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Pre- and post-treatment: Do depression, physical activity and symptom intensity of the eating disorder predict quality of life in women with bulimia nervosa or binge eating disorder?
(Master thesis, 2019)Background: Eating disorders (EDs) are among the top ten of the gender and age adjusted global burden of diseases in terms of poor quality of life, affecting young women in particular. Treatment of EDs generally focus on ... -
Pre- and postnatal factors related to cardiometabolic health and adiposity in children and adolescents: Does physical activity matter?
(Doctoral thesis, 2020)Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases are a leading cause of premature mortality in all regions of the world, and they are highly linked to obesity. Pre- and postnatal factors, including maternal pre-pregnancy body mass ... -
Pre-flight evaluation of adult patients with cystic fibrosis: a cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-02-06)Background: Air travel may imply a health hazard for patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) due to hypobaric environment in the aircraft cabin. The objective was to identify pre-flight variables, which might predict severe ... -
Pre-performance routines in elite endurance sports: A qualitative case study of elite athletes’ pre-performance routines
(Master thesis, 2020)Målet med denne studien var fire-delt; 1) å få innsikt i elite utholdenhetsutøveres bruk av mentale konkurranseforberedelser (MKF), 2) beskrive hvordan elite utholdenhetsutøvere opplever sin bruk av MKF, 3) få innsikt i ... -
Pre-treatment levels of inflammatory markers and chemotherapy completion rates in patients with early-stage breast cancer
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background Chemotherapy efcacy is largely dependent on treatment adherence, defned by the relative dose intensity (RDI). Identifcation of new modifable risk factors associated with low RDI might improve chemotherapy delivery. ... -
Predicting ACL injury using machine learning on data from an extensive screening test battery of 880 female elite athletes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: Injury risk prediction is an emerging field in which more research is needed to recognize the best practices for accurate injury risk assessment. Important issues related to predictive machine learning need to ... -
Predicting anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction revision: A machine learning analysis utilizing the Norwegian knee ligament register
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: Several factors are associated with an increased risk of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction revision. However, the ability to accurately translate these factors into a quantifiable risk of revision ... -
Predicting missing marker trajectories in human motion data using marker intercorrelations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-03-31)Missing information in motion capture data caused by occlusion or detachment of markers is a common problem that is difficult to avoid entirely. The aim of this study was to develop and test an algorithm for reconstruction ... -
Predicting physical activity in a national cohort of children born extremely preterm
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Objectives: To compare physical activity among school-aged children born extremely preterm or with extremely low birthweight (EP/ELBW) to term-born children, and to identify early predictors for physical inactivity in the ... -
Predicting subjective failure of ACL reconstruction: A machine learning analysis of the Norwegian Knee Ligament Register and patient reported outcomes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Objectives: Accurate prediction of outcome following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is challenging, and machine learning has the potential to improve our predictive capability. The purpose of this study ... -
Predicting who fails to meet the physical activity guideline in pregnancy: a prospective study of objectively recorded physical activity in a population-based multi-ethnic cohort
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-07-26)Background: A low physical activity (PA) level in pregnancy is associated with several adverse health outcomes. Early identification of pregnant women at risk of physical inactivity could inform strategies to promote PA, ... -
Predictive validity and classification accuracy of actigraph energy expenditure equations and cut-points in young children
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-11-11)Objectives: Evaluate the predictive validity of ActiGraph energy expenditure equations and the classification accuracy of physical activity intensity cut-points in preschoolers. Methods: Forty children aged 4–6 years ... -
Predictive validity of a thigh-worn accelerometer METs algorithm in 5- to 12-year-old children
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-06)Background: To validate the activPAL3 algorithm for predicting metabolic equivalents (TAMETs) and classifying MVPA in 5- to 12-year-old children. Methods: Fifty-seven children (9.2 ± 2.3y, 49.1% boys) completed 14 activities ... -
Predictors of change differ for moderate and vigorous intensity physical activity and for weekdays and weekends: a longitudinal analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background Predictors of physical activity (PA) change are rarely investigated separately for different PA intensities and for weekdays/weekends. We investigated whether individual-level predictors of one-year change ... -
Predictors of physical activity after gastric bypass : a prospective study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Background: Most patients do not meet the recommended level of physical activity after bariatric surgery, and psychological factors underlying postoperative physical activity remain poorly understood. This study aimed at ... -
Predikterande faktorer för hög skotthastighet hos elithandbollsspelare: en tvärsnittsstudie
(Master thesis, 2015-10-21)Bakgrund: Skulderskador och smärtor i skuldran är vanligt förekommande hos både kvinnliga och manliga elithandbollsspelare. En handbollsspelare utsätter skuldran för hög belastning genom att utföra ett stort antal kast ... -
Predisposed to participate? The influence of family socio-economic background on children's sports participation and daily amount of physical activity
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-12-19)From a Bourdieu-inspired understanding of how personal resources (‘capitals’) enable certain practices in certain contexts, the links between families' cultural, social and economic capitals, and children's daily physical ... -
Pregnancy and advanced maternal age — The associations between regular exercise and maternal and newborn health variables
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Introduction: Despite the associations between delayed childbearing and poorer maternal and perinatal outcomes, little is known about these issues in regular exercisers and in women with healthy lifestyles. The aims of the ... -
Pregnancy and health behaviors: A cross-sectional study investigating beliefs, attitudes and practices among Norwegian health care providers regarding physical activity, gestational weight gain and nutrition
(Master thesis, 2019)BACKGROUND: As far as we know there is only one study examining beliefs, attitudes and practices of Norwegian health care providers towards regular exercise, gestational weight gain (GWG) and nutrition during pregnancy ... -
Prenatal and birth predictors of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time in three population-based birth cohorts in Brazil
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Physical inactivity is a global pandemic with no signs of improvement. Prolonged sitting time is an emerging risk factor that exacerbates the health consequences of physical inactivity. Both behaviours are influenced by ...