Descriptions of movement experiences in the Body Awareness Rating Scale - Movement Quality and Experience evaluation. A qualitative study of patients diagnosed with hip osteoarthritis.

: Patients' access to movement experiences is implemented in the evaluation tool Body Awareness Rating Scale - Movement Quality and Experience, with its two intertwined parts: 1) the physiotherapist's observations of movement quality; and 2) the patient's descriptions of immediate movement experiences.: To study movement experiences and reflections described by patients diagnosed with hip osteoarthritis when guided to explore simple daily-life movements in this particular evaluation context.: An explorative qualitative study with open-ended questions following each of the 12 movements integrated into the evaluation.: 35 participants diagnosed with hip osteoarthritis were included; 28 women and 7 men, aged 23-78 years. Their descriptions were audiotaped, transcribed verbatim and analyzed in accordance with qualitative content analysis.: The patients described experiences of a dynamic adaptation of movement strategies based on sensations from the moving body. Two interrelated categories of movement awareness were identified: 1) Experienced movement challenges, including three sub-categories; a) , b) , and c) , and 2) Movement components promoting well-being, including three sub-categories; a) , b) , and c) : The Body Awareness Rating Scale - Movement Quality and Experience provides a platform for patients to become aware of and describe their movement habits and resources in own words, intertwined with the physiotherapist movement observations. Derived descriptions reflect a patient perspective to be implemented in therapy.