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- 10Physical Education and Recreation
- 6Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation
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- 3Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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- 2Rodgers, Wendy (Physical Education and Recreation)
- 2Spence, John (Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation)
- 1Bell, Rhonda (Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science)
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Immediate and Long-term Effects of Exercise Rehabilitation on Daily Physical Activity of Patients with Cardiopulmonary Disorders
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It is well known that there is an inverse relationship between physical activity (PA) and mortality in patients with cardiopulmonary disorders. Consequently, PA is considered the core component of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation programs. Despite the health benefits, the adherence to regular PA...
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Spring 2023
The purpose of this dissertation was to explore, identify and address gaps in exercise oncology evidence-based care for individuals with cancer, with a specific focus on implementation of cancer-specific exercise programming. Further understanding is needed regarding the poor rates of reported...
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Longitudinal and cross-sectional associations between physical activity, screen time, and fitness in a sample of young children from Edmonton, Canada
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Background: High fitness is associated with several positive health outcomes; however, fitness of Canadian children has declined over the past two decades. Correlates of fitness in children under 10 years of age are relatively unexplored, and few studies involving young children have looked at...
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Fall 2017
This interdisciplinary and intersectional thesis addresses the cult of Artemis Orthia at Sparta and particularly the 6th century BCE grotesque terracotta masks recovered there by the British School of Athens in the early 20th century. Using both material culture and literary data as primary...
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Spring 2004
This report is an attempt at determining the validity of the suggestion that historical water levels recorded during an ice jam at MacEwan Bridge on the Athabasca River at Fort McMurray can be transposed downstream to the Clearwater confluence by simply subtracting 1 meter from the recorded water...
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Spring 2018
Background: Stroke is a leading cause of adult disability globally. In Canada, about 405,000 individuals are living with the effects of stroke and this number is projected to rise by over 60% in the next two decades. People with stroke are often physically inactive and sedentary which may...
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Fall 2015
In 2013, a research effort at the University of Alberta combined various health-related questionnaires to form the Student Life Activity Questionnaire (SLAQ) to evaluate student health behaviour, patterns, and associations. An area for inquiry became evident when the analysis of the physical...
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Physical Activity in Association with Prognostic Determinants Across Heart Failure Continuum
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Heart Failure (HF) is a complex syndrome that greatly contributes to declining physical function in older adults and causes a substantial economic burden for health care systems. Older adults at risk of developing HF typically have other comorbidities. In addition, patients with HF often...
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Physical Activity in Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Generalized Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder
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Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Generalized Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder (hEDS/G-HSD) are two connective tissue disorders that are tightly intertwined as they both result in joint hypermobility-induced musculoskeletal manifestations and are placed on the same clinical spectrum. The...