Table 2.

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) that was used in this study with injured athletes in the intervention group.

Weeks	Formal meditation practise (90 min)	Informal meditation practise (20 min)
Week 0	– Participant information sheet – Consent forms – Cold Pressor Test (CPT)	Participants given the CD guide of MBSR programme to practise at home.
Week 1 - Week 8	– Participants were asked to complete three questionnaires (MAAS, DASS and POMS), approximately 15 min. – 10–15 min of mindful check-in and sharing ideas about mindfulness meditation practise. – 30 min formal meditation practise with researcher. The formal session included these meditation skills (sitting/laying down meditation, mindful breathing and body scan meditation). – Participants were asked to complete three questionnaires (MAAS, DASS, and POMS) for the second time at the end of the meditation session. – 10–15 min of mindful check-in and sharing of ideas about mindfulness meditation practise. – Participants attended the lab on the same day each week.	– 20 min daily meditation practise. The CD guide of MBSR programme includes (sitting/laying down meditation, mindful breathing, body scan meditation, mindful eating, mindful walking meditation, meditation for anxiety and stress, mindful lying yoga, mindful standing, yoga, and loving kindness meditation. – Participants were free to choose the skills they would apply or listen to.
Week 9	Participants repeated the Cold Pressor Test (CPT) at the end of the MBSR.