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Whittington, J. M., E. J. Schoen, L. L. Labounty, et al. "Bone Mineral Density and Contet of Collegiate Throwers: Influence of Maximum Strength." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2009. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4128.

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AIM: Bone changes in size and density in response to different levels of stress. Alterations to bone mineral density (BMD) appear to occur in a site specific manner. Even though BMD has been examined in many populations there is a paucity of data looking at strength-power athletes, such as throwers. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the BMD of a group of USA Division I collegiate throwers (e.g. shot put, discus, etc.). METHODS: Seven throwers (4 males; 3 females) who were 19.0 ± 0.9 years had their BMD compared to an age matched control group (n=14; 8 women and 6 men) and nor

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Osborne, Antony. "The value of information literacy : conceptions of BSc nursing students at a UK university." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2011. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/14577/.

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This study investigates the conceptions of information literacy held by student nurses on a BSc Nursing Studies course and asks whether the information skills sessions taught are successful from the students’ viewpoint. Additionally, it compares attitudes to, and use of information literacy within the artificial environment of the university and the ‘real world’ of the nurse as perceived by participants on their clinical and community placements. The inquiry introduces the concept of information literacy and charts its development before discussing it in relation to the changing context of nur

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Hill, Rebecca Joanne. "Stable isotopes and their use in sports science /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2002. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17053.pdf.

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Chang, Lawrence. "The Universal Sports Database." Thesis, Boston College, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/538.

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Thesis advisor: David R. Martin<br>With vast amounts of data in the world, organization becomes a challenge. The success of data driven web services (IMDb, YouTube, Google Maps, Wikipedia, et cetera) all hinge on their ability to present information in an intuitive manner with user friendly interfaces. One area that fails to have such a service is sports statistics. With the ubiquitous appeal of sports, having a solution to this problem can be universally beneficial. Many sites exist that have statistics of different sports, but there are limitations to all of them. Since there is very little

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Brewer, John. "The evolution of sports nutrition and its application to human performance." Thesis, University of Bedfordshire, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/593072.

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This thesis summarises a series of academic publications that make a contribution to the field of sports nutrition over a period of 30 years. It begins with research in the field of carbohydrate and endurance sport reflecting the early era of research into carbohydrate and endurance performance, and evolves into studies investigating the impact of sports nutrition and hydration on team sports. It presents papers and other peer reviewed outputs that focus on the application of scientific knowledge to enhance human performance, whilst demonstrating the increasing awareness of the relative import

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Tate, Wilbur Hopkins. "American sports: the exploitation of Afro-American athletes?" DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1989. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/1823.

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The purpose of this thesis was to conduct a preliminary investigation to analyze the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) relationship to the treatment of the black athlete. Exploitation is described for the purposes of this paper as a system that facilitates the economic use of students by contracting with them to play sports for the university or college, in return for a "possible education" (which the athlete presumes is guaranteed to him and will be maintained until he receives his baccalaureate degree). This behavior among most colleges and universities is reprehensible and it

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Lee, Yue-kong Martin. "The institute of sports, HKUST." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25949342.

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Alexanders, Jenny. "Physiotherapy goal setting in anterior cruciate ligament rehabilitation : an exploration of training, practice and beliefs." Thesis, University of Hull, 2018. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:16888.

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Despite the growing interest into the role of physiotherapists providing psychological interventions within anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), literature surrounding goal setting practices within this field is minimal. The main purpose of this research was to explore physiotherapists' approaches, training and beliefs into goal setting practices used within ACL rehabilitation. The thesis consisted of seven chapters, two of which were empirical studies. The empirical chapters aimed to gain further insight into physiotherapists understanding on the psychological aspects of patients following ACL s

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O'Doherty, Alasdair Fraser. "The effects of acute exercise and nutritional interventions on postprandial lipid metabolism." Thesis, University of Hull, 2017. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:17126.

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Raised postprandial triglycerides (TG) is an independent risk factor for cardio-metabolic disorders. This is due, in part, to the increases in circulating remnant lipoproteins after TG have been transported for storage or hydrolysis. Raised TG, are also associated with an atherogenic lipoprotein phenotype (High TG, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) and small, dense low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particles). In addition, elevated TG contribute to ectopic storage of fatty acids in liver, adipose and muscle tissues, contributing to insulin resistance in all three tissues and consequ

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Barrett, Stephen Mark. "The utility of PlayerLoad™ in soccer : an examination of the reliability, validity, determinants and the within match patterns." Thesis, University of Hull, 2016. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:17128.

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The aim of the thesis was to examine the utility of tri-axial accelerometer data (PlayerLoad™) during soccer, including its reliability, validity, and determinants, with special reference to potential implications for fatigue management and injury risk. The aims of the first experimental study (chapter 3) were to: 1) establish the test-retest reliability oftri-axial accelerometer data during a standardized bout of treadmill running; 2) examine the effect of accelerometer location upon PlayerLoad™ data; and 3) investigate the convergent validity of Player Load™ using heart rate and rate of pulm

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Clark, David Rodney. "A 12 week pre-season fitnes training programme for senior male high school rugby players : the effect of supervision on anthropometric, physiological and physical performance variables." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26975.

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The study comprises of two sections; i) a survey to determine the attitude towards fitness training for rugby and the current fitness training habits of elite high school rugby players in their penultimate year at school, ii) a training study on a sample of the same population group, to measure the effect of a 12 week fitness training programme, based on scientific principles, on anthropometric, physiological and performance variables. The training study also measured the efficacy of training supervision compared no supervision on these variables.

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Sanders, Barry. "The effects of sodium chloride ingestion on fluid balance and body fluid distribution during exercise." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27124.

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The aim of the first experiment of this thesis was to determine whether the ingestion of a concentrated sodium chloride solution (100mEq/1) during exercise would expand the plasma volume when fluid was ingested at approximately half the rate at which it was being lost as sweat. Six male cyclists exercised for 90 minutes in the heat (32 ± 1 °C, 55 ± 5% RH) at 66 ± 1 % of VO₂ₘₐₓ while ingesting either no fluid CNF), water (W), or a saline CS) solution (100mEq/1). In the Wand S trials, subjects drank 400ml of the fluid immediately prior to commencing exercise, and 100ml of fluid every 10 minutes

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Gillies, Hunter Campbell. "The effects of amlodipine on exercise performance in mild to moderate essential hypertensives." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26977.

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The effect of the long acting dihydropyridine calcium channel antagonist, amlodipine, on the exercise performance of hypertensive patients is not known. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of amlodipine on maximal (MAX), prolonged submaximal (PSX) and on skeletal muscle function (SMF) in patients with mild hypertension. In a double-blind randomised crossover trial, ten physically active hypertensive patients performed i) graded exercise to exhaustion for determination of maximal oxygen consumption (VO₂ₘₐₓ), peak heart rate (HR) and systolic blood pressure (SBP); ii) PSX at 75% V

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Upton, Patrick Anthony Howard. "Epidemiology and prevention of rugby injuries amongst schoolboy, senior club and provincial rugby players in the Western Cape." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26754.

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This thesis comprises a series of independent investigations examining rugby injuries occurring to players from under 14 to senior provincial level in the Cape Province (now the Western Cape). The first two studies report data aimed at gaining a more detailed understanding of rugby injuries in specific populations or under specific conditions, whilst the remainder of the thesis reports injury data from both a retrospective and a prospective epidemiological survey involving the same 3990 boys from 25 high schools. Following publication of data showing a progressive rise in the number of spinal

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Sheppard, Jeremy Matthew. "The competitive, physiological and trainable aspects of vertical jump performance : a series of studies on the strength and conditioning of elite volleyball players." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2009. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1905.

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This is a thesis 'by publication' that comprises 11 manuscripts (Chapters 2- 12) that have passed the peer-reviewed process and have been accepted for publication. The 11 manuscripts have been published or are in press in 4 different journals, and are in general presented in this thesis in the format of the particular journal, with the exception of referencing, which has been formatted to a uniform style. Of the 11 manuscripts, 7 are full papers, and 4 are case-studies/brief research notes. The references relevant to this thesis are outlined below. Manuscripts: Sheppard, J.M., J. Cronin, T. J.

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Billew, Barrett Slade. "Flow-Acting: Modern Sports Science and the Preparation of Actors." VCU Scholars Compass, 2008. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/775.

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Theatre artists and acting teachers throughout history have sought to find and create presence. By combining modern sports science with an understanding of systems of actor training I have suggested an approach that makes presence a trainable skill. My coach Dr. Scott Sonnon, developer of the Circular Strength Training System, has refined modern sports science to emphasize the development and maintenance of flow-state. This state allows the athlete to respond openly and freely within a constantly changing situation.By combining my life long study of acting with my eight years of work with Coac

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Ireson-Howells, Tristan. "Redemptive failure in contemporary American sports literature." Thesis, Canterbury Christ Church University, 2018. http://create.canterbury.ac.uk/17597/.

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This thesis explores America’s fascination with its own sports as purveyors of national identity. American literature has found unique inspiration in sporting competition, not only depicting professional athletes, but drawing from the experiences of fans and amateurs. While the athlete’s heroism and eventual fall has been analysed in previous discussions of this topic, my route of inquiry positions decline and defeat as more central and complex concepts. The focus of this thesis is on the remarkably diverse ways in which contemporary writers reimagine aspects of sporting failure both for their

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Doherty, Michael. "The effects of caffeine on short-term, high-intensity exercise." Thesis, University of Bedfordshire, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/292660.

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The aim of this series of studies was to investigate the effects of oral caffeine ingestion (5 mg . kg-1) on whole-body, short-term, high-intensity exercise (ST; representing an exercise intensity of between 100% -150% V02 max), an area that has received scant attention in the past. It was found that, in common with other 'open-ended' tests, one ST assessment, the maximal accumulated oxygen deficit (MAOD), appeared to lack both validity and reliability. Although traditional reliability markers of MAOD were favourable, the 95% limits of agreement were unacceptably large. In addition, the validi

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Smith, Tanya. "Injury risk assessment and the incidence of musculo-skeletal injuries in recreational long-distance runners over a 3-month training period." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27235.

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Background: Long distance road running is continually growing as competitive and recreational sport, globally. Despite its popularity, a high burden of incidence of injury exists among runners. Previous research has focussed on specific injuries, whereas others have investigated isolated risk factors that may contribute to running related injuries. The purpose of the study is to determine possible internal and external screening variables that may predict the incidence of running-related injuries in general. Methods: Forty one recreational runners participated in an observational study over th

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King, Stephanie Louise. "Adaptations in plantarflexor muscle-tendon properties and their impact on gait in claudicants with peripheral arterial disease." Thesis, University of Hull, 2015. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:13627.

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Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a chronic atherosclerotic disease, primarily affecting the lower limbs. The associated intermittent claudication (IC) is a muscle pain/cramping sensation in the legs, primarily brought on by physical activity, such as walking, which can negatively affect daily function and quality of life. Poorer levels of lower-limb muscle strength are strong predictors for mortality and the plantarflexor muscles in particular are a frequent site of claudication pain, with previous literature also indicating their dysfunction during level gait. However, little is known abo

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Nichols, Simon J. "The cardiorespiratory and vascular adaptations to a routine UK exercise based cardiac rehabilitation programme." Thesis, University of Hull, 2015. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:13749.

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Introduction: Recent data suggests that UK cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programmes do not substantially improve cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) or patient survival. The exercise dose prescribed as part of a routine CR programme may be insufficient. The aims of the thesis were to (i) investigate whether a routine UK CR exercise training programme could improve peak oxygen consumption (VO₂peak) and, (ii) reduce carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) progression in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and, (iii) determine whether higher exercise training doses prescribed to patients with CHD

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Lauder, Michael Andrew. "Accuracy and reliability of propulsive force estimation in swimming." Thesis, Brunel University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.286818.

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Vanicek, Natalie Katja. "Biomechanical and psychological factors that distinguish fallers from non-fallers : a comparative study of transtibial amputees and able bodied individuals." Thesis, University of Hull, 2009. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:2575.

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Transtibial amputees are at a higher risk of falling than age-matched able-bodied individuals. In order to make recommendations for falls prevention and treatment programmes, it is important to have a sound understanding of the underlying biomechanical function in persons at high risk of falling. While biomechanical differences between fallers and non-fallers have been identified in older adults, no research to date has specifically compared amputee fallers and non-fallers. The aim of this thesis was to undertake a biomechanical comparison of amputee and able-bodied fallers and non-fallers per

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Thomas, Kevin. "Regulation of power output during self-paced cycling exercise." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2013. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/15122/.

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Fatigue is a universal phenomenon with functional and perceptual consequences. The study of fatigue in the exercise sciences has historically focussed on factors that limit performance during exercise. More recent proposals have shifted the focus of this understanding to examine how intensity is regulated during exercise through the study of the pacing strategy, which has both physiological and practical consequences. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the biological basis of self-pacing and the optimum pacing strategy for endurance time-trial events. Study 1 assessed the reproducibilit

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Chalari, Eleanna. "The effect of high-intensity intermittent exercise on biomarkers of oxidative stress." Thesis, University of Hull, 2017. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:16424.

