The goal of the research was to define experts opinion about adequate criteria for water polo players' actual quality evaluation and to determine experts opinion about weight coefficients (ponders) of the here defined criteria across the playing positions in the game of water polo. Based upon the expertise performed by ten water polo professionals, the relative importance coefficients with rega...

AIM To obtain the views of specialist registrars on specialty care in the community. METHOD Specialist registrars from five Deaneries in England completed an online questionnaire about their views on employment prospects, the role of specialty care in the community, and the need for additional training in this area. RESULTS One hundred and twenty seven replies were received over a four week...

Aims: To evaluate the effect of cochlear implant (CI) on quality of life (QoL), quality of hearing (QoH), and working in patients with single-sided deafness (SSD). Methods: Using specific questionnaires, we measured QoL, QoH, and working performance in seven SSD patients scheduled for CI surgery of the affected ear. Sound localization and speech perception in noise were also assessed. All quest...

Challenge and threat states predict future performance; however, no research has examined their immediate effect on motor task performance. The present study examined the effect of challenge and threat states on golf putting performance and several possible mechanisms. One hundred twenty-seven participants were assigned to a challenge or threat group and performed six putts during which emotion...