Research question:
What are the experiences of student recreational athletes with past sporting injuries and recovery?
The Review
A study done in the United States compared the experience of athletics injuries to adolescents and adults in the recovery process after surgery. The participants assessed with the measure of the intensity of pain, and cases where they undergo symptoms of depression and anxiety within 24 hours after a surgery in the anterior cruciate ligament. Studies have it that, most sports injuries for adolescents involve lower extremities and accounts for 73%. Of these, significant proportions occur at the knee taking, 22%. For them to detect any injury, pain occurs as an important predictor of pain intensity in athletes. In the recovery process after surgery, the study examined acute postoperative pain and affective distress of either depression or anxiety (Pritchard, Potter & Frankl, 1990).
Other studies were done in Auckland University, to assess the effects of physiotherapy sessions to the injury (American Alliance for Health, 2001). The research utilized databases from EBSCO, CINALHL and Pedro sports to come up with the literature review where, they were investigating the relationships between psychosocial factors, effects of rehabilitation factors and adherence to the program. The idea clearly explains that, with whichever athletic game, students expose themselves to minor or major injuries, some of which need surgical or psychosocial therapies (Rountree, 2011). In cases of surgeries, pain is endured after the procedures and in the recovery time, most become anxious, wondering if healing will occur and after how long, others end up becoming depressed (McCall, 2010). In order to seek them to complete healing, psychosocial therapy is advocated. In support of these, the study conducted in Auckland got its conclusion from 117 articles where, irrespective of age, readiness for psychological change were high and received high self-efficacy.
The study got support from one conducted in Australia where Doctor confirmed that Australia has snow most of the seasons. The fact that people love sports, they engage in ski activities which prove them to minor injuries of the bones. These call for orthopedic surgeries, where most students experience minor pain and discomforts (Griffin, 1949).
Xavier University tried to compare effects to athletes who experienced athletic injuries and those witnessing, in terms of self-esteem and confidence levels. The research was among 65 athletes in college who were surveyed using Rosenberg self-esteem scale and Trait Sport-Confidence Inventory. The study tends to explore a number of hypotheses. Just to mention a few the
The relationship that subsists between students’ self-esteem, self confidence, sports’ participation and witnessing sports’ related injuries
Students who suffered an athletic injury will experience lower self-esteem than ones who did not get injured while participating in athletic activities. Similarly, the injured students will develop lower self confidence as compared to non-injured ones. Witnessing the injury also lowered students’ self esteem as evidenced through the students who witnessed the occurrence of athletic injuries. Seeing an injury caused by participating in athletics had a negative impact on student’s self confidence. It appeared distressing when results failed to yield evidence supporting the hypotheses. Upon examining the survey results on self esteem and self confidence, it became clear that there was insignificance among the variables as regards injury. Because the hypothesis did not get any support, it is highly probable that athletes’ self-esteem and confidence remained unchanged after injury or in the process of witnessing Xavier student-athletes’ injury (National Academy of Sports Medicine, 2008).
References:
American Alliance for Health, 2001. Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and
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Griffin, J. M 1949, Teacher training in health education in schools belonging to the Colored
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McCall, S, A 2010, The Double Comfort Safari Club. New York: Pantheon Books.
National Academy of Sports Medicine. 2008. Optimum performance training for the health
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Pritchard,R, E, Potter, G, C, & Frankl, W, S 1990, Fitness, Inc: A guide to corporate health
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Rountree, S 2011, The athlete’s guide to recovery : rest, relax, and restore for peak
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