Athletic Injuries, Chronic Pain, Physical Disability
Conditions
Keywords
Athlete, Physical disability, Competition, Chronic pain, Psychological models
Brief summary
There are psychosocial factors that affect pain, and therefore, psychological intervention techniques have been added to its usual pharmacological and physiotherapeutic treatment. Despite the abundant evidence that addresses psychosocial factors as clear mediators in the perception of pain, the use of psychological techniques for pain management in competitive athletes, and more especially in competitive athletes with physical disabilities, is scarce. The purpose of this study was to ascertain the perception of high-level competitive athletes with physical disability and sports agents (coaches, physiotherapists and psychologists).
Detailed description
Qualitative study with in-depth interviews to find out the perception of sports agents (coaches, physiotherapists and psychologists) and athletes on how pain can affect the development of the sports career and to determine what techniques are known and/or implemented by sports agents (coaches, physiotherapists and psychologists) and athletes to manage pain.
Interventions
OTHERQualitative study. Pain in competitive athletes with physical disabilities and techniques for its management.
This study used a qualitative, exploratory and descriptive methodology, with a semi-structured interview technique. The purpose was to respond to the specific objectives set out in this research from the perspective of competitive athletes and sports agents (physiotherapist, coach and psychologist). The thematic cores that served as a script for the interview were for the athletes and sports agents 1) sporting characteristics of the professionals; 2) perception of how pain affects this type of athlete and what repercussions it has on the development of their sporting career, and 3) knowledge of techniques and/or strategies for pain management (athlete, coach and psychologist). The interviews were conducted via skype. After transcription of all the interviews, validation by the interviewees was applied for the reliability of the research. Two types of triangulation were applied to ensure the quality of the data.
Sponsors
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
OTHER
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
15 Years to 55 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
For the athlete: * Physical disability. * Participate in high performance competition * Aged between 15 and 55 years old; For the sports agents: * To exercise their profession with high performance athletes with physical disabilities
Exclusion criteria
* Not meeting the above requirements
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Perception of pain in competitive athletes with physical disabilities and techniques for its management.(Qualitative methodology). | 2 months | This research focuses on the subjective reality of individuals regarding their life experiences of how pain can affect a sporting career. It was based on a relativistic ontology, situated in an overlapping phenomenological and interpretative epistemology.The organisation of the information collected was carried out with Nuevo NVivo text processing software. The codes extracted from the thematic analysis were entered. Followed by a thematic analysis of their content and according to the specific objectives of the study. The steps followed were those proposed by Braun and Clarke (2006). Two types of triangulation were applied (Flick, 2014): investigator and data triangulation. Pain has a negative impact on the athlete's sporting career: directly or indirectly through the psychological consequences. Athletes perceive that support of a psychologist are performance oriented and not pain management. |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed