Influence of Physical Activity Interventions on Body Representation: A Systematic Review [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020 Distorted representation of one's own body is a diagnostic criterion and corepsychopathology of disorders such as anorexia nervosa and body dysmorphic disorder. Previousliterature has raised the possibility of utilising physical activity intervention (PI)
Duangkamol Srismith +10 more
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The Body after Cancer: A Qualitative Study on Breast Cancer Survivors' Body Representation. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 Objective: The relationship with the body is a relevant issue for breast cancer survivors. Oncological treatments damage their bodies due to scars, weight gain, and other side effects.
Sebri V +3 more
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Effects of virtual body-representation on motor skill learning. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2022 Motor learning is often hindered or facilitated by visual information from one’s body and its movement. However, it is unclear whether visual representation of the body itself facilitates motor learning.
Shin Y, Lim J, Kim Y, Seo DG, Ihm J.
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Top-down effect of body representation on pain perception. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2022 Many studies on body representation intend to change the perceived size, material, and structure of the body. However, whether the perception of a stimulus can be modified by manipulating body representation remains largely unexplored.
Matsumuro M +4 more
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The role of hand size in body representation: a developmental investigation. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2022 Knowledge of one’s own body size is a crucial facet of body representation, both for acting on the environment and perhaps also for constraining body ownership.
Cowie D +3 more
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Robotic hand augmentation drives changes in neural body representation. [PDF]
Sci Robot, 2021 Skillful Third Thumb hand augmentation can be readily learned but may influence user’s body representation and motor control. Humans have long been fascinated by the opportunities afforded through augmentation.
Kieliba P +3 more
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Body Representation in Patients with Severe Spinal Cord Injury: A Pilot Study on the Promising Role of Powered Exoskeleton for Gait Training. [PDF]
J Pers Med, 2022 Patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) complain of changes in body representation, potentially leading to negative physical and psychological consequences.
Maggio MG +8 more
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Body representation underlies response of proprioceptive acuity to repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation [PDF]
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2022 Proprioceptive acuity is of great significance in basic research exploring a possible neural mechanism of fine motor control and in neurorehabilitation practice promoting motor function recovery of limb-disabled people.
Yunxiang Xia +3 more
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Body representation among adults with phantom limb pain: Results from a foot identification task. [PDF]
Eur J Pain, 2022 Impaired body representation (i.e. disrupted body awareness or perception) may be a critical, but understudied, factor underlying phantom limb pain (PLP).
Beisheim-Ryan EH +4 more
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The long developmental trajectory of body representation plasticity following tool use. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2021 Humans evolution is distinctly characterized by their exquisite mastery of tools, allowing them to shape their environment in more elaborate ways compared to other species.
Martel M +4 more
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