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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 ... -
Posisjonsspesifikk analyse av intensitet og høyintensive aksjoner i smålagspill for kvinnelige håndballspillere: ulike format av smålagspill, sammenlignet med kamp
(Master thesis, 2016-08-23)Smålagspill (SS) er en anbefalt treningsmetode, som benyttes i stor grad i håndballtreninger. Hensikten med denne treningsmetoden er å forbedre fysiske egenskaper, sammen med taktiske og tekniske elementer. Selv om SS ... -
Position statement: Testing physical condition in a population: how good are the methods?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009-09)A poor physical condition - expressed as physical inactivity and poor physical fitness - is associated with the development of chronic diseases and premature death. Our aim was to evaluate the methods currently available ... -
Positiv coaching på Wang Toppidrett Tennis: ALM & FOKUS 4 - en mestringsfokusert intervensjon med mål om å øke troen på læring, motivasjonskvalitet og selvreguleringsferdigheter blant elevene
(Master thesis, 2014)Formålet med denne masteroppgaven er å teste ut hvilken effekt et program med mestringsfokusert klima har på utøvere som satser på idretten tennis og har stor ukentlig treningsmengde. Dette er gjort ved å gjennomføre ... -
Positiv ungdomsutvikling gjennom faget kroppsøving
(Master thesis, 2014)I læreplanen kunnskapsløftet 06 [K06] er det fastslått at utdanningen skal gi hver elev kompetanse til å ta vare på seg selv og sitt liv, og samtidig gi overskudd og vilje til å være andre til hjelp. Det er ikke spesifisert ... -
A positive legacy – against all odds: Olympic facilities at the 1994 Olympic Winter Games
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The aim of this study is to explore the concept of legacy in mega sporting events. More precisely, it examines how one of the smallest cities to host the Olympic Winter Games, Lillehammer in 1994, more than 25 years after ... -
Post goal behaviors and team performance in elite soccer
(Master thesis, 2015-12-17)This study explored nonverbal behaviors displayed after a goal was scored in regular soccer games (post goal behaviors). After developing the post goal behavioral coding scheme in soccer (the PGB-CS-S), 226 post goal ... -
Post-exercise cold water immersion attenuates acute anabolic signalling and long-term adaptations in muscle to strength training
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-08-13)We investigated functional, morphological and molecular adaptations to strength training exercise and cold water immersion (CWI) through two separate studies. In one study, 21 physically active men strength trained for 12 ... -
Post-intervention effects on screen behaviours and mediating effect of parental regulation: The HEalth In Adolescents study – a multi-component school-based randomized controlled trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-02-23)Background: To improve effectiveness of future screen behaviour interventions, one needs to know whether an intervention works via the proposed mediating mechanisms and whether the intervention is equally effective among ... -
Posterior meniscal root injuries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-06-27)Meniscal root tears (MRTs) are defined as radial tears within 1 cm of the meniscal root insertion, or an avulsion of the insertion of the meniscus. These injuries change joint loading due to failure of the meniscus to ... -
Posterior pelvic tilt in Barbell back squats: a biomechanical analysis
(Master thesis, 2015-10-21)The squat is one of the most used exercises in both performance and rehabilitation exercise programs (37). Squatting with a full ROM is beneficial for increasing strength and cross sectional area of the working muscles ... -
Posterior Tibial Slope and Risk of Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background: Recent biomechanical studies have identified sagittal plane posterior tibial slope as a potential risk factor for posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injury because of its effects on the kinematics of the native ...