My central question is about the psychology of ACL injuries. My central question is “How does a torn ACL impact the psychology of a competitive athlete?”. What are the various factors that impact the psychology of athletes during recovery? The last thing I want to learn more about is if there is any way people can help the mentality of athletes still recovering and what are different ways to help. I want to learn more about the neurological aspect and psychological aspect of the injury. I can relate my own experience to this topic and give a more personal view of a more scientific topic. I plan on asking some experts of the topic that I know from inside and outside of school. I will also do my own research.
Mr. clark (neurological information)
Ms Bullard (psychology information)
Coach Beatty (team and sports psychology)
Katie Voris (physiology and psychology)
Dr. Harrison (physical therapist for acl injuries)
Dr. X (orthopedic surgeon)
Mr. Jeff (trainer)
Feb 7th: Read at least 3 sources and project reflection due Feb 10th: half of my sources and annotated bibliography Feb 14th: all of my research components done’ March 12: thesis and outline done March 19: reflection 2 done April 2: rough draft of paper done April 9: artifact proposal April 16: final paper April 23: artifact progress update presentation May 4: website complete May 11: progress reflection 3 done
I am going to discuss my topic with 2 doctors and a physical trainer that I work with a lot. They have a lot of experience with acl athletes and with working with the psychology aspect as well. They can also give examples or relate some things to my actual experience. I think that they will give a lot of helpful information