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SPORTS HEALTH-A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
Volume 2, Issue 1, Pages 73-77Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1941738109357173
Keywords
anterior cruciate ligament injury; psychology; culpability; fear of reinjury; posttraumatic stress
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Background: Research has shown that some of the more common psychological responses to injury (ie, depression, anger, anxiety) are amplified in cases of traumatic injury. Hypothesis/Purpose: An 18-year-old male scholarship soccer player who, owing to a perceived deliberate injurious tackle by an opposition player, tore the medial collateral ligament and anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee. A psychological case perspective is presented. Study Design: Retrospective case report. Results: Various personal and situational factors can compound negative psychological response to injury. A number of extreme responses are explored, including posttraumatic stress, depression, and fear of reinjury. Conclusions: Practitioners should be willing and able to facilitate referral in the instance of more extreme psychological response to anterior cruciate ligament injury.
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