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Method of Sampling When an athlete came in with an acute lower extremity sprain or strain, the athletic trainer from that team would send the injured athlete to me. I assessed the injury to make sure that it fit into the scope of the research that was being done. The assessment involved using the method of injury evaluation known as HOPS; history, observation, palpation, and special tests. I performed special tests that were common to the area injured in order to decide if the athlete had incurred the injury I wanted to conduct research on. I did not accept any injuries that were over two days old. If the athlete had been hurt during practice on the same day that they were evaluated, the first day of their treatment began on the following day. Once it was decided that the athlete fit the research, I reviewed the research methodology with the athlete and asked if they would be willing to be a part of the research for seven out of ten days. Once the athlete agreed to be in the study I asked them to sign and date a consent form (Appendix A) which was then signed by me. Procedure Eligible athletes were randomly assigned to either the experimental group or the control (sham) group by having them pull a letter (either A or B) out of a colored canvas bag. The A’s stood for the control group and the B’s stood for the experimental group. The athlete was not made aware of what group they were put into. Each athlete had his own data collection form (Appendix A) where all information was kept on his daily measurements. I finished the study with 12 athletes, six in each group. There were three athletes who were disqualified due to not being able to come in the required amount of times for treatment. The athlete was to be “cold” meaning that he was to not have been 18PDF Image | Light Therapy on Pain and Swelling vs Collegiate Athletes
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