The Association of Psychological Factors with Injury Incidence and Outcome in the Australian Football League
Author(s): Warren M. Rozen, David J. de L. Horne
Abstract: This study assessed whether state and trait psychological factors were related to increased incidence of injury and/or prolonged injury recovery time among 96 participants from three Australian Football League teams, 33 of whom sustained 48 injuries. Visual Analogue Scales (VAS) and the Short Version of the Profile of Mood States (SV-POMS) were used to measure state and trait psychological factors. Psychological assessments were performed on participants before the football season, and following injury. Logistical regression analyses of pre-season psychological factors for the prediction of injury incidence showed that pre-season Vigour, measured by the SV-POMS (p = 0.0344), was a statistically significant predictor of injury during the football season. Other associations identified in the study suggest the place for psychological associations in both the prediction of injury incidence and prognosis for injury recovery, and certainly advocate further investigation into such markers.
Pages: 73-80
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