NCT06184217

Effects of a Mindfulness Programme on Competitive Athletes With Physical Disabilities

Effects of the Mindfulness Sport Performance Enhancement Programme on Competitive Athletes With Physical Disabilities.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad Politecnica de Madrid · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 15 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Pain affects the athlete's sporting career directly or indirectly. Directly, the injury affects other areas of the body causing a physical decompensation in the athlete and this affects the correct execution of the sporting technique, or how technical gestures can cause pain. Indirectly, through the psychological consequences of pain that generate a series of negative consequences and feelings. Some studies suggest that psychological skills are an important tool for pain management. For that reason, a mindfulness intervention programme would be a useful tool for manage pain in this population.

Detailed description

The study hypothesised that the Mindfulness Sports Performance Enhancement (MSPE) programme adapted for this population, was more effective than mindfulness-based relaxation training as a treatment for chronic pain and associated emotional disturbances in Para athletes with physical disabilities, and that it contributes more to modifying psychological variables that have been shown to be related to or have modulatory value in the experience of chronic pain.

Conditions

• Athletic Injuries
• Physical Disability
• Chronic Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Experimental group (MSPE programme group).	Experimental group. MSPE Programme. This group will receive a face-to-face mindfulness MSPE programme for 6 weeks, once a week for 1h 50min-2 hours. In addition to doing mindfulness activities at home. Each session contains the following exercises: (1) intention meditation, sultana exercise, diaphragmatic breathing and sitting meditation with a focus on breath, body and sound; (2) diaphragmatic breathing, Body Scan; (3) sitting meditation, dynamics of emotions, Mindful Yoga on the floor; (4) letting go of attachments, mindful Yoga on the floor walking meditation; (5) sports meditation, sitting meditation with a focus on breath, body and sound; (6) intention meditation, body scan analysis and review of sports meditation.
OTHER	Control group (relaxation group).	These instructions included a combination of tension-relaxation of specific muscles and simple breathing techniques. They were recommended to do this on a daily basis, with a minimum of 4 sessions per week.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-11-16
• Primary completion: 2023-04-12
• Completion: 2023-05-17
• First posted: 2023-12-28
• Last updated: 2024-01-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain