Rise With Resilience

Conditions

• Athletic Injuries
• Sport Injuries

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

18 Years - 26 Years

Healthy Volunteers

Accepted

Interventions

• Community Resiliency Model (CRM) — OTHER
  CRM is an evidence-based mindfulness approach that provides patients with a biological perspective on behavioral health and stress reactions. CRM teaches six (6) mindfulness-based skills to address body sensation perception to attenuate symptoms of stress and anxiety, which in turn contribute to reducing pain and stress response. Trained specialists will introduce mindfulness skills to athletes, educate them on how to apply the skills, and observe athletes practicing the skills via Zoom®. Participants will be randomized to work with a mindfulness specialist at the baseline visit for 90 minutes and at follow-up visits for 15-30 minutes over Zoom®. The team's mindfulness specialists will deliver the evidence-based mindfulness training.
• Control — OTHER
  Participants will receive written discharge instructions on postoperative pain management interventions given to all patients seeking care at Emory. The handout includes guidance on when to take prescribed pain medications and how to implement non-pharmacological pain management approaches, such as cryotherapy or aroma therapy. To mitigate attention biases, study staff and clinical staff will meet with control arm participants at each follow-up visit for 15-30 minutes to review the handout. This minimally enhanced usual care attention-based control group design has been successfully utilized in other trials to mitigate biases and dropouts.

Study Details

The objective of this study is to investigate differences in postoperative pain, physical health, and mental health outcomes between participants receiving evidence-based mindfulness training and those who do not. Over 200,000 injuries are estimated to occur among National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) athletes annually. For many, these injuries can be season-ending, exacerbating physical, mental, and social well-being. Student-athletes face distinctive challenges compared to traditional students, such as balancing academic and athletic demands, pressures to perform well on and off the field, and the physical demands of competition, all of which can lead to worse mental and emotional outcomes if not properly managed. Injuries heighten stress levels among athletes, remove them from competition, and force students to integrate treatment regimens into already packed academic schedules.

Key Dates

Start date

Nov 1, 2025

Status verified

Dec 2025

Primary completion

Oct 31, 2027

Completion

Oct 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment

40 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Arms

• Experimental: Community Resiliency Model (CRM)
  Athletes randomized to the intervention will receive education before surgery. The intervention includes pairing participants with a specialist who will introduce mindfulness skills to athletes, educate them on how to apply the skills, and observe athletes practicing the skills via Zoom®.
• Active Comparator: Standard of Care (SOC)
  Athletes randomized to the control group will receive standard of care, written instructions, and handouts on postoperative pain management interventions.

Primary Outcome Measure

Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Physical Function [ Time Frame: Baseline (pre-surgery), 2 weeks, 6 weeks, and 3 months (post-surgery) ]

Central Contacts

• Nicholas A Giordano, PhD, RN
  404.727.7980
  [email protected]

Locations (1)

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