Search
Skip to Search Results- 1Aktary, Walie M.
- 1Aranas, Katrina
- 1Atchison, Bobbi-Jo L
- 1Bajpai,Shivangi
- 1Bayduza, Angela L
- 1Beaudry, Rhys
- 13Physical Education and Recreation
- 7Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation
- 6Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
- 2Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation
- 1Centre for Health Promotion Studies
- 1Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science
- 2Markula, Pirkko (Physical Education and Recreation)
- 2Rodgers, Wendy (Physical Education and Recreation)
- 2Spence, John (Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation)
- 1Andriy Nahachewsky (Modern Languages and Cultural Studies)
- 1Bell, Rhonda (Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science)
- 1Berry, Tanya (Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation)
-
Dancing the Self: How Girls who Dance in Commercial Dance Studios Construct a Self Through the Dancing Body
DownloadFall 2014
Dance has been identified as one of adolescent girls’ favourite activities (Clark, Spence & Holt, 2011; Dowda et al., 2006; Wright, Macdonald, & Groom, 2003) and the dance studio as an important site of girls’ physical activity (Harrow et al., 2009; Kuo et al., 2003). However, research on dance...
-
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,...
-
Dimensions of Physical Activity as Related to Child Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms and Impairment
DownloadFall 2020
Empirically-supported treatments for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are medication and behaviour management, but there is widespread consensus for a need for more treatment options. Increasing support suggests that physical activity (PA) may be an adjunct/alternative to existing...
-
Examining Movement Behaviours in Preschool-Aged Children: Novel Measurement and Data Analysis Techniques
DownloadFall 2020
Movement behaviour patterns (e.g., more sleep, less sedentary behaviour, and more physical activity) in isolation have demonstrated benefits to preschool-aged children’s development. However, the integrated nature of movement behaviours is a relatively unexplored area. This scarcity of evidence...
-
Examining the Associations Between Relatedness and Motivational Regulations Within Different Exercise Contexts: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective
DownloadFall 2015
There are numerous forms of exercise in which an individual can partake. Some individuals will persist at one activity while others will persist at another activity. Research has been limited in exploring motivational characteristics of participants in different activities, with some past...
-
Feasibility of Monitoring Functional Capacity in patients undergoing treatment for Head and Neck Cancer
DownloadFall 2015
Introduction: Functional capacity is an indicator of physical fitness and overall health. Low physical fitness has been reported across the cancer spectrum; this can be addressed through exercise interventions. Functional capacity is largely unstudied in head and neck cancer patients. ...
-
Functional Mobility of Community-Dwelling Older Persons: An Ethnographic Pre-Feasibility Study
DownloadFall 2019
The purpose of this pre-feasibility study was two-fold: first, to examine perceptions and experiences of mobility challenges in the urban Brazilian community-dwelling older persons; second, to examine study participants’ perceptions about a sit-to-stand activity. The method of exploration was...
-
Immediate and Long-term Effects of Exercise Rehabilitation on Daily Physical Activity of Patients with Cardiopulmonary Disorders
DownloadSpring 2016
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...
-
Longitudinal and cross-sectional associations between physical activity, screen time, and fitness in a sample of young children from Edmonton, Canada
DownloadFall 2016
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...
-
Magic and Madness: An Autoethnographic Creative Nonfiction Arts-based Research Project Exploring the Makings of Mad Home Within and Outside of Dance Spaces
DownloadSpring 2021
The following thesis is an artistic exploration interested in discovering how Mad Home (Eales, 2018) can be crafted within dance spaces. In doing so, I discovered how my experiences with madness have infiltrated, inhabited, and influenced my experiences within normative dance spaces and beyond....