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[Sport injuries and level of anxiety in soccer players]
1Departamento de Psiquiatría, Hospital Royo Villanova, Zaragoza.
Background:
To study the relationship between psychological factors such as the anxiety trait and the possibility of suffering a sports injury in soccer players.
Subjects And Method:
In this study we analysed a sample of 149 males soccer players using a classic statistical analysis of case-control design studies, the relationship between the "sports injury" effect and the theoretical risk indicator of "the anxiety trait" measured using the Sixteen Personality Factors (16PF).
Results:
It was found that there is indeed a relationship (odds ratio [OR] = 3.4; CI 95%; 1.03-11.4) between high levels in the anxiety trait and a proneness to suffering injuries, however, apart from confirming this idea which has been put forward by several authors, our results suggested that a very high or very low anxiety trait score favours the possibility of suffering an injury (OR = 3.2; CI 95%: 1.4-7.5).
Conclusions:
In soccer players to minimize the risk of sports injuries an optimum anxiety trait score is important as extreme scores, whether these are high or low, are associated with a greater risk of suffering injuries. Thus, if this individual characteristic is known, then it is possible to identify those persons who are predisposed to suffering sport injuries.
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