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Performance Anxiety in Equestrian Sport: A Qualitative Study of How Norwegian Mounted Games Riders Experience and Cope with Performance Anxiety, and How They Experience Their Anxiety Affecting the Horse and Vice Versa
(Master thesis, 2023)Background: Equestrian sports hinge on the collaboration between horse and rider. As horses are sensitive prey animals with their own will and motivation (Williams, 2004), the rider's role is to guide, cooperate, and ... -
Performance development of European swimmers across the Olympic cycle
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The aims of the study were to (1) quantify the performance development of race times and key performance indicators of European swimmers across the last Olympic cycle (from 2016 to 2021) and (2) provide reference values ... -
Performance effects of video- and sensor-based feedback for implementing a terrain-specific micropacing strategy in cross-country skiing
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Purpose: To investigate the performance effects of video- and sensor-based feedback for implementing a terrain-specific micropacing strategy in cross-country (XC) skiing. Methods: Following a simulated 10-km skating ... -
Performance in dynamic movement tasks and occurrence of low back pain in youth floorball and basketball players
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: Prospective studies investigating risk factors for low back pain (LBP) in youth athletes are limited. The aim of this prospective study was to investigate the association between hip-pelvic kinematics and ... -
Performance in golf putting
(Doctoral thesis, 2010)Putting, which accounts for about 40 - 45 % of shots in elite golf, is a complex skill. To perform in putting an elite player needs to master green reading, putter aim and technique. Mental skills, equipment and strategy ... -
Performance in youth track and field is associated with birth quartile: A register-based study among athletes in Norway from 10 years to senior level
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Introduction: Earlier studies have demonstrated that the oldest in a competition class are more likely to succeed than the youngest, a phenomenon called relative age effect (RAE). Track and field give us an opportunity to ... -
Performance level and sexual harassment prevalence among female athletes in the Czech Republic
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)This article investigates whether there is a relationship between the sport performance level of female athletes inside the sport (at clubs, competitions, or training events) and outside sport (in family or community ... -
Performance orientation and injury among military cadets: the mediating role of disinhibition
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-01-30)This study examined the mediating role of disinhibition (sensation seeking) on the positive association between performance goal orientation (achievement motivation) and risk of sustaining injury. Our study comprised 248 ... -
Performance-based functional evaluation of non-operative and operative treatment after anterior cruciate ligament injury
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-05-28)Highly active anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)-injured patients are usually recommended surgical treatment as the primary intervention. The objective of this study was to compare the functional outcome in a cohort of ... -
Performance-based functional outcome for children 12 years or younger following anterior cruciate ligament injury : a two to nine-year follow-up study.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2007-12-22)There is limited scientific knowledge on ACL injuries in children 12 years or younger. Substantial controversy exists on treatment algorithms and there are no published data on performance based functional outcome. ... -
Performance-Determining Variables of a Simulated Sprint Cross-Country Skiing Competition
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Purpose: To investigate performance-determining variables of an on-snow sprint cross-country skiing competition and the evolvement in their relationship with performance as the competition progresses from the individual ... -
Performance-Enhancing Drugs, Sport, and the Ideal of Natural Athletic Performance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The use of certain performance-enhancing drugs (PED) is banned in sport. I discuss critically standard justifications of the ban based on arguments from two widely used criteria: fairness and harms to health. I argue that ... -
Performing Gender in Recreational Pole Dancing: Enabling and Constraining Factors
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Many people consider pole dancing to be a feminine leisure activity and a female dominated space, but it has recently gained observer status in the Global Association of International Sports Federation (GAISF), thus entering ... -
Performing Nordic hamstring strength testing with additional weight affects the maximal eccentric force measured: Do not compare apples to oranges
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: Nordic hamstring test devices are commonly used to measure maximal eccentric hamstring force. The ability to control the final phase of the exercise has been adopted as a criterion to add weight when testing, ... -
Performing under pressure: what can we learn from football penalty shoot-outs?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-08-22)In this paper, I outline a programme of research that has examined the antecedents of choking in sport through an analysis of successful and unsuccessful kicks in football penalty shoot-outs at the World Cup, the European ... -
Periodisk helseevaluering av norske olympiske og paralympiske utøvere: Hva er nytteverdien?
(Master thesis, 2019)Bakgrunn: Olympiske og paralympiske utøvere har en høy forekomst av helseproblemer under de olympiske og paralympiske leker (OL og PL). Det er få studier som har sett på forekomsten av helseproblemer i periodene utenom. ... -
Perioperative pelvic floor muscle training did not improve outcomes in women undergoing pelvic organ prolapse surgery: a randomised trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Question: In women undergoing surgery for pelvic organ prolapse (POP), what is the average effect of the addition of perioperative pelvic floor muscle training on pelvic organ prolapse symptoms, pelvic floor muscle strength, ... -
Peripheral adaptations to endurance training - Effect of active muscle mass
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether adaptations to endurance training are affected by active muscle mass during training. Eleven healthy subjects performed 5 weeks of one‐legged knee extension (1‐KE) training ... -
Permanent play facility provision is associated with children's time spent sedentary and in light physical activity during school hours: A cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-12)Objective: To study the associations between: 1) number of permanent outdoor play facilities per pupil and 2) the size of the outdoor play area per pupil with sedentary time and physical activity (PA) during school hours ... -
Persepsjon og eksplorerende aktivitet i fotball: en studie av verdens beste spisser.
(Master thesis, 2015-08-17)Hensikten med denne studien var å utforske hvordan noen av verdens beste målscorere eksplorerer omgivelsene i forkant av involveringer. Spesielt ønsket jeg med denne studien å utforske eksplorerende aktivitet og prestasjon ...