine center. Participants: Twenty-seven athletes (15 men and 12 women) who required anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction surgery. Interventions: A repeated-measures design used to compare the psychosocial and physical changes for 6 months after ACL surgery. Main outcome measures: Emotional (mood) and cognitive (coping) functions and physical recovery (range of motion, physician-rated level of recovery, and physician permission to return to sport). Results: There was a significant time-effect difference in mood, with a greater mood disturbance and recovery rate for competitive athletes than recreational athletes. Differences in mood and pain coping were significant at 2 weeks and 2 months after surgery. Conclusion: Athletes experience significant mood changes throughout rehabilitation, which may hinder rehabilitation early in the process. Longer-term rehabilitation was not impacted by mood or pain coping. Future studies might focus on examining the process over a longer time period (1-2 years after surgery). Physicians should be aware of these findings and appropriately counsel and motivate athletes toward more favorable positive psychological and physical outcomes. Verf.-Referat