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- 79Halpern, Joel Martin
- 43Alberta Centre for Active Living
- 5Berry, T. R.
- 4Berry, Tanya R.
- 4Spence, John C.
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- 79Joel Martin Halpern Image Archive
- 79Joel Martin Halpern Image Archive/Northern North America Collection
- 50Alberta Centre for Active Living
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“I’ve never been in a program after school”: a participatory action research approach to sports-based ‘critical hours’ programs
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Accessible extracurricular programs have the potential to increase levels of physical activity after school (Weschsler et al., 2000). Using Participatory Action Research (PAR) the purpose of this study was to develop, implement, and evaluate a ‘critical hours’ sports-based program for students...
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Working Like Dogs: A systematic evaluation of spinal pathologies as indicators of dog transport in the archaeological record
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The use of dogs for pulling or carrying loads is well documented in the recent and historic past in many parts of the world. While the use of dogs for similar activities in prehistory seems likely, there is little artifactual evidence in the archaeological record to support such speculation. Some...
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Walking adaptation, training and assessment in young children and individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury
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This thesis includes four projects that examine motor learning and assess novel approaches for the training and evaluation of walking. In Project 1 we study motor adaptation in children aged 8-36 months using a split-belt treadmill. Split-belt walking, in which one leg moves faster than the...