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regarding providing health care for this important population of athletes. Limited evidence is available that addresses the experiences of ATs working with athletes with a physical disability. In one study, the combined experience of working with Special Olympics athletes, having the Special Olympics

psychological readiness for RTS. 4 – 7 However, data from these standardized questionnaires do not always correlate with patient experiences during rehabilitation, which can be influenced by unfulfilled patient expectations. 2 Investigating patient experiences during rehabilitation seems essential to better

–student research partnerships have potential extrinsic (eg, acceleration in research productivity 5 – 7 ) and intrinsic (eg, motivation and enjoyment 6 , 8 ) benefits for staff and institutions, this study will focus on the experiences of students in such partnerships. Several frameworks have presented the ways in

limited generalizability. It is possible that playing experience may be related to injury risk in this relatively new sport in the United States. By isolating injury rates by experience levels, stakeholders will gain valuable information to aid in determining training adaptations to prevent injury

Injury and rehabilitation are common and often challenging experiences for athletes. 1 – 3 Efforts are ongoing to improve understanding of sport injury and rehabilitation so as to decrease injury occurrence, 4 , 5 ameliorate adverse consequences of sport injury, 6 – 9 and improve return

the case. 3 These individuals often have a unique set of health care needs, and many commonly experience multiple barriers to health care services. These barriers include, but are not limited to, legal discrimination, financial barriers, insurance complications, and barriers related to unique health

Clinical Scenario Sports provide participants with many physical, mental, and social benefits 1 ; however, participation also comes with challenges. Many athletes will experience the common challenge of suffering a physical injury at some point in their athletic career. 2 The injury suffered may

athletes and experience these approaches. To begin to understand this phenomenon, we decided to explore the development experiences of para athletes in a sport that utilizes an athlete development model based on the Canadian LTAD. Understanding the developmental experience of para athletes remains limited

Sudden death by nature is unexpected and unanticipated ( Futterman & Myerburg, 1998 ), often creating feelings of shock and disbelief ( Straub, 2001 ). As people are usually unprepared for such a traumatic experience ( Margola, Facchin, Molgora, & Revenson, 2010 ), they often do not know where to

demonstrating a possible connection between dispositional mindfulness and flow, Kee and Wang ( 2008 ) found via cluster analysis that a group of university student-athletes with high mindfulness scores reported significantly higher flow disposition (i.e., one’s propensity to experience flow states) compared