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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 ...
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 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. ...
The effects of therapeutic patellar taping techniques on lower extremity kinematics during running in individuals with and without patellofemoral pain syndrome
(2016)
The effectiveness of patellar taping techniques for Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS),
including McConnell’s Medial Glide and Mechanical Correction Technique with Tension in the
Base, remains controversial, with no ...
Investigating high performance perfectionist athletes' perceptions of the junior to senior sport transition
(2014)
Whether or not perfectionism is a healthy personality characteristic is a topic of much debate among researchers (Flett & Hewitt, 2005). One way to investigate this is to differentiate how “healthy” or “unhealthy” ...
Predicting moral behaviour in sport: individual and interactive relationships involving motivational climate, gender, and perfectionism
(2016)
A large proportion of Canadian youth aged 15 to 19 – approximately 60 percent – participate in organized sport (Canadian Fitness & Lifestyle Research Institute, 2015). Given this significant number, popular media portrayals ...