Do perceptions of athletic injuries differ between athletes, coaches, and medical professionals?
There are significant discrepancies in the perception of athletic injuries among athletes, coaches, and medical professionals, which vary by the athlete's experience level.
35 athletes, their coaches, and medical professionals independently assessed the disruption, seriousness, and short-term effects of the athletes' athletic injuries. Athletes underestimated the disruption and short-term effects of the injury when compared to medical professionals. 25 lower level athletes and those with no previous serious athletic injury overestimated the short-term effects of their injuries. Coaches overestimated the disrupting effects of the injury for 10 higher level athletes and 25 athletes with no previous injury.
Crossman et al. (Sat,) studied this question.
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