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Road to Expertise: Examining Existing Parasport Development Literature and Para-Athletes' Developmental Trajectories and Training Histories Leading to Successful Development
(2016-11-25)
Unfortunately, research regarding development of athletes with disabilities has not kept pace with the tremendous growth of the parasports. The purpose of this thesis was to examine athletes with disabilities developmental ...
Children's Oxygen Consumption Responses to Self-Paced Active Play and Prescribed Treadmill Exercise
(2017-07-27)
The intensity and intervals of physical activity (PA) are important in eliciting dose-dependent physical and physiological adaptations. The objectives of the study were to examine the VO2 responses plus accelerometer-based ...
Degree and Socio-Ecological Correlates of Exercise at Completion of Supervised Cardiac Rehabilitation in Highly-Adherent Patients
(2015-08-28)
Purpose: The objectives of this thesis were to describe the quantity of physical activity (PA) in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) participants at the end of their program, and the correlates of PA, in a theoretically-informed ...
Waist Deep in Mud: A Socio-Cultural Analysis of Tough Mudder
(2015-01-26)
The Tough Mudder (TM) event is a non-stop, multidiscipline, individual and team endurance obstacle race. This paper examines how TM participants identify withand understand TM and how in turn, it contributes to their ...
Cost-Effectiveness of Exercise Facilitation Post-Cardiac Rehabilitation
(2015-08-28)
Background: Physical activity declines post-cardiac rehabilitation (CR) suggests the need for an exercise maintenance intervention. The study objectives were to assess (1) health-care resource utilization, (2) QALYs, and ...
Impact of Spasticity on Balance Control During Quiet Standing in Persons Post-Stroke
(2016-09-20)
Statement of the problem: Balance impairments and falls are common among people with stroke. Muscle spasticity is also common and may influence balance control. However, the effect of spasticity on balance control among ...
Receptivity to Bariatric Surgery in Qualified Patients
(2015-12-16)
Although bariatric surgery has been demonstrated to be the most effective weight loss intervention, there are low levels of interest among qualified individuals. The aim of this thesis was to examine the factors related ...
Context-Dependent Dual Adaptation to Opposing Visuomotor Rotations
(2015-12-16)
When reaching towards objects, the human central nervous system (CNS) can actively compensate for two different perturbations simultaneously (dual adaptation), though this does not simply occur upon presentation. Dual ...
The Interplay Between PGC-1 and Autophagy During Metabolic Alterations in Skeletal Muscle
(2015-08-28)
PGC-1α is a transcriptional co-activator well established as a potent regulator of oxidative metabolism in skeletal muscle. This co-activator mediates metabolic adaptation to exercise by orchestrating mitochondrial biogenesis. ...
The Role of the Dorsal Premotor and Superior Parietal Cortices in Decoupled Visuomotor Transformations
(2015-01-26)
In order to successfully interact with objects located within our environment, the brain must be capable of combining visual information with the appropriate felt limb position (i.e. proprioception) in order compute an ...