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Context: The level of body awareness, performance emotional status and demographic characteristics in different sports branches are subjects to be investigated. It is important to examine the concepts of performance emotional state and body awareness to better understand the body-mind relationship in different sports branches. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the level of body awareness and performance emotional status (PES) of athletes. Design: In this cross-sectional study, independent variables are groups (4 sports branches) and dependent variables are body awareness and performance emotional status. Participants: The study was conducted on 188 licensed athletes (85 footballers, 36 basketball players, 34 handball players and 33 swimmers). The mean age of participants was 14.64±1.89 years, height was 172.44±11.03cm and body weight was 62.35±13.12 kg. Settings: Four sports clubs and 2 high schools were the intervention facilities. Intervention: Body Awareness Questionnaire (BAQ) and Continuous Optimal Performance Emotional Status Scale-2(COPESS-2) were used for data collection. Sociodemographic information was recorded. Main Outcome Measures: One-way ANOVA was used for analysis of normal distribution data in four different groups, and the Kruskal Wallis test was used for the analysis of data that did not show normal distribution. Results: There was no difference in body awareness among the branches (p=0.171). The performance emotional state (PES) of the footballers was better than that of other athletes (p=0.01). The correlation between body awareness and PES was medium (r=0.47, p<0.01) and the corelations between body awareness and age, licensed year and number of weekly training sessions were weak (r=0.22, p<0.01; r=0.19, p<0.01; r=0.15, p=0.03). Conclusions: The body awareness of athletes may not differ among the sports branches, but PES is related to many factors such as mood, age, license years and number of training sessions. In rehabilitation and training, body awareness and PES should be evaluated together. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between elite athletes' imagery abilities and their body awareness, plank stance duration, psychological and social skills. Material and Methods: The study included 53 healthy elite athletes (female:32, male:21). The imagery abilities of the athletes were evaluated using the Movement Imagery Questionnaire-3. A Body Awareness Questionnaire was used for body awareness assessment. Plank stance duration, psychological and social skill levels were evaluated using Sport Specific Core Muscle Strength and Stability Plank Test, Athletic Psychological Skills Inventory and Social Skills Inventory, respectively. Results: External and kinesthetic imagery was found to correlate with body awareness (r=0.33, p=0.02; r=0.39, p<0.01). There was a relationship between these imagery abilities and the prediction of body responses (r=0.31, p=0.03; r=0.38, p<0.01) and sleep-wake cycle (r=0.38, p<0.01; r=0.37, p<0.01) subdimensions of body awareness. Kinesthetic imagery also was associated with changes in paying attention to changes and reactions in the body process (r=0.30, p=0.03) sub-dimension. There was no relationship between imagery and other parameters (p>0.05). Conclusion: The external and kinesthetic imagery ability of elite athletes is related to the body awareness level. It should be considered in terms of holistic approach in the performance and rehabilitation processes of the athletes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the study was to show the effects of drug management, home arrangements, and exercise combined program on falling and quality of life in older adults. The multidisiplinary study was conducted with 41 participants aged 65-74 years registered with three Family Health Centers. A combined program which consist of drug management, home arrangements, and exercise program was applied them individually for six months. Data were collected by self-report using a Sociodemographic Form, Domestic Environmental Risk Factors of Falling Form, Fall Risk Assessment Scale, SF-36 Quality of Life Scale, and Follow-up Form. The mean age of the participants was 69.1 ± 3.1 years, and were (F/M:37/4). After three and six months the domestic environmental risk factors of falling, fall numbers, risk and SF-36 quality of life subscales decreased significantly compared to baseline assessment (p<.05). The multidisciplinary program reduced the number of falls, the risk of falling and improved quality of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]