Beneficios percibidos de las lesiones deportivas: Estudio cualitativo en futbol...

• Author(s): Almeida, Pedro Henrique Garcia Lopes de ; Luciano, Rui ; Lameiras, João
• Date: 2014
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/3027
• Origin: Repositório do ISPA - Instituto Universitário
• Subject(s): Perceived benefits; Injury; Football; Qualitative study
• Document Type: Article
• Language: Spanish

Description

The aim o f the study was to identify and analyze the perceived benefits associated with sports injury in 16 professional and semi-professional players who were injured during sports practice. For data collection semi-structured interviews were conducted, content analyses being performed through the QSR Nvivo 2.0 software. 31 participants reported perceived benefits throughout the injury process, with social support and sports education referrals. The findings point to the importance of including positive aspects for a clearer and more complete understanding of the overall impact of sports injuries.