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- 5Chiu, Loren (Physical Education and Recreation)
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Fall 2016
This exploratory work investigates the “transformational festival,” a contemporary form of celebratory leisure that revolves around music, the arts, community, and co-creativity. By integrating interpretative phenomenological analysis with methods from arts-based research, critical ethnography,...
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Decreases in the excitability of motor axons contribute substantially to contraction fatigability during neuromuscular electrical stimulation
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Activity-dependent changes in axonal excitability are well-documented, yet the contribution to contraction fatigability during neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) is unclear. The present study was designed to: 1) characterize the magnitude and time course of changes in motor axon...
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Fall 2012
The purposes of this dissertation were to (a) develop an instrument that assess the physical self-concept of muscularity among young adults, (b) produce content validity, internal structural validity and external criterion-related validity evidence to support the new instrument, and (c) develop...
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Developmental Correlates of Perfectionism in Sport: Task Value, Perceived Competence and Athletic Identity
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This study assessed the degree to which retrospective levels of task value in sport, perceived competence in sport, and athletic identity during early adolescence were associated with perfectionism levels in sport among a sample of 377 undergraduates (M age = 20.89 years). The study also assessed...
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Does overload exercise training alter autonomic nervous system activity and hemodynamic regulation in aerobically fit men?
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In general, chronic endurance training has positive effects on physiological function. However, the performance of training in excess of what an individual is able to recover from can lead to performance, physiological and psychobiological maladaptation. The purposes of this investigation were to...
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Fall 2017
Perception is to sensation what illusion is to the actual state of the world. How we sense information varies greatly from how we ultimately perceive and understand that information - a result of top-down and bottom-up processes at work. Work from over 100 years ago (Brucke, 1864) found an...
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Effect of dietary nitrate on sympathetic vasoconstriction in resting and contracting skeletal muscle
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Dietary nitrate (NO3-) may increase nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability and alter the control of blood flow at rest and during exercise. This thesis investigated the effect of dietary NO3- supplementation on sympathetic mediated control of skeletal muscle blood flow in resting and contracting...
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Effect of heavy load carriage on respiratory mechanics and breathing pattern during graded exercise
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The effect of heavy load carriage on pulmonary function at rest and on breathing pattern and lung volumes during graded exercise was studied. Fifteen males completed treadmill tests to measure VO2peak with and without a 25-kg pack. Subsequently, each subject completed short periods of treadmill...
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Effect of Laying Hen Housing Environment and Genetic Strain on Meat Quality and Skeletal Muscle Physicochemical Properties
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Skeletal muscle is an adaptable, multi-faceted tissue that is essential for whole body movement and metabolism. When a production animal is slaughtered, its muscle goes through complex physical and biochemical changes including a shift from aerobic to anaerobic metabolism resulting in the...
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Fall 2016
Introduction: Expertise in motor skill develops through continued practice. Repetition of a task can lead to overall performance improving as well as an increase in the efficiency and effectiveness of a movement. Golf putting is an example of one such task that needs to be practiced in order to...