Background: Predictive psychological variables to sport injury have been extensivelyexplored during the last three decades. More recently, sociocultural variables have beenemphasized having a significantly impact in the injury process. Objectives: The objective was (1) systemic review studies investigating psychological, social,and cultural risk factors to acute sports injury, (2) contribute with future methodologicaldevelopment within the field of sport injury prediction. Design: Systematic literature review. Methods: The electronic databases PsychINFO, PubMed, Science Direct, Web of Science andSPORTDiscus as well as two earlier injury predictive reviews were searched. The inclusioncriteria were (a) prospective designs that continuously monitored injury during the studyperiod, (b) defined injury as acute/traumatic, (c) investigated the relationship or predictiveeffect between psychological and/or sociocultural risk factors and acute injury in sport.Results: In total, the literature review resulted in 65 studies. Most of the studies had aparticular focus on psychological variables, where only a minority investigated socioculturalrisk factors. The studies used mostly one single measurements wave´s for the risk factors,with regression analyses to analyze the result. The result showed that psychological as well associocultural variables can influence the risk of becoming injured. Conclusion: Progress has been made in the field of predictive research on injury. In order tocontinue with an innovative development, four specific needs for future research is proposed:(1) the application of sophisticated analyses investigating how patterns of risk factors, andtheir interrelationship, is related with injury, (2) more regularly use of repeated-measuredesigns (preferable three occasions) combined with person-oriented analyses, (3) expand theknowledge regarding intrapersonal, interpersonal, and structural factors as a “third variable”,(4) focus on the sociocultural and behavioral influences in acute injury.The necessity of an integrated and holistic standpoint is warranted for future research, whereresearch based on the inclusion of various theoretical models which seek to explain the injuryprocess will expand the understanding of the complex, interactive, and dynamic conditions.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hh-45642 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Christiansson, Rasmus |
| Publisher | Högskolan i Halmstad, Hälsa och idrott |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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