Clinical trial NCT05647031: Pain in Competitive Athletes With Physical Disabilities and Techniques for Its Management
Official title: Pain in Competitive Athletes With Physical Disabilities and Techniques for Its Management
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Athletic Injuries
Physical Disability
Chronic Pain
Keywords: Athlete
Physical disability
Competition
Chronic pain
Psychological models
Lead sponsor: Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-12-12
Enrollment: 21
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 15
Maximum age (years): 55
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: OTHER
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: A total of 20 participants were interviewed on a voluntary basis (7 competitive athletes with physical disabilities, 4 physiotherapists, 5 coaches and 4 psychologists) after being informed of the research objectives. The sports agents (coaches, physiotherapists and psychologists) were active and worked with high-level athletes in their professional field. As for the athletes, all were active except one, who had been retired for eight years, and took part in national and international competitions and Paralympic Games in their respective sports disciplines. All of them belonged to the Spanish Sports Federation for People with Physical Disabilities (FEDDF)

Brief summary: There are psychosocial factors that affect pain, and therefore, psychological intervention techniques have been added to its usual pharmacological and physiotherapeutic treatment. Despite the abundant evidence that addresses psychosocial factors as clear mediators in the perception of pain, the use of psychological techniques for pain management in competitive athletes, and more especially in competitive athletes with physical disabilities, is scarce. The purpose of this study was to ascertain the perception of high-level competitive athletes with physical disability and sports agents (coaches, physiotherapists and psychologists).

Detailed description: Qualitative study with in-depth interviews to find out the perception of sports agents (coaches, physiotherapists and psychologists) and athletes on how pain can affect the development of the sports career and to determine what techniques are known and/or implemented by sports agents (coaches, physiotherapists and psychologists) and athletes to manage pain.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

For the athlete:

* Physical disability.
* Participate in high performance competition
* Aged between 15 and 55 years old;

For the sports agents:

* To exercise their profession with high performance athletes with physical disabilities

Exclusion Criteria:

* Not meeting the above requirements

Primary outcomes:
measure: Perception of pain in competitive athletes with physical disabilities and techniques for its management.(Qualitative methodology).
timeFrame: 2 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Madrid
country: Spain
facility: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Study officials:
affiliation: Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
name: María I. Barriopedro, PhD in Psychology
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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