Practitioner Perspectives on the Association Between Mental Fatigue and Injury Risk in High-Performance Sport: A Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to investigate the perceptions of practitioners involved in injury management within high-performance sport on the potential interaction between mental fatigue and injury risk, including perceived mechanisms. A sequential explanatory design was used, with phase one implementing a cross-sectional survey and phase two utilising semi-structured interviews. An electronic survey of multi-disciplinary practitioners working in high-performance sport, specifically invasion-based team sports, was conducted. Topics included the mechanisms by which mental fatigue may influence risk of injury, potential sex differences, mental fatigue and injury prevention and areas for future research. Preliminary data analysis guided the development of the phase two interview schedule, which aimed t

SUBMITTER: Fazackerley LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12307965 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature