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METHODS

Participants. The study population included 30 women judges of Greek nationality. All participants were recruited by invitation from the Hellenic Gymnastics Federation. The first group of 10 novice judges was recruited from a pool of 14 judges that had obtained an official license from the Hellenic Gymnastics Federation at the time of the testing but had not yet participated as judges in an official event (mean age, 24.60 yr; SD, 5.64 yr). Another 10 participants (mean age, 29.50 yr; SD, 12.5 yr) were Greek national judges for RG accredited by the Hellenic Gymnastics Federation. The national judges were recruited from a pool of 20 judges that had obtained an official license from the Hellenic Gymnastics Federation and had already participated in official events, as judges at the time of testing, organized by the Hellenic Gymnastics Federation. Finally, the third group of 10 participants was international judges for RG (mean age, 45.50 yr; SD, 8.10 yr) accredited by the FIG. The international judges were recruited from a pool of 20 national judges that had obtained an international license from the FIG at the time of testing and had already participated in international official events as judges. All participants gave an informed consent for their participation in this study, and the study protocol was approved by the ethics committee of the Aeginition University Hospital. Procedure. For the purposes of the study, we received permission from the Hellenic Gymnastics Federation to videotape two performances of the Greek national team in RG during a special evaluation event, in the presence of four international judges, at the National Gymnastics …