Injury incidence and psychological mood state patterns in collegiate rodeo athletes.

Precompetitive and noncompetitive psychological vigor scores were determined from completed inventories of the Profile of Mood States for 99 male collegiate rodeo athletes. Injury data concerning etiology, incidence, and anatomical region were also compiled. No association between any mood state variable prior to competition and the incidence of upper or lower body injuries, or total injuries were found. Inverse relationships were found between both number of lower and total body injuries and noncompetitive baseline vigor, indicating that as number of injuries increased there was a decrease in noncompetitive vigor. Thus, a relationship may exist between incidence of athletic injury and vigor-arousal states of athletes in high-collision, nontraditional sports. (French abstract) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Injury incidence and psychological mood state patterns in collegiate rodeo athletes. Academic Article