<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Objective. The majority of the literature regarding sports injuries is concentrated on specific characteristics related to sports injuries and injuries at sport activities at all. We strove to establish whether the success of the rehabilitation process can be predicted based on numerous psychosocial variables. Methods. Our sample comprised of 68 competing athletes who underwent an operative knee surgery. The rehabilitation process for athletes lasted one or 6 months; all athletes obtained serious injuries by the standards of National Athletic Injury Reporting System (1). The following variables were measured: coping with pain (SIP 15), rehabilitation behaviours (SIRBS), motivation for rehabilitation, anxiety (STAI X1) and social support. A questionnaire that measures the functioning of the knee (2000 IKDC) was taken as an indicator of the rehabilitation success. Participants were tested both prior to and following the process of rehabilitation. Results. Our results showed that the success of psychological rehabilitation could be predicted from changes in certain psychosocial variables (a decrease in anxiety and an increase in susceptibility, self-efficacy and catastrophizing). After the rehabilitation, only 10 % of athletes were able to reach the criteria of a successful physical and psychological rehabilitation. Conclusions. We can conclude that since selected psychological variables were found to have a high loading on psychological rehabilitation there it makes sense to control these variables.</p></abstract>

Objective. The majority of the literature regarding sports injuries is concentrated on specific characteristics related to sports injuries and injuries at sport activities at all. We strove to establish whether the success of the rehabilitation process can be predicted based on numerous psychosocial variables. Methods. Our sample comprised of 68 competing athletes who underwent an operative knee surgery. The rehabilitation process for athletes lasted one or 6 months; all athletes obtained serious injuries by the standards of National Athletic Injury Reporting System (1). The following variables were measured: coping with pain (SIP 15), rehabilitation behaviours (SIRBS), motivation for rehabilitation, anxiety (STAI X1) and social support. A questionnaire that measures the functioning of the knee (2000 IKDC) was taken as an indicator of the rehabilitation success. Participants were tested both prior to and following the process of rehabilitation. Results. Our results showed that the success of psychological rehabilitation could be predicted from changes in certain psychosocial variables (a decrease in anxiety and an increase in susceptibility, self-efficacy and catastrophizing). After the rehabilitation, only 10 % of athletes were able to reach the criteria of a successful physical and psychological rehabilitation. Conclusions. We can conclude that since selected psychological variables were found to have a high loading on psychological rehabilitation there it makes sense to control these variables.

Psychological Factors of Rehabilitation of Athletes After Knee Injury

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Department of Psychology, Aškerčeva 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Sport, Gortanova 22, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Zaloška 9, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

SIRIUS AM d.o.o, Rimska cesta 16, 1358 Log pri Brezovici, Slovenia

University Psychiatric Hospital, Studenec 48, 1260 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Slovenian Journal of Public Health

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Objective. The majority of the literature regarding sports injuries is concentrated on specific characteristics related to sports injuries and injuries at...

Psychological Factors of Rehabilitation of Athletes After Knee Injury

Published Online: Jul 02, 2014

Page range: 226 - 236

Received: Jan 17, 2014

Accepted: Mar 16, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2014-0023

Keywords
athletic injuries, knee injuries, anxiety coping behavior, motivation, social support, recovery of function

© Slovenian Journal of Public Health

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Psychological Factors of Rehabilitation of Athletes After Knee Injury

Published Online: Jul 02, 2014

Page range: 226 - 236

Received: Jan 17, 2014

Accepted: Mar 16, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2014-0023

Keywordsathletic injuries, knee injuries, anxiety coping behavior, motivation, social support, recovery of function

© Slovenian Journal of Public Health

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Keywords
athletic injuries, knee injuries, anxiety coping behavior, motivation, social support, recovery of function