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There are evidence that high-intensity acute exercise can promote oxidative stress. High-intensity intermittent exercise (HIIE) is a type of structured physical training characterised by repeated bouts of high-intensity exercise interspersed by recovery periods. As the impact of intermittency during acute HIIE has not been extensively studied, it is possible that the repeated intensive bouts within HIIE could induce oxidative stress levels. Plasma biomarkers, including lipid hydroperoxides and markers of DNA damage, have been increasingly applied within acute exercise physiology research to me

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Kirk, Richard James Thompson. "Endothelial function response to different modes of acute and chronic exercise in both health and diseased populations." Thesis, University of Hull, 2014. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:16454.

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Endothelial microparticles (EMP) offer an insight into the state of the endothelium and are known to be elevated in diseases characterised by endothelial dysfunction (ED) (Horstman et al., 2004; Vince et al., 2009a). EMP have also been shown to increase after exercise/endothelial stress in healthy individuals (Sossdorf et al., 2011; Vince et al, 2009) but this area remains relatively novel. The purpose of the first experiment was to quantify the effects of an acute bout of strenuous exercise on the circulating levels of EMP and to assess if this effect is different after the ingestion of an ex

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Bray, James William. "Quantification of training load, neuromuscular fatigue, biochemical and endocrine responses to fast bowling in cricket." Thesis, University of Hull, 2017. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:16447.

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Recent professionalization, the emergence of, and ever-increasing popularity of limited overs cricket, have resulted in traditional playing schedules evolving and expanding. Consequently, players now compete for much of the year, experiencing periods of condensed fixtures. To meet these increased demands, the aforementioned contribute to effecting team performance and player health. Thus, the prevalence of injuries, especially amongst fast bowlers, has been shown and attributed to rises in competition workloads. Therefore, the main aim of this thesis was to explore the application of micro-ele

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Montgomery, Gallin John Hodgshon. "The effects of continuous, intermittent and mode of exercise on mechanical bone remodelling." Thesis, University of Hull, 2017. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:16592.

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Bone health is known to deteriorate with age, which can increase the risk of osteoporotic fractures and subsequently all-cause mortality. Current life expectancies are higher than ever before and with our ageing population, osteoporosis and low bone density levels are an ever growing problem that command a lot of medical attention and resources. Women are at a greater risk than men due to increased rates of bone loss that occur in the early years following the menopause. Mechanical loading in the form of exercise is known to reduce the rates of postmenopausal bone loss although an optimal exer

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Carson, Fraser. "The psychology of anterior cruciate ligament injury rehabilitation amongst professional rugby union players." Thesis, University of Hull, 2012. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:8442.

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[From the introduction:] Within professional contact sports, injury has been reported frequently by athletes as causing stress (Anshel, 2001; Noblet & Gifford, 2002). Particularly within rugby union where injury has been reported as one of the top four stressors experienced by elite adolescent players (Nicholls & Polman, 2007), and the most frequent stressor by adult professional players (Nicholls Holt, Polman, & Bloomfield, 2006). A variety of coping strategies are utilized to manage these stressors, with the effectiveness varying per player (Nicholls et al., 2006). Although to date no resear

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Gale, Laura. "Understanding community coaches' experiences of everyday coaching practice : a narrative-biographical study." Thesis, University of Hull, 2013. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:10424.

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Northgraves, Matthew James. "Exercise prehabilitation in colorectal cancer surgery patients : the effects on physical functioning, health related quality of life and markers of cellular protection." Thesis, University of Hull, 2016. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:15398.

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Since being introduced in the late 1990’s, enhancing recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols have been promoted for inclusion in the care pathway for colorectal cancer patients scheduled for resection surgery (Gustaffson et al., 2012). This multimodal approach to stress management is thought to reduce the amount of surgical stress encountered; attenuating the debilitating effect surgery has on the patient and aiding subsequent recovery with a reduction in hospital length of stay reported (Lv et al., 2012). Although not currently included in ERAS, a period of pre-operative exercise training, kn

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Stamp, Darryn. "Understanding the relational and emotional dimensions of transitions in elite sport : professional footballers' tales." Thesis, University of Hull, 2017. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:15384.

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The issue of career transition in and out of sport has received increasing attention from researchers over the past three decades (e.g. Fortunato & Marchant, 1999; Lavallee, 2005; Park, 2012; Ryba, Stambulova & Ronkainen, 2016). However, there continues to be a paucity of research exploring the impact of ‘others’ on athletes’, or indeed former athletes’ transitional experiences. Therefore, an aim of this study was to provide a relational, emotional and socio-cultural analysis of former professional footballers’ multiple transitional experiences and, in particular, to how interactions and relat

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Swan, Justin. "Training load and athlete well-being in university female hockey players during a congested tournament." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78624.

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The monitoring of athlete workload is common practice within field-based team sports. Athlete monitoring is performed using both objective and subjective monitoring tools. Results from previous research investigating the relationships between measures of well-being and external workload in the form of match running performance, have been described as uncertain. A lack of research exists in quantifying the workload and well-being of student-athletes during congested periods of competition. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate and quantify the match running performance and well-bei

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De, Jager Izaan. "The Association Of Risk Markers And The Prevalence Of Exercise Associated Muscle Cramps In Distance Runners." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78170.

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Title: The Association Of Risk Markers And The Prevalence Of Exercise Associated Muscle Cramps In Distance Runners Candidate: Izaan de Jager Promoter: Prof. MP Schwellnus Co-promoter: Dr. E Korkie Degree: MSc Sports Science Background: The epidemiology, clinical characteristics, severity and the risk markers associated with exercise associated muscle cramps (EAMC) in runners participating in different race distances have not been studied. Aim of the study: To determine the lifetime prevalence, clinical characteristics, severity, preferred treatment and potential risk markers associated

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Horsburgh, Steven. "An investigation into exercise-induced modifications to DNA methylation-regulatory enzymes in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2016. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/32545/.

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DNA methylation, an epigenetic modification which can regulate gene transcription independently from alterations to the nucleotide sequence, can be manipulated by lifestyle factors such as diet and exercise, hypothetically reversing aberrant DNA methylation associated with disease pathogenesis. The underlying mechanisms by which these changes occur are currently poorly characterised, however, in vitro data suggest that inflammatory mediators are involved. Furthermore, regular exercise appears to reduce inactivity-associated systemic inflammation, possibly by alterations to the methylome, there

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Clifford, Tom. "The phytochemical content and bioavailability of beetroot (Beta Vulgaris L.) and its application as a recovery intervention following strenuous exercise." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2016. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/32556/.

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Athletes and practitioners are continually looking for new strategies that could minimise the negative effects of exercise-induced muscle damage (EIMD) and hasten the recovery process. One strategy that has shown promise in recent years is the use of functional foods rich in phytonutrients. A functional food that has attracted a lot of attention recently, although primarily for its performance enhancing effects, is beetroot (Beta Vulgaris L.). In addition to displaying a range of physiological effects that may benefit athletic performance, beetroot also exhibits antioxidant (AOX) and anti-infl

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Gibbon, Karl. "Lumbopelvic muscle function during low impact weight-bearing exercise : development of the functional re-adaptive exercise device." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2017. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/32567/.

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The aim of this thesis was to develop our understanding of the Functional Re-adaptive Exercise Device (FRED): a novel prototype exercise device proposed to facilitate the activation the deep paraspinal and anterolateral abdominal wall musculature in a manner consistent with the requirements of motor control training in people with low back pain. Firstly, the intra- and interday reliability and precision of measurement of ultrasound imaging of the lumbar multifidus (LM) and transversus abdominis (TrA) were established. LM and TrA demonstrated good (ICC ≥ 0.75) to excellent (ICC ≥ 0.9) intrarate

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Collard, Luc. "Risques sportifs, prises de risques et science de l'action motrice : aspects sociologiques." Paris 5, 1997. http://www.theses.fr/1997PA05H008.

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Les risques sportifs peuvent servir d'indicateur des risques tels qu'ils sont consentis par leur société d'accueil. Aujourd'hui, la majorité des sports ne présente plus que des enjeux compétitifs. Dans les règles, il est interdit de porter atteinte à l'intégrité corporelle. Dans les faits, les écueils physiques sont mineurs. Ces pratiques, consacrées dans les duels d'équipes ou de personnes, traduisent une <> des conduites interpersonnelles. Leur risque se réduit à l'incertitude du résultat. Et son étude relève plus de la théorie des jeux que de la traumatologie. A cette campagne général

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Stone, Michael H. "What is Sport Science?" Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2009. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4578.

