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Reliability of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children – Second Edition: Age Band 2
(2016)
The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability of age band 2 of the Movement
Assessment Battery for Children – Second Edition (MABC-2), using test re-test, internal
consistency, and standard error of measurement ...
The Effect of breastfeeding on the neonatal abstinence scores of infants born to mothers on a methadone maintenance program : an epidemiological study
(2010)
The objective of this research study is to determine the effects that breastfeeding has on methadone exposed infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS), born at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. Methadone ...
Exploring Health Care Providers’ Perspectives of Care Practices, Facilitators, and Barriers Experienced when Managing Childhood Obesity in Rural Northwestern Ontario Communities
(2015)
Previous literature has identified that rural communities have a higher obesity prevalence than their
urban counterparts. In comparison to the rest of the province, childhood obesity rates are significantly higher in ...
The Use of a Hockey Specific Stimulus to Measure the Efficiency of the Attention Networks
(2012-11-10)
Attention is an important component to successful participation in a variety of
sports and activities. Attention can be thought of as three separate but functionally
interrelated networks; Alerting, Orienting and Executive ...
The effects of smelling salts on hockey players' reaction time, anaerobic performance and sympathetic nervous system
(2019)
Background/Objectives: Smelling salts are a commonly used ergogenic aid in various sports,
particularly in elite hockey. However, the extent of performance enhancing effects of smelling
salts on reaction time and performance ...
The effect of a 6-week progressive, combined resistance and cardiovascular training program on muscular strength, endurance, and body composition in young adults with a mild to moderate intellectual global delay
(2019)
Individuals with an intellectual disability (ID) are defined as people who have significant limitation in both intellectual functioning such as learning and problem solving, as well as in adaptive behavior such as social ...
The relationship between maximal isometric and isotonic neck strength of hockey players and wrestlers
(2011)
The purpose of this study was first to examine the relation between maximal isometric neck force and predicted 1-RM cervical strength values, for neck flexion and extension. The second purpose was to compare maximal isometric ...
Effects of a virtual reality intervention on postural adaptation of children with movement and balance problems
(2012)
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 ...
Exploring the relationship between health-related fitness and biological CVD risk factors in Canadian young adult men and women
(2012)
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, ...
An Analysis of motivation and motivational climate in physical education class of enrolled and non-enrolled female adolescent students
(2012)
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. ...