Sport-related head injury and performance anxiety

摘要: Head injury in sport is a highly individualized experience; the symptoms and persistence tend to differ widely between athletes. Neurocognitive deficits head may be worsened by emotional reaction of athlete injury. Athletes that are removed from play due musculoskeletal injuries anxious about becoming reinjured more likely depressed have low attention time. Emotions result removal can emotional, psychosocial, career implications for Despite this, there lack literature directly examining impact on mood, anxiety returning play. The present study found within 20 collegiate athletes (Head injured n=9; control n=11) were few group differences self-reported measures anxiety, depression, selfregulation, or attention. This suggest do not become anxious, depressed, inattentive as at least they perceive any long-term impacts their injuries. Future research should use larger sample sizes examine this question. Clinicians researchers also consider adding sport-specific mood baseline testing athletes, periodic updates these attitudes awareness, detection, becomes common sport-related cases. SPORT-RELATED HEAD INJURY 4 Sport-Related Injury And Performance Anxiety prevalent, underreported, misunderstood sport. Coaches, spectators alike define differently. term “concussion” often used media refer sport-related, mild severity, traumatic brain (mTBI). accepted term, however, because concussion experience range severity very severe reference loss consciousness (Giza et al., 2013) definition source confusion understanding when sportrelated occurs. McLeod, Schwartz, Bay (2007) discovered significant proportion youth coaches mistakenly believed was necessary occurrence concussion. However, Ellemberg al. (2009) review incidence reported only 10% with had consciousness. Lack education lays foundation mismanagement recovery misunderstanding significance. will injury, explore its cognitive, somatic, understand performance Sport American Academy Neurology defines “a trauma-induced alteration mental status involve consciousness” 2013, p.2250). appear same manner consistency each patient. one confusing aspects concussion, follow predictable pattern appearance recovery. They vary