A Psychological Support Intervention to Help Injured Athletes “Get Back in the Game”: Design and Development Study

Clare L Ardern   ^{1, 2, 3, 4} , BPhysio (Hons), PhD ;   Nicholas Hooper   ⁵ , MSc, MD ;   Paul O'Halloran   ⁶ , BBSc, Grad Dip, PhD ;   Kate E Webster   ⁷ , BSc (Hons), PhD ;   Joanna Kvist   ^{1, 8} , PT, PhD

¹ Unit of Physiotherapy, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Science, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

² Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

³ Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

⁴ Musculoskeletal & Sports Injury Epidemiology Centre, Department of Health Promotion Science, Sophiahemmet University, Stockholm, Sweden

⁵ School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States

⁶ School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

⁷ School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

⁸ Stockholm Sports Trauma Research Center, Department of Molecular Medicine & Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden