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Abstract:
The injured competitive athlete can be considered from a perspective that we term a rehabilitation performance perspective. Through consideration of the injured competitive athlete in this way, the health care provider can be guided in discovering and deciding how to formulate assessment protocols and plan for effective interventions. Aspects of our rehabilitation performance perspective and its seven psychologic states are illustrated with selected comments from an interview with Haley Scott. Scott, a competitive swimmer and student athlete from the University of Notre Dame, who had been paralyzed from a bus accident, has now returned to competition, school, and a full life.
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