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Place branding and sustainable rural communities: qualitative evidence from rural areas in Denmark
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Several significant societal and economic shifts threaten the sustainability of rural places. More rural communities and municipalities have started to employ place branding to attract residents and businesses and to ... -
Placebo and Nocebo in Sports: Potential Effects of Hypothetical Differences in Roll Resistance on Roller Ski Performance
(Master thesis, 2020)Introduction: Although the placebo and nocebo effects of ergogenic aids are acknowledged as a significant factor for sports performance, little is known about the effects of different sports equipment. Therefore, we examined ... -
Planning for trips in avalanche terrain: how experience influences planning for backcountry trips and lift-accessed off-pist trips in avalanche terrain
(Master thesis, 2014)This Master of Arts is a qualitative study on how experience informs the planning phase for trips in avalanche terrain. By comparing two groups having different level of experience, this study is trying to reveal if persons ... -
Plantarflexor muscle function in healthy and chronic Achilles tendon pain subjects evaluated by the use of EMG and PET imaging
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-05)Achilles tendon pathologies may alter the coordinative strategies of synergistic calf muscles. We hypothesized that both surface electromyography and positron emission tomography would reveal differences between symptomatic ... -
Plasma norepinephrine in hypertensive rats reflects α2-adrenoceptor release control only when re-uptake is inhibited
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-11)α2-adrenoceptors (AR) lower central sympathetic output and peripheral catecholamine release, thereby protecting against sympathetic hyperactivity and hypertension. Norepinephrine re-uptake–transporter effectively (NET) ... -
Plasma norepinephrine in hypertensive rats reflects α2-adrenoceptor release control only when re-uptake is inhibited
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-11-08)α2-adrenoceptors (AR) lower central sympathetic output and peripheral catecholamine release, thereby protecting against sympathetic hyperactivity and hypertension. Norepinephrine re-uptake–transporter effectively (NET) ... -
Player migration and talent development in elite sports teams: a comparative analysis of inbound and outbound career trajectories in Danish and Norwegian women’s handball
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-04-28)The conditions for national sport systems and talent development efforts are changing with the globalisation of sports. In the present study we explored the relationship between domestic talent development and the ... -
Playground Lofoten: joyful-sustainable adventurous lifestyles and their multi-dimensional relationship with natural environment
(Master thesis, 2016)This descriptive case study of the independent documentary series Lofotsprell [Playground Lofoten] aims to describe and interpret the values and practices of the Wegge siblings in order to gain insight into the ... -
Playing by the rules of academia?: The impact of an international research project on the professional identity development of early-career academics in sport management
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The purpose of this study is to examine how participating in an international research project (IRP) can impact the way early-career academics (ECAs) perceive academia and thus their professional identity development. Based ... -
The poetics of everyday movement: Human movement ecology and urban walking
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Departing from the hegemonic position of epidemiology in population physical activity (PA) research and policy, I argue for the significance of a complementary, holistic approach: human movement ecology (HME). The argument ... -
Pole lengths influence O2-cost during double poling in highly trained cross-country skiers
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Purpose: In elite cross-country skiing, double poling is used in different terrain. This study compared O2-cost and kinematics during double poling with four different pole lengths [self-selected (SS), SS − 5 cm, SS + 5 ... -
Pole Length’s Influence on Performance During Classic-Style Snow Skiing in Well-Trained Cross-Country Skiers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose: To investigate how self-selected pole length (PL) of ∼84% (PL84%) compared with ∼90% (PL90%) of body height influenced performance during a 700-m time trial with undulating terrain on snow. Methods: Twenty-one ... -
“Policy Analysis in Sport Management” Revisited: A Critique and Discussion
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Published in the Journal of Sport Management in 1995, Laurence Chalip’s “Policy Analysis in Sport Management” persuasively argued that effective sport managers should equip themselves with a particular set of critical ... -
Political framing of sports: the mediated politicisation of Oslo’s interest in bidding for the 2022 Winter Olympics
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-05-14)Sport is a malleable phenomenon: it is not obvious what might be contentious about sports and how sports eventually turn into political questions. For years, there had been discussions on whether the city of Oslo should ... -
Politics and the London 2012 Olympics: the (in)security Games
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-07-25)This article traces the emergence of security at the Olympic Games as a key concern of host governments and of the Olympic movement and analyses the implications of this heightened concern for the delivery of the Games, ... -
The politics of organizing indigenous sport: Cross-border and cross-sectoral complexity
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Research Question: The authors studied the complexity surrounding the organization of sport in nations without nation-state status, exploring three research questions: (1) How do representatives of Sámi sport organizations ... -
Polyneuropathy in adolescent childhood cancer survivors: The PACCS study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: Childhood cancer survivors (CCS) are at risk of polyneuropathy due to chemotherapy, but studies in young survivors are scarce and diagnosis is challenging. We aimed to study the presence of polyneuropathy and ... -
Populist political right opinions and political trust among Norwegian youth
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Recent decades have seen the growth of various strands of rightwing populist political orientations, where populism and critique of immigration policies have been central. These ideological developments have caused concern ... -
“Pop” and its relation to performance factors and equivalent fall height in World Cup slopestyle for skiers and snowboarders
(Master thesis, 2022)Purpose: The aim of this study was to measure and investigate the “pop” performed by elite athletes in slopestyle skiing and snowboarding. Pop refers to the action an athlete performs at the end of the kicker (at the point ... -
Posisjonsrelatert kampanalyse i kvinnehåndball: med spesiell fokus på høy-intensitetsaksjoner
(Master thesis, 2015)Håndball er en fysisk krevende og sammensatt idrett. Det har en aktivitetsprofil som involverer mange høy-intensitetsaksjoner (HIA). Det foreløpig få studier som har undersøkt HIA i håndball og metodene som har vært brukt ...