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- 4McHugh, Tara-Leigh (Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation)
- 3Berry, Tanya (Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation)
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Spring 2024
The overarching purpose of this dissertation was to create new understandings of how to promote personal development in high-performance sport environments. This purpose was addressed via three studies. The purpose of the first study was to develop a grounded theory of how to promote personal...
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Spring 2024
Background: The diagnosis and treatment of testicular cancer is associated with the development of several physical and psychosocial adverse health outcomes in testicular cancer survivors (TCS). Exercise is one positive health behaviour that may address health concerns resulting from the...
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Exploring the Impact of Visual and Haptic Feedback on Eye-Hand Coordination and Embodiment in Virtual Reality
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Virtual Reality (VR) has emerged as a powerful tool for investigating human perception, cognition, and behavior. The ability to create immersive and interactive environments provides researchers with the opportunity to study human behavior in controlled and repeatable conditions. In recent years,...
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Evaluating the Effect of a Ten-Minute Aerobic Cooldown on the Blood Glucose Response of Adults with Type 1 Diabetes Following Fasted Resistance Exercise
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Abstract Introduction: Despite the health promoting effects of physical activity and exercise, people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) are less active than people without diabetes. This disparity is partly due to the risk of hypoglycemia and the tedious steps required to prevent or treat hyperglycemia...
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Influence of an Exercise-Specific Face Mask on Physiological, Respiratory, and Perceptual Responses to Graded Exercise in Aerobically Fit Individuals
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Introduction: Research indicates that there are no health risks associated with face mask use during exercise in healthy individuals. However, the impact of a face mask on physiological, perceptual, and performance responses to exercise of all intensities remains equivocal. Evidence suggests mask...
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Temporal relationships among physical activity levels and stationary time in preschool-aged children and adolescents: An investigation of the ActivityStat hypothesis
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The ActivityStat hypothesis suggests that movement can be internally regulated by a biological control center. Specifically, humans maintain their total physical activity (PA) at a constant level by triggering behavioural and/or energy compensatory responses. However, there is considerable debate...
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The Development and Evaluation of an Education and Support Program to Enhance Sport Parents' Emotional Intelligence
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The overall purpose of this dissertation was to develop and evaluate a web-based education and support program to enhance parents’ emotional intelligence (EI) in youth sport. This dissertation contains three projects which depict the development and evaluation of the program created. The first...
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Fall 2023
Children’s outdoor play (OP) has been consistently declining over recent decades. As such, OP research has increased; however, important gaps remain in the literature, especially for preschool-aged children (3-5 years). Specifically, there is a need to better understand the health benefits of OP,...
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Fall 2023
Endothelial function measured via flow-mediated dilation following mild, acute carbon monoxide (CO) exposure was quantified in 19 healthy young non-smoking adult participants (n=10 females). The Schmidt-Prommer rebreathe method for the measurement of blood volume was used for the CO exposure, and...
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"I Was on Top of the World, Then ... Nothing ... And Today I am Many Things:" Retirement Stories of Former Elite Female Athletes
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This narrative research explores elite women athletes’ retirement experiences, to answer the following questions: How did the athletes experience their athletic lives? How did the athletes experience their retirement? What supported and/or hindered the athletes’ transition out of elite sport? How...