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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]

Our aim was to perform the Turkish-language adaptation of a practical ataxia rating scale for children. The Brief Ataxia Rating Scale was subjected to cultural adaptation following receipt of the requisite permissions. Thirty-six children aged 4–18 years followed-up with a diagnosis of ataxia were included in the study. Evaluation of each child was recorded on video. The video recordings were scored independently by nine observers (four physiotherapists, one pediatric neurologist, and four pediatricians). Intra-rater reliability was tested by the same video images being scored twice, at 15-day intervals, by a pediatric neurologist. Intraclass correlation coefficients were used for inter-rater and intra-rater reliability. The Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia was used for concurrent validity. Good to excellent reliability was determined among the nine observers in terms of total scores with the intraclass correlation coefficient among the nine observers (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.926; 95% CI: 0.885–0.956). Intra-rater reliability analysis results exhibited strong reliability in terms of scores elicited at two-week intervals (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.967; 95% CI: 0.890–0.987, r = 0.97, p < 0.001). At concurrent validity analysis, a strong relation was determined between total Scale of the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia score and total Brief Ataxia Rating Scale score (r = 0.942, p < 0.001). The Turkish-language adaptation of the Brief Ataxia Rating Scale is reliable and valid for application in children. This study shows the reliability and validity of the Turkish language adaptation of brief ataxia rating scale in children. The scale being both practical and easily applicable to ataxic children will contribute to broadening its use in the pediatric age group in particular. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]