Theodorakis, Y., Beneca, A., Malliou, P., & Goudas, M. (1997). Examining Psychological Factors During Injury Rehabilitation. Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, 6, 355-363.
Purpose: To examine how goal setting, and psychological tools such as self-satisfaction, self-efficacy and ones’ level of anxiety can contribute to post-injury rehabilitation.
Method: Participants: 40 total participants that are undergrad athletes, which consisted of 14 females and 26 males. Participants were split into two groups, experimental and control. The control group ended up with only 17 participants, while the experimental group remained at 20. Measures and Procedures: All participants completed 3 rehabilitation sessions over a period of 4 weeks. For quadriceps …show more content…
• Anxiety levels went down for both groups throughout the study.
Main Conclusions: Overall, those who were in the experimental group and were able to set goals throughout the duration of the study lead to greater success in injury rehabilitation. Due to this study including the entire duration of rehabilitation, this may be the most accurate studies ever conducted on this topic. Other studies only included part of the participants’ rehabilitation journey with experimental manipulation. Despite these outcomes, there is still more information to be found on the relation of self-efficacy and self-satisfaction as well as other psychological factors, in relation to post-injury rehab.
Comments: This study has been proven to have high validity compared to more previous studies, due to the randomization of the sample size and the two groups involved. I do think that having one group with 20 participants and the other with 17 may cause an issue when comparing overall results because the numbers are off. Overall, I found this study to be very useful in relation to my topic on whether or not mindset affects post-injury rehabilitation
Purpose: To examine how goal setting, and psychological tools such as self-satisfaction, self-efficacy and ones’ level of anxiety can contribute to post-injury rehabilitation.
Method: Participants: 40 total participants that are undergrad athletes, which consisted of 14 females and 26 males. Participants were split into two groups, experimental and control. The control group ended up with only 17 participants, while the experimental group remained at 20. Measures and Procedures: All participants completed 3 rehabilitation sessions over a period of 4 weeks. For quadriceps …show more content…
• Anxiety levels went down for both groups throughout the study.
Main Conclusions: Overall, those who were in the experimental group and were able to set goals throughout the duration of the study lead to greater success in injury rehabilitation. Due to this study including the entire duration of rehabilitation, this may be the most accurate studies ever conducted on this topic. Other studies only included part of the participants’ rehabilitation journey with experimental manipulation. Despite these outcomes, there is still more information to be found on the relation of self-efficacy and self-satisfaction as well as other psychological factors, in relation to post-injury rehab.
Comments: This study has been proven to have high validity compared to more previous studies, due to the randomization of the sample size and the two groups involved. I do think that having one group with 20 participants and the other with 17 may cause an issue when comparing overall results because the numbers are off. Overall, I found this study to be very useful in relation to my topic on whether or not mindset affects post-injury rehabilitation