Pain in Competitive Athletes With Physical Disabilities: Techniques, Support and Perceived Difficulties

Pain in physically disabled athletes affects the sporting career directly or indirectly through psychological consequences. Numerous studies address psychological skills in able-bodied athletes and in able-bodied athletes they are scarce.This information is part of a research project aimed at finding resources to help athletes in their pain management.

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Key information

Conditions

Pain Athletes Chronic Pain Neurologic Manifestations Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Physical Disability Signs and Symptoms

Age range

15 year–60 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Sandra Constantino Murillo

Madrid, 28410, Spain

About this study

The purpose of this study is to determine how competitive athletes perceive how pain can affect their sporting careers; what techniques and/or strategies athletes use for pain management and how useful these are; to determine the extent to which athletes with disabilities have received support for pain management and to what extent they have found it useful; and to determine the difficulties they often face in managing their pain.The aim of this questionnaire is to find out how pain, resulting from injury, can affect the sporting careers of competitive athletes with physical disabilities and what techniques they use to manage it.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Athletes:

Competitive athletes.
Physical disability.
Age without criteria.

Exclusion criteria

Failure to meet the inclusion criteria.

Treatment and study plan

Pain in competitive athletes with physical disabilities. Techniques for its management, support received and perceived difficulties.

Other

A total of 413 athletes with physical disabilities participated in the study, 157 Spanish athletes and 260 Latin American athletes. The athletes were contacted through different sports federations, Paralympic Committees and sports teams of people with disabilities.For the distribution of the questionnaire, the researcher made an initial telephone contact with the Spanish Paralympic Committee and the Spanish Sports Federation for People with Physical Disabilities, to explain the objectives of the study and ask for their collaboration in the dissemination. Subsequently, the information was officially sent to them by email.

Primary outcomes

Cross-sectional surveys

Time frame: 5 months

An ad-hoc questionnaire was developed with questions that sought to respond to the specific objectives of this study, taking into consideration the information obtained in the previous qualitative study. The questionnaire consisted of 74 questions, 68 closed multiple-choice and 6 open-ended, organised into six sections: characteristics of the athlete, how pain affects their sporting career, tolerance and acceptance of pain, techniques and strategies for managing pain, social support for pain management and finally difficulties in pain management. A Likert scale from 1 (very infrequently) to 5 (very often) was used.Depending on the interpretation of the questions asked in each section, higher scores mean a better or worse result.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Pain in Competitive Athletes With Physical Disabilities: Techniques for Its Management, Support Received and Perceived Difficulties

Important dates

Study start: 2021
Primary completion: 2021
Study completion: 2022
First posted: Dec 6, 2022
Registry last updated: Dec 6, 2022

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