Deck 9: Helping Athletes to Cope With Injury: From Theory to Practice

Question 1

Which Irish jump jockey, who has suffered multiple injuries, is the only rider to have won over 3,000 races?

A) Johnny Murtagh
B) Ruby Walsh
C) Tony McCoy
D) Paul Carberry

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Sports injuries are commonly represented along a continuum formed by a combination of:

A) Magnitude and psychological stress experienced
B) Magnitude and duration
C) Magnitude and financial consequences
D) Magnitude and type

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What is the name of the boxer who spent 40 days in a coma after he had been injured in a super middleweight title fight in 1991?

A) Nigel Benn
B) Chris Eubank
C) Steve Collins
D) Michael Watson

Answer 3

D

Question 4

According to a study by Junge et al. (2009), the estimated prevalence of injury among athletes at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing was:

A) About 15% of all competitors
B) About 20% of all competitors
C) About 10% of all competitors
D) About 40% of all competitors

Question 5

Which former England international footballer died in 2002 from a degenerative disease that had been probably caused by repeated heading of the ball?

A) Jeff Astle
B) Nat Lofthouse
C) Tom Finney
D) Bobby Robson

Question 6

In sports injury research, what does the acronym ACL stand for?

A) Anterior cartilage loss
B) Anterior cruciate ligament
C) Anterior calcaneus loss
D) Anterior collateral ligament

Question 7

Which of the following former Liverpool FC managers is reported to have ignored injured players until they had recovered completely?

A) Gérard Houllier
B) Rafael Benitez
C) Bill Shankly
D) Roy Hodgson

Question 8

According to Rahnama et al. (2002), there is an increased risk of injury to football players:

A) Just before half-time in matches
B) Near the beginning (first 15 minutes) and end (last 15 minutes) of matches
C) Just after half-time in matches
D) In the final 30 minutes of matches

Question 9

Chronic injuries usually develop:

A) Immediately as a result of direct trauma
B) Quickly as a result of sudden tissue damage
C) Quickly as a result of sudden impact
D) Slowly over time

Question 10

Which of the following researchers discovered that stressful life events are linked to adverse health consequences?

A) Holmes and Collins
B) Holmes and Watson
C) Holmes and Rahe
D) Holmes and Brewin

Question 11

Which former Premiership footballer suffered a neck injury when stretching to reach the accelerator of his new Ferrari car?

A) Alan Shearer
B) Alan Wright
C) Alan Clarke
D) Alan Mullery

Question 12

What is the name of the psychiatrist whose research influenced grief stage models of athletic injury?

A) Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
B) Elizabeth Loftus
C) Elizabeth Valentine
D) Elizabeth Gould

Question 13

The grief stage model of injury postulates that injured athletes go through a predictable sequence of:

A) Physical changes before rehabilitation is complete
B) Seeking and then rejecting social support on their way to recovery
C) Emotional stages prior to recovery
D) Brain changes prior to recovery

Question 14

Grief stage models of injury have been criticized for:

A) Neglecting individual differences in appraisal processes
B) Over-emphasizing individual differences in appraisal processes
C) Neglecting emotional factors
D) Neglecting the dynamic nature of people's reactions to injuries

Question 15

In injury research, the term "secondary gains" refers to the theory that injured athletes gain:

A) Too much time to reflect upon their misfortune
B) Sympathy and/or social support as a result of their injury
C) Financial compensation that reduces their motivation to recover
D) Self-awareness from time spent being injured

Question 16

What is the term for a type of appraisal that involves deciding that, because a given situation is perceived to pose a threat, it requires a coping response?

A) Secondary appraisal
B) Self-serving appraisal
C) Social appraisal
D) Primary appraisal

Question 17

What is the term for a type of appraisal that involves asking oneself whether or not one has the ability to cope with a situation that is perceived as threatening?

A) Primary appraisal
B) Secondary appraisal
C) Self-evaluation appraisal
D) Self-efficacy appraisal

Question 18

Brewer (2010) highlighted three types of factors associated with adherence to injury rehabilitation in athletes: personal characteristics, contextual/environmental factors, and:

A) Genetic factors
B) Brain processes
C) Rehabilitation-related beliefs
D) Fear of failure

Question 19

A longitudinal case study by Evans et al. (2000) showed that emotional support was perceived by injured athletes as being:

A) Important in the initial stages of rehabilitation
B) Important in the later stages of rehabilitation
C) Equally important throughout the entire rehabilitation
D) Not important at all to rehabilitation

Question 20

What is the term for athletes' cognitive representations of their injuries?

A) Mental models
B) Formal theories
C) Affective responses
D) Muscle memories