Kinesiophobia, knee self-efficacy, and fear avoidance beliefs in people with ACL injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis

GS Bullock, TC Sell, R Zarega, C Reiter, V King… - Sports Medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background To improve the understanding of the psychological impacts of anterior cruciate
ligament (ACL) injury, a systematic review synthesizing the evidence on knee self-efficacy …

[HTML][HTML] Psychological and social components of recovery following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in young athletes: a narrative review

ES Vutescu, S Orman, E Garcia-Lopez, J Lau… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture is a common injury in young athletes. To restore
knee stability and function, patients often undergo ACL reconstruction (ACLR). Historically …

Social support in sport injury rehabilitation

M Arvinen-Barrow, S Pack - The psychology of sport injury and …, 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
In society today, sport can form an important part of the ways in which an individual identifies
themselves, how they interact with one another and reflect on their position amongst those …

The association of physical competence with psychological response among young athletes at time of return to sport after ACL reconstruction

CM Zwolski, MV Paterno… - … American Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The traditional index of return-to-sport (RTS) readiness after anterior cruciate
ligament reconstruction (ACLR) is the achievement of physical competence criteria …

Interventions for increasing return to sport rates after an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery: a systematic review

K Drole, AH Paravlic - Frontiers in psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background An injury followed by surgery poses many challenges to an athlete, one of
which is rehabilitation, with the goal of returning to sport. While total restoration of physical …

Social support and therapeutic relationships intertwine to influence exercise behavior in people with sport-related knee injuries

LK Truong, AD Mosewich, M Miciak… - … Theory and Practice, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Explore how social support influences exercise therapy participation and
adherence before and after enrolling in an education and exercise therapy intervention …

The experience and influence of fear after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: an interview study with young athletes

J Kvist, J Bengtsson, C Lundqvist - BMC Sports Science, Medicine and …, 2023 - Springer
Background Despite good physical function, many athletes do not return to sports after an
anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). One important reason for this is fear of new …

Impact of psychological factors on rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a systematic review

VJ Nedder, AG Raju, AJ Moyal, JG Calcei… - Sports …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Context: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are a common orthopaedic injury, and the
incidence of ACL reconstruction (ACLR) continues to increase. Current clinical practice …

Females demonstrate lower levels of activity, psychological readiness and strength symmetry after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction than males, and also …

JR Ebert, ND Calvert, R Radic - Knee Surgery, Sports …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To investigate sex‐based recovery differences in patients undergoing anterior
cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) with a hamstring (HT) or quadriceps (QT) tendon …

[HTML][HTML] Psychological readiness is weakly related to physical function tests at return to sport for men and not at all for women following anterior cruciate ligament …

N Dombrowski, CJ Cleary, CD Bernard… - … : The Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose To assess the relationships between physical function tests of the operative limb
and psychological readiness to return to sport (RTS) after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) …