Why the study?
Do emotional and cognitive responses impact rehabilitation in athletes with anterior cruciate ligament injury?
Do emotional and cognitive responses impact rehabilitation in athletes with anterior cruciate ligament injury?
Early mood changes in athletes with ACL injury may hinder initial rehabilitation but do not impact longer-term outcomes, highlighting the potential value of early psychological counseling.
Early mood screening may aid initial ACL rehab in athletes; leaves open whether interventions alter long-term outcomes.
Athletes experience significant mood changes throughout rehabilitation, which may hinder rehabilitation early in the process. Longer-term rehabilitation was not impacted by mood or pain coping. Future studies might focus on examining the process over a longer time period (1-2 years after surgery). Physicians should be aware of these findings and appropriately counsel and motivate athletes toward more favorable positive psychological and physical outcomes.
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Morrey et al. (1999) studied this question.