Kinesiology 3474A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Observational Learning

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 3474A/B
• Professor: Craig Hall

Document Summary

Important for athletes recovering from rst major injury. Watching another athlete successfully execute the movement can be an important method of gaining information about correct body positioning, speed, and coordination patterns. Using the self as a model is not that common in injury rehabilitation. As in exercise, mirrors can be used to make sure the exercises are being completed properly. Whereas mastery models are good for assisting in physical skill development, coping models have the advantage in promoting psychological changes and emotional regulation both of which can be important in injury rehabilitation. Many problems that patients face; pain, anger or frustration, doubt about whether you will recover and if you can do what you used to do. Maddison and colleagues (2006) examined the effect of peer modeling on perceptions of preoperative anxiety and pain, as well as postoperative self-ef cacy and functional outcomes, in a sample of 56 patients undergoing acl reconstruction.