February 2012
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High levels of life stress, both positive and negative, are associated with injury risk 1,2 • The stress-injury response includes: the stressor, the stress response, and the injury 2 • Coping mechanisms affect the impact of stress on athletic performance and risk of injury 1 • Coping resources moderate the influence of life stress on injury vulnerability and outcome 3 • Athletes are 2-5 times more likely to become injured with high life-stress versus low life-stress 3 • Life Events Survey for Collegiate Athletes (LESCA) has been used to quantify life stress 4 • LESCA negative score associated with injury to Division I-A college football starting players 5 • The purpose of this study was to assess the predictive value of LESCA score for identification of Division I-FCS football players with elevated risk for low back or lower extremity (LE) injury