School of Health Sciences, University of Brighton, Eastbourne, UK.
Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyvaskyla, Finland.
Physiother Theory Pract. 2022 Sep;38(9):1219-1232. doi: 10.1080/09593985.2020.1825578. Epub 2020 Oct 5.
Professional rugby is an aggressive sport. Consequently, injuries are an inevitable part of a rugby player's career. It is therefore crucial for sports medicine professionals to understand the subjective experience of injured athletes in order to optimize their care.
The purpose of this study was to take a lifeworld perspective to explore how living with injury was meaningful to professional rugby players.
A purposive sample of five participants were recruited and data collection undertaken via semi-structured interviews. Audio-recordings were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis methodology to develop the themes.
Three master themes emerged from the analysis, each comprising of two subthemes; 1) Sense of Uncertainty (1a. Fear of the Unknown, 1b. Lack of Control), 2) Experienced Change in Relationships (2a. Lived Human Relations, 2b. Coping), 3) Sense of Self (3a. Isolation and Belonging, 3b. ''Being" an Athlete).
Participants described the challenge to their sense of self and 'being' athletes', as the isolation from the team deprived them of their sense of belonging. Participants illustrated the experienced significance of their relationships, the uncertainty over their lives and the unique strategies to cope. Emotions of anxiety, grief, anger, and shock reverberate throughout their accounts.
职业橄榄球是一项具有攻击性的运动。因此，受伤是橄榄球运动员职业生涯中不可避免的一部分。因此，运动医学专业人员必须了解受伤运动员的主观体验，以便优化他们的护理。
本研究旨在从生活世界的角度探讨与受伤共存对职业橄榄球运动员的意义。
通过半结构化访谈，对五名参与者进行了有针对性的抽样，并进行了数据收集。对音频记录进行逐字转录，并使用解释现象学分析方法进行分析，以得出主题。
分析产生了三个主要主题，每个主题都包含两个副主题；1）不确定性感（1a. 对未知的恐惧，1b. 缺乏控制），2）人际关系的变化（2a. 人际关系的体验，2b. 应对），3）自我意识（3a. 孤立和归属感，3b. “成为”运动员）。
参与者描述了对自我意识和“成为”运动员的挑战，因为与团队的隔离使他们失去了归属感。参与者说明了他们人际关系的重要性、对生活的不确定性以及应对的独特策略。焦虑、悲伤、愤怒和震惊的情绪在他们的叙述中反复出现。
