Dispositional Mindfulness and Injury Time Loss in Soccer

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2021Suggested citation
Solé Cases, Silvia;
Röthlin, Philipp;
Blanch Plana, Angel;
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(2021)
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Dispositional Mindfulness and Injury Time Loss in Soccer.
Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, núm. 14, 8104.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su13148104.
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Soccer injuries have a low prevalence, albeit prompting detrimental effects for individuals
and teams, particularly with prolonged convalescence periods. Age and injury severity appear as
the most robust correlates with recovery duration. The role of dispositional mindfulness remains
unknown, however, despite considerable evidence that highlights positive effects of mindfulness on
injury rehabilitation. This study sought to examine whether dispositional mindfulness explained
additional variability in injury time loss in an elite sample of soccer players (N = 207). A series of
moderated regression analyses examined whether dispositional mindfulness interacted with either
age or injury severity in explaining the length of recovery from an injury. The main findings suggest
that dispositional mindfulness was unrelated with length of recovery. In contrast, age and injury
severity related robustly with the length of lesion recovery, which was even longer for the older
players with very severe injuries. The current findings constitute a novelty in the study of injuries in
soccer and open new research lines to determine whether mindfulness interventions are likely to
contribute to shorten objective rehabilitation length for a more sustainable approach to sports injury.
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