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Exploring the relationship between motivation and dog-walking behaviour: what motivates older adults to walk with their dogs?
(2013-02-03)
Background/Objectives: Dog ownership in older adulthood has been connected with
increased likelihood of meeting the physical activity guidelines. There are older dog
owners, however, that do not walk their dogs. Investigation ...
Effects of a virtual reality intervention on postural adaptation of children with movement and balance problems
(2012-11-10)
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a 20-session Wii Fit intervention on postural adaptation of 10 children with movement and balance problems (M = 8.50 years; SD = 1.27 years). The children’s balance ...
Reliability and Validity of a New Test of Agility in Male Soccer Players
(2012-11-10)
Agility testing is an important aspect of soccer and to the author’s knowledge, no soccerspecific
agility assessment tool has been created. Agility is the process of coordinating
appropriate parts of the body in a rapid ...
Exploring the relationship between health-related fitness and biological CVD risk factors in Canadian young adult men and women
(2012-11-10)
It is well known that physical inactivity leads to development of poor musculoskeletal health and obesity, two major modifiable risk factors for the development of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD; Eyre, Kahn, & Robertson, ...
The Effect of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury on Reaction Time, Dual-tasking Reaction Time and Heart Rate Variability in Driving Simulation
(2015)
The present study was performed to address some gaps in current literature related to dual tasking, reaction time, and heart rate variability (HRV) in concussed individuals during driving simulation, and to determine the ...
An Analysis of motivation and motivational climate in physical education class of enrolled and non-enrolled female adolescent students
(2012-11-10)
This study investigated female adolescent students‘ motivation towards high school physical education (PE) class and the relationship of motivational class climate of enrolled and non-enrolled female adolescent students. ...
The experience of volunteer minor hockey coaches, program organizers and program facilitators in an on line coach education program known as play it cool
(2012-11-10)
This study described the experiences of volunteer minor hockey coaches (VMHC), program organizers program facilitators (the participants) in a web-based, facilitated coach education program (CEP) called Play It Cool (PIC). ...
Comparing vertical jump height measurement methods
(2013-04-10)
Vertical jump height is a method of assessing muscle strength and power in the lower body, and is used to assess athletic ability. The gold standard in measuring vertical jump height is the measurement of the vertical ...
The Influence of Neck Stiffness, Impact Location, and Angle on Peak Linear Acceleration, Shear Force, and Energy Loading Measures of Hockey Helmet Impacts
(2016)
Head and brain injuries like concussion affect many hockey players throughout their playing careers. Hockey helmets remain to be the best form of head protection available as they function well to reduce the occurrence of ...
The Effect of warm-ups and elevated oxygen consumption on running performance in trained collegiate distance runners
(2014-01-22)
The mobilization hypothesis (Andzel & Gutin, 1976) states that starting a performance with an elevated baseline oxygen consumption will improve performance by reducing the oxygen deficit at the beginning of the task, ...