Abstract:

Purpose: Aim of this study is to examine change in disablement in physical activity, fear of movement behavior and exercise self-efficacy after lower limbs extremity injury in elite male footballers to determine whether these factors differ according to injury period (acute, subacute, persistent). Methods: Elite male footballers, who applied to our clinic formed the sample group. Male football players who were found to be healthy and had lower extremity injuries were applied The Disablement in the Physically Active Scale, Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale and Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale. Results: Fifty-six male footballers (age: 19.5±0.3 years body mass index: 21.5±0.2 kg/m2) were included in the study. Regular training time is calculated as 5±0.1 days/week and 89.8±2.3 minutes/session. There are 19 players (Grouphealthy) healthy. There are 37 players (Groupacute=12 Groupsubacute=10 Grouppersistent=15) suffered injury. It was found that the results of The Disablement in the Physically Active Scale of the footballers in the injured groups was higher and made a difference with the Grouphealthy (p˂0.05). However, there was no difference between the groups in the Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale and Exercise SelfEfficacy Scale (p˃0.05). It was found that these factors are not different at the injury period after injury in football players suffering from disability (p˃0.05). Conclusion: After the lower extremity injury that did not require surgery in elite male footballers, disablement physical activity was observed, but there was no change in fear of movement behavior and exercise self-efficacy.

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