Dissertations and Theses @ UNI
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Keywords
College athletes--Rehabilitation--Psychological aspects--United States; Sports injuries--Patients--Rehabilitation--Psychological aspects; Patient compliance; United States; Academic theses;
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of previous injury on injury occurrence and rehabilitation adherence and behaviors. A total of 200 college athletes (n = 113 males, n = 86 females) and their athletic trainers participated. Athletes completed an injury history form, and athletic trainers completed measures for rehabilitation behavior and injury occurrence. A positive moderate relationship between past and current injury status emerged. No relationship emerged between past, current, and new injury with rehabilitation attendance or rehabilitation behavior. There was a weak positive relationship between new injury occurrence and rehabilitation behavior. Also, there was a weak positive relationship between rehabilitation attendance and rehabilitation behavior. Chi-Square analysis revealed that if athletes had a previous injury, they were more likely to sustain a new injury. No differences emerged for the number of previous injuries or severity of previous injuries in regards to athletes' rehabilitation attendance, rehabilitation behavior, or return to play status. Lastly, there was a relationship with a previous injury and athletes sustaining a new injury, but no relationship with previous injury and rehabilitation adherence and behavior.
Year of Submission
2010
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services
First Advisor
Windee Weiss
Second Advisor
Todd A. Evans
Third Advisor
Heather Olsen
Date Original
2010
Object Description
1 PDF file (99 leaves)
Copyright
©2010 Sara J. Eggleston
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Eggleston, Sara J., "The Effect of Previous Injury on Rehabilitation Adherence & Behaviors" (2010). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 1897.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/1897
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