Psychological predictors of injuries in circus artists : an exploratory study
Auteurs : Shrier, Ian (Auteur) ; Hallé, Madeleine (Auteur)
Éditeur : British Journal of Sports Medicine vol. 45 no. 5, p. 433-436
Date de publication : avril 2011
Langue : Anglais
Sujets :
Arts du cirque - Accidents et blessures
Médecine du sport
Entraînement (Sports) - Études de cas
Résumé :
Objectives: To explore the relationship between potential psychological risk factors and injury risk in circus artists.
Design: Historical cohort study.
Setting Cirque du Soleil training programme.
Participants: Forty-seven circus artists training to become Cirque du Soleil artists.
Assessment of risk factors: Artists completed the validated REST-Q questionnaire (19 domains) during their first 2 weeks of training.
Main outcome: Injury risk ratio.
Results: Of the five a priori exposures of interest, injury, emotional exhaustion, self-efficacy and fatigue were associated with an increase in injury risk (risk ratios between 1.8 and 2.8), but Conflicts/Pressure was not (risk ratio=0.8). Of the several specific psychological aspects that are considered risk factors for injury, low self-efficacy had the strongest relationship.
Conclusions: Most of the strong psychological risk factors for injuries previously identified in athletes also appear to be risk factors in circus artists
Localisation : Études, rapports et articles de périodiques
Cote : 617.102 7 S5614p 2011
DOI : 10.1136/bjsm.2009.067751