The Use of Imagery by Athletes during Injury Rehabilitation

Objectives: To determine whether athletes use motivational and cognitive imagery during injury rehabilitation and to develop an instrument for measuring imagery use. Design: A survey concerning imagery use during rehabilitation was administered to injured athletes. Setting: The Fowler Kennedy Sport...

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Published in:Journal of sport rehabilitation 2000-11, Vol.9 (4), p.329-338
Main Authors: Sordoni, Carla, Hall, Craig, Forwell, Lorie
Format: Article
Language:English
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Rehabilitation
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Summary:Objectives: To determine whether athletes use motivational and cognitive imagery during injury rehabilitation and to develop an instrument for measuring imagery use. Design: A survey concerning imagery use during rehabilitation was administered to injured athletes. Setting: The Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic in London, Ontario, Canada. Participants: Injured athletes (N = 71) receiving physiotherapy. Main Outcome Measure: The Athletic Injury Imagery Questionnaire (AIIQ). Results: As hypothesized, 2 distinct factors emerged from the items on the AIIQ: motivational and cognitive imagery. Motivational imagery was used more often than cognitive imagery in this context, yet less frequently than in other sport situations (eg, training and competition). Conclusions: The study indicates that the AIIQ is a potentially useful tool through which physiotherapists and sport psychologists can examine athletes' use of imagery in injury rehabilitation.
ISSN:1056-6716
1543-3072
DOI:10.1123/jsr.9.4.329