Sports injuries and psychological aspects of pain perception of athletes

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Acta Gymnica Pub Date : 2021-11-08 DOI:10.5507/ag.2021.021

Jakub Sciranka, Adriana Kaplánová

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Background: Injury is one of the risks of performing regular sports activities, which causes mild to severe physical discomfort and emotional distress for athletes. Objective: As there is not much research on the psychological aspects of pain perception of athletes, the main purpose of this study was to investigate differences in pain coping styles according to gender and type of sport. Methods: The sample consisted of 147 athletes (101 men, 46 women) who reported a previous sports-related injury, with an average age of 20.82 ± 1.61 years, involved in individual (n = 59) and team (n = 88) sports. The pain perception was evaluated by Sports Inventory for Pain (SIP15) comprised of three subscales: coping by direct action, catastrophizing, and somatic awareness. Results: We found that men perceive pain in sport more intensely and sensitively than women (p = .01, r = .21). Nevertheless, men consider pain to be more bearable and give up less than women (p = .05, r = .16). In individual and team sports, we did not find significant differences in response to painful stimuli, but in terms of giving up due to the perceived pain, the athletes of individual sports scored higher values than athletes of team sports (p = .04, r = .17). In coping by direct action, we also did not find significant differences between gender or types of sports. Conclusions: The results of our research suggest that pain perception is one of the factors influencing giving up in the sport. Therefore, we recommend that this aspect be considered in psychological preparation and that the efforts of sports psychologists should focus on eliminating escape reactions, especially for women, which would contribute to higher mental resilience and effective management of painful obstacles. We also recommend implementing psychological preparation aimed at overcoming pain more in individual sports, because it seems that individual athletes can handle pain much more difficultly than collective athletes.

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运动损伤与运动员疼痛感知的心理方面

背景:损伤是进行常规体育活动的风险之一，它会给运动员带来轻微到严重的身体不适和情绪困扰。目的:由于对运动员疼痛感知心理方面的研究并不多，本研究的主要目的是探讨不同性别和运动类型的运动员在疼痛应对方式上的差异。方法:研究对象为147名运动员(男101名，女46名)，均有运动相关损伤史，平均年龄20.82±1.61岁，分别为个人(n = 59)和团体(n = 88)。疼痛知觉采用疼痛运动量表(Sports Inventory for pain, SIP15)进行评估，该量表包括三个子量表:直接行动应对、灾难化和躯体意识。结果:我们发现男性对运动疼痛的感知比女性更强烈和敏感(p = 0.01, r = 0.21)。然而，男性比女性更能忍受疼痛，放弃的也更少(p = 0.05, r = 0.16)。在个人项目和团队项目中，我们没有发现运动员对疼痛刺激的反应有显著差异，但在因感知疼痛而放弃方面，个体项目运动员得分高于团队项目运动员(p = 0.04, r = 0.17)。在直接行动应对方面，我们也没有发现性别或运动类型之间的显著差异。结论:我们的研究结果表明，痛觉是影响运动员放弃运动的因素之一。因此，我们建议在心理准备中考虑这方面，运动心理学家的努力应该集中在消除逃避反应上，特别是对于女性，这将有助于提高心理弹性和有效管理痛苦的障碍。我们还建议在个人运动中实施旨在克服疼痛的心理准备，因为个人运动员似乎比集体运动员更难以处理疼痛。

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Acta Gymnica SPORT SCIENCES-

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12 weeks

期刊介绍： The journal "Acta Gymnica" (ISSN 2336-4912 (Print); ISSN 2336-4920 (On-line)), published formerly as "Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis. Gymnica" (ISSN 1212-1185 (Print); ISSN 1213-8312 (On-line)), focuses on presenting results of research studies and theoretical studies from the field of kinanthropology. The scope of the journal covers topics related to biomechanics, exercise physiology, physiotherapy, somatometry, sports psychology, sports training, physical education, public health, etc. The journal also welcomes submissions that present results of interdisciplinary research.