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Stone, Michael H. "What Is Sport Science." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2010. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4536.

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Stone, Michael H. "What Is Sport Science?" Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2011. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4543.

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Foreman, Sean Daniel. "The politics of professional sports facility subsidies in Florida." FIU Digital Commons, 2003. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3338.

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Political leaders in urban settings regularly confront difficult decisions over how to distribute public funds. Those decisions may be even more controversial when they involve public subsidies of professional sports facilities. Yet, state and local governments in the United States have granted billions of dollars in financial and land-based subsidies for professional sports facilities over the past two decades, raising questions about how these types of corporate welfare decisions are made by local leaders. Scholarship on urban politics and community power suggests a number of theories to exp

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Brooks, Joel David. "Using machine learning to derive insights from sports location data." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118080.

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Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2018.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-100).<br>Historically, much of sports analytics has aimed to find relationships between discrete events and outcomes. The availability of high-resolution event location and tracking data has led to many new opportunities in sports research. However, it is often challenging to apply machine learning to understand a particular aspect of a sport. These tasks typically require learning on hi

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Szlezak, Adam Michael. "An Integrative Examination of Selected Biological & Affective Parameters in Response to a Micro-Dose of Resistance-Exercise." Thesis, Griffith University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367503.

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This present project is composed of three distinct but related studies which employed a novel thumb resistance-exercise protocol common to each study. The overall aim was to address the following needs in exercise-centred research: i) to understand the biological and affective implications of a very low-dose (micro-dose) of resistance-exercise on resistance-trained and untrained men; ii) to improve the standardisation of exercise protocols used in resistance-exercise research and therefore the validity of outcomes; iii) to explore the multidimensional consequences of resistance-exercise on hos

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Loucaides, George C. "Comparison of training intensities for optimal endurance running performance." Thesis, Staffordshire University, 2010. http://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/1920/.

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Introduction: A cluster of studies in the sport science literature employ interval training (alternating bouts of recovery and rest periods) interventions for the purpose of identifying optimal training intensities for endurance performance. There has been evidence to support the likelihood that among the most optimal training stimuli are two specific intensities: the velocity associated with the maximal rate of oxygen uptake (v 2max); and the intermediate velocity between v 2max and the velocity associated with the lactate threshold (vΔ50). It has not been shown to date, which of the two inte

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Greenhalgh, Andrew. "Effects of footwear choice amongst field hockey participants on factors influencing overuse injuries." Thesis, Staffordshire University, 2010. http://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/1887/.

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Field hockey is a popular sport played worldwide. Due to the demands of the game, injuries are common, restricting participation. Injuries occur due to a single traumatic event or are due to repetitive loading. Injuries caused by repetitive loading, known as overuse injuries, have been linked to various measureable kinetic and kinematic variables. The magnitude, direction and distribution of the applied loads have all been identified as factors influencing the onset of an injury. Furthermore, footwear, surface and speed of locomotion have also been identified as factors which will influence in

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McCabe, Carla. "Effects of 50m and 400m race paces on three-dimensional kinematics and linear kinetics of sprint and distance front crawl swimmers." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/3300.

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Many authors have proposed that sprint and distance front crawl swimmers differ in their stroke characteristics, however little three-dimensional quantitative data is provided to support these assumptions. It is currently unknown whether sprint and distance swimmers exhibit distinct stroke characteristics when swimming at the same pace. There were two main purposes of this study: 1) to determine whether there are distinct kinematic and kinetic differences between sprint and distance front crawl swimmers, and 2) to investigate whether stroke characteristics of front crawl swimmers, in terms of

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Cockburn, Emma. "The effect of acute milk-based carbohydrate/protein supplementation on the attenuation of exercise-induced muscle damage." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2011. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/3504/.

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Anderson, Melissa. "Home comforts : the role of hormones, territoriality and perceptions on the home advantage in football." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2011. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/1657/.

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Since the seminal work of Schwartz and Barsky (1977) detailing the notion of a home advantage, whereby teams perform consistently better at home opposed to away, there has been a plethora of research dedicated to studying this phenomenon. Many explanations for the home advantage have been proposed, including crowd support, venue familiarity, travel, rules, referee bias, and more recently, the territorial and behavioural responses elicited by a home venue. Neave and Wolfson (2003) reported that testosterone levels in male football players increased significantly at home compared to away, with d

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Rumbold, Penny. "Energy intake and appetite following sport-specific exercise in adolescent girls." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2011. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/3404/.

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