As a result of the extreme difficulty in trying to find conclusive evidence on what moderates the relationship between stress and injury none of the literature that I read was able to completely prove their hypotheses. Each researcher concluded that to replicate their research it would be necessary to take a multivariable approach and finding more accurate measures to evaluate stress and its effect on an athlete both psychologically and physiologically. Until a method is developed to control stress, then it will grow increasingly difficult to completely understand the effects that psychosocial factors have on stress and its relationship to the occurrence and severity of athletic injuries.
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