Psychosocial factors associated with athlete adaptation to spinal cord injury: a systematic review.

Purpose: To review existing research on psychosocial factors associated with athlete adaptation to acquired spinal cord injury (SCI).

Methods: A systematic review was conducted in February 2023. MEDLINE (Pubmed), PsycINFO, and SPORTDiscus databases were used, and peer-reviewed academic journal entries fully retrievable from the researcher's institution library or online were considered for inclusion.

An Investigation Into Former High School Athletes' Experiences of a Multidisciplinary Approach to Sport Injury Rehabilitation.

Context: A multidisciplinary approach is one of the many forms of professional practice that can be utilized by sports medicine professionals to provide care to injured athletes. While this approach has been empirically supported in the health care domain, studies supporting its utilization in the sport injury rehabilitation context-particularly at the high school level-are limited.

Objective: To investigate former high school athletes' experiences of a multidisciplinary model of care for sport injury rehabilitation.

Exploring the Use of Psychological Skills Training Interventions in a Music Domain: A Systematic Review.

Aim: The aim of this paper was to systematically review existing empirical literature addressing the use of psychological skills training (PST) interventions commonly employed in sport applied to a music domain. Included PST studies must have an experimental or quasi-experimental design and no clinical or pharmacological interventions and/or assessments.

Methods: The databases MEDLINE (EBSCO), PsychInfo, Psych Articles, CINAHL Plus with full text, Google Scholar, SportDiscus, and Music Index were searched using a combination of the terms.

Functional Outcomes and Psychological Benefits of Active Video Games in the Rehabilitation of Lateral Ankle Sprains: A Case Report.

Context: The use of active video games (AVG) as a treatment modality in the rehabilitation context is increasing. However, little is known about the functional outcomes and psychological benefits of such rehabilitation in college athletes with lateral ankle sprains (LASs).

Objective: To examine functional outcomes and psychological benefits of AVG-aided rehabilitation program for LAS.

Sport-related anxiety: current insights.

To date, much research has been devoted to understanding how anxiety can affect sport performance, both in practice and in competitive settings. It is well known that sport has the potential for high levels of stress and anxiety, and that practicing and employing a range of psychological strategies can be beneficial in anxiety management. Equally, growing evidence also suggests that anxiety can play a role in sport injury prevention, occurrence, rehabilitation, and the return to sport process.

Preliminary investigation into sport and exercise psychology consultants' views and experiences of an interprofessional care team approach to sport injury rehabilitation.

Sport injury rehabilitation has moved from predominately physical treatment to a more holistic care. However, limited research has explored the views and experiences of those involved in such an approach. The purpose of this study was to preliminarily investigate sport psychology consultants' (SPCs') views and experiences of an interprofessional team approach to sport injury rehabilitation.

Functional Movement Screen Factorial Validity and Measurement Invariance Across Sex Among Collegiate Student-Athletes.

Gnacinski, SL, Cornell, DJ, Meyer, BB, Arvinen-Barrow, M, and Earl-Boehm, JE. Functional Movement Screen factorial validity and measurement invariance across sex among collegiate student-athletes. J Strength Cond Res 30(12): 3388-3395, 2016-The Functional Movement Screen (FMS) is a screening tool used to evaluate functional movement quality and subsequent musculoskeletal injury risk.

"I think I became a swimmer rather than just someone with a disability swimming up and down:" paralympic athletes perceptions of self and identity development.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the role of swimming on Paralympic athletes' perceptions of self and identity development.

Method: A hermeneutic phenomenological approach was taken. During semi-structured interviews, five Paralympic swimmers (aged 20-24 years) were asked questions about their swimming career, perceptions of self, integration, and impairment.

Athletes' Expectations About Sport-Injury Rehabilitation: A Cross-Cultural Study.

Context: Athletes enter injury rehabilitation with certain expectations about the recovery process, outcomes, and the professional providing treatment. Their expectations influence the effectiveness of the assistance received and affect the overall rehabilitation process. Expectations may vary depending on numerous factors such as sport experience, gender, sport type, and cultural background.

Athletes' use of mental skills during sport injury rehabilitation.

Context: Existing theoretical frameworks and empirical research support the applicability and usefulness of integrating mental skills throughout sport injury rehabilitation.

Objective: To determine what, if any, mental skills athletes use during injury rehabilitation, and by who these skills were taught. Cross-cultural differences were also examined.

Psychosocial responses during different phases of sport-injury rehabilitation: a qualitative study.

Context: Athletic trainers have traditionally conceptualized rehabilitation programs in terms of 3 distinct physiologic phases; however, these phases appear to neglect athletes' psychosocial responses to their injuries.

Objective: To document injured athletes' psychosocial responses during the different phases of injury rehabilitation.

Design: Qualitative study.

Role of sport medicine professionals in addressing psychosocial aspects of sport-injury rehabilitation: professional athletes' views.

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.

Identifying barriers to remaining physically active after rehabilitation: differences in perception between physical therapists and older adult patients.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Objective: To describe readiness for change and barriers to physical activity in older adults and to contrast perceptions of physical therapists and patients using the Barriers to Being Active Quiz.

Background: Regular physical activity is vital to recovery after discharge from physical therapy.

Psychosocial aspects of athletic injuries as perceived by athletic trainers.

Context: Despite the Psychosocial Strategies and Referral content area, athletic trainers (ATs) generally lack confidence in their ability to use this information.

Objective: The current study's primary purpose was to determine (a) perceived psychological responses and coping behaviors athletes may present to ATs, (b) psychosocial strategies ATs currently use with their athletes, (c) psychosocial strategies ATs deem important to learn more about, and (d) ATs' current practices in referring athletes to counseling or sport psychology services.

Design: Mixed-methods study.

Sport psychology education: a preliminary survey on chartered physiotherapists' preferred methods of training delivery.

Objective: To gain an insight to the existing suggestions and recommendations on chartered physiotherapists' preferred methods of delivery for further training in sport psychology.

Participants: 22 delegates (14 women, 8 men) from the 2006 Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine/International Federation of Sports Physiotherapy annual conference (response rate 53.7%).

Views of chartered physiotherapists on the psychological content of their practice: a follow-up survey in the UK.

Objective: To assess, on a national level, the views of chartered physiotherapists with regard to the psychological content of physiotherapy practice.

Design: A postal survey to a national list of sport injury and physiotherapy clinics was employed.

Participants: A total of 361 responses were included in the descriptive statistical and qualitative analyses.