TY - JOUR
T1 - Sport injury rehabilitation adherence: Perspectives of recreational athletes
AU - Levy, Andy
AU - Polman, R.C.J.
AU - Nicholls, Adam R
AU - Marchant, David
PY - 2011/2/28
Y1 - 2011/2/28
N2 - The purpose of this study was to investigate recreational participants' experiences of adhering to a sport injury rehabilitation program. Six participants undertaking a rehabilitation program for a tendonitis-related injury as a result of sport involvement took part in this study. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and were thematically analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (Smith & Osborn, 2003). Five themes emerging from the data set were motivation, confidence, coping, social support, and pain. Specifically, a lack of motivation and confidence were perceived to have a negative effect upon home-based rehabilitation adherence while ineffective coping strategies, over support and pain, appeared to have an adverse influence on rehabilitation adherence in a clinic setting. The use of effective coping strategies and varied types of social support aided rehabilitation adherence. Applied implications and future research directions are discussed.
AB - The purpose of this study was to investigate recreational participants' experiences of adhering to a sport injury rehabilitation program. Six participants undertaking a rehabilitation program for a tendonitis-related injury as a result of sport involvement took part in this study. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and were thematically analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (Smith & Osborn, 2003). Five themes emerging from the data set were motivation, confidence, coping, social support, and pain. Specifically, a lack of motivation and confidence were perceived to have a negative effect upon home-based rehabilitation adherence while ineffective coping strategies, over support and pain, appeared to have an adverse influence on rehabilitation adherence in a clinic setting. The use of effective coping strategies and varied types of social support aided rehabilitation adherence. Applied implications and future research directions are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1080/1612197X.2009.9671901
DO - 10.1080/1612197X.2009.9671901
M3 - Article (journal)
SN - 1612-197X
VL - 7
SP - 212
EP - 229
JO - International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
JF - International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
IS - 2
ER -