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One week of daily voluntary apnoea training does not alter acute hypoxic ventilatory response or erythropoietin concentration in healthy males
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Exposure to intermittent hypoxia (IH) increases ventilatory chemosensitivity and various haematological parameters. It is unknown whether voluntary apnoea training can be used as a model of IH to produce similar physiological effects. It was hypothesized that seven days of voluntary apnoea...
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Achieving a better understanding of outdoor recreation conflict and its management in Canada's national parks
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Outdoor recreation conflict has been defined as “…goal interference attributed to another’s behavior” (Jacob & Schreyer, 1980, p. 369). Although previous leisure research has stressed the relevance of emotions (e.g., Hull, Stewart, & Yi, 1992), it has only been within the past decade that an...
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Movement-Attractors and Generic Neighbourhood Environment Traits (MAGNET): The Association between Urban Form and Physical Activity
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Background: Urban form is a contributor to physical inactivity, which is a problem around the world. The association between urban form and physical activity is not fully understood, in part because improved methodologies of assessing urban form are necessary. This thesis consists of four studies...
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Figure skaters' perceptions of the social support provided by their coaches following an injury
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The purpose of this study was to determine figure skaters‟ perceptions regarding their injury experiences and the support provided by their coaches following their injuries. Eight female, competitive figure skaters were interviewed. The interview questions assessed the injury experience, the...
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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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Fall 2011
The purpose of this study was to determine how two elite female marathon runners used narrative to describe their lived bodily experiences during pregnancy. Information for the analysis of this phenomenon was derived from two elite runners’ personal narratives obtained from their internet dairies...
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Movement coordination and control in children with and without Developmental Coordination Disorder in ball catching
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A rigorous investigation of functional collectives of musculo-skeletal articulators is lacking in DCD literature, in spite of powerful empirical arguments suggesting that they represent a critical unit of control (e.g., coordinative structure theory). Thus, the purpose of this dissertation was...
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A comparative study of the determinants of physical activity, sedentary behaviours and dietary intake among Korean children in Korea and Canada
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Background: The rising trends in youth physical inactivity are universal, especially among ethnic minority youth populations. Even though reduced physical activity levels and increased sedentary behaviours have influenced the current epidemic of overweight and obesity in children, little...
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Fall 2011
The purpose of this study was to evaluate muscular effort during the squat, a popular resistance training exercise for the triceps surae, quadriceps, hamstrings, and gluteus maximus. Ten females completed deep barbell squats, descending beyond a parallel thigh position, of increasing loads....