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- Title
Imagery use, perceived pain, limb functioning and satisfaction in athletic injury rehabilitation.
- Authors
Law, Barbi; Driediger, Molly; Hall, Craig; Forwell, Lorie
- Abstract
Purpose: This study examined the relationship between athletes' imagery use, perceived pain, overall lower limb functioning, and satisfaction in the context of injury rehabilitation. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, eighty-three injured athletes receiving physiotherapy for a lower limb injury completed a questionnaire package containing the Athletic Injury Imagery Questionnaire-2 (AIIQ-2), the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for pain, the Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS), and questions concerning their use of imagery for pain management and satisfaction with rehabilitation. Main Findings: Based on their self-reported use of imagery to manage pain, athletes were divided into two groups: athletes who used imagery to manage pain (PainImagery Group; n = 35) and athletes who did not use imagery to manage pain (No Pain Imagery Group; n = 48). Athletes in the Pain Imagery Group did not differ in perceptions of pain or level of lower limb functioning compared to those in the No Pain Imagery Group ( p > .05). However, athletes in the Pain Imagery Group employed significantly more cognitive, motivational and healing imagery and expressed significantly greater satisfaction with their rehabilitation ( p < .05). Principal Conclusions: Athletes employ imagery for multiple purposes, such as pain management, outside training and competition settings. When athletes employ imagery for pain management they report increased satisfaction with their rehabilitation.
- Subjects
MENTAL imagery; PAIN management; PHYSICAL therapy; SPORTS medicine; REHABILITATION; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, 2006, Vol 34, Issue 1, p10
- ISSN
0303-7193
- Publication type
Article