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Where do they all come from? Youth, fitness gyms, sport clubs and social inequality
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The exercise levels in fitness gyms are increasing, but little is known about the fitness participants: who they are (social inequality) and where they come from (the link to club sports). Using Norwegian data, our results ... -
Where’s the E in OE?: The McDonaldization of Irish outdoor education
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This paper presents key findings from a study that aimed to critically examine the practice of outdoor education in the Republic of Ireland. It consisted of 10 months of fieldwork across four public Outdoor Education and ... -
Which athletes fail faster to send weekly questionnaires or to comply with an injury risk reduction program?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Problem: Low response rate to weekly self-reported questionnaires used to obtain athlete health-related and risk exposure data and low compliance with intervention have been reported. We thus aimed to investigate if time ... -
Which exercise prescriptions optimize V̇O2max during cancer treatment?: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The aims of the present systematic review and meta‐analysis were to investigate the effect of exercise on maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) and to investigate whether exercise frequency, intensity, duration, and volume are ... -
Which older people decline participation in a primary care trial of physical activity and why: insights from a mixed methods approach
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-04-12)Background: Physical activity is of vital importance to older peoples’ health. Physical activity intervention studies with older people often have low recruitment, yet little is known about non-participants. Methods: ... -
"Which stroke next? All strokes next!": Part two: Strokes for intermediate and advanced swimmers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The primary goal of this two-part project is to answer the rhetorical question of which strokes should be taught first, and which later (Langendorfer, 2013, Stallman, 2014a). As you have seen in Part One, we emphasize (as ... -
“Who should I have asked?”: Norwegian elite athletes share their experiences and perspectives on pregnancy and motherhood
(Master thesis, 2023)Denne masteroppgaven er klausulert, og er IKKE TILGJENGELIG før desember 2024. -
Whole body vibration for chronic patellar tendinopathy: A randomized equivalence trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Purpose: Whole body vibration (WBV) triggers anabolic responses in various tissues, including tendons, without requiring high force production. In this waitlist-controlled equivalence trial, we tested its clinical effectiveness ... -
Whole-body vibration training induces hypertrophy of the human patellar tendon
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-07-15)Animal studies suggest that regular exposure to whole-body vibration (WBV) induces an anabolic response in bone and tendon. However, the effects of this type of intervention on human tendon properties and its influence on ... -
Whom do they trust?: a cross-sectional study investigating the association between pregnant women's information sources and their behaviours regarding physical activity, weight gain and nutrition, as well as health care providers' practises with respect to giving advice
(Master thesis, 2016)BACKGROUND: To date, there is limited evidence investigating pregnant women’s information sources regarding physical activity (PA), gestational weight gain (GWG) and nutrition at late gestation. Further, no studies have ... -
Why do athletes develop asthma?: Pathogenic mechanisms and asthma phenotypes
(Doctoral thesis, 2018)Background: Asthma is reported frequently in endurance athletes, particularly among swimmers and cross-country skiers. However, the mechanisms of asthma development in athletes are not fully understood, and they seem to ... -
Why do English players fail in soccer penalty shootouts? A study of team status, self-regulation, and choking under pressure
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-01)I examine why players from some nations appear always to choke in major international soccer penalty shootouts. Based on a model on choking under pressure as a type of self-defeating behaviour (Baumeister, 1997), I ... -
Why do so many pregnant women give up exercise?: An Italian cross-sectional study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Objective: Current exercise guidelines recommend women to exercise throughout pregnancy, and the benefits are well documented. Still, there is an increasing decline of exercise levels during pregnancy and a high percentage ... -
“Why I asked for help”: Narratives from professional football players
(Master thesis, 2022)Using thematic analysis on narratives from professional male football players this study aimed to gain a more nuanced understanding of what triggers them to ask for help from a sport psychology consultant. Although there ... -
Why screening tests to predict injury do not work— and probably never will…: a critical review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-04-19)This paper addresses if and how a periodic health examination to screen for risk factors for injury can be used to mitigate injury risk. The key question asked is whether it is possible to use screening tests to identify ... -
‘Winter children’ : an ethnographically inspired study of children being-and-becoming well-versed in snow and ice
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)For many children living in Northern and mountainous regions of the world, playing in snow is enticing and connotes childhood for many adults. Even so, researchers have paid little attention to children’s play in/with snow ... -
Within-day energy deficiency and reproductive function in female endurance athletes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)We aimed to estimate and compare within-day energy balance (WDEB) in athletes with eumenorrhea and menstrual dysfunction (MD) with similar 24-hour energy availability/energy balance (EA/EB). Furthermore, to investigate ... -
Women’s experiences from participating in all female arctic adventures
(Master thesis, 2016)Current understanding of the way in which females adventure and organise expeditions is widely unknown. This thesis explores the female concept of adventure with the intention to broaden the knowledge and awareness of ... -
Women’s snowboarding – some experiences and perceptions of competition
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-05-11)This article focuses on female snowboarders’ experiences with, and perceptions of, snowboard competitions. The article is based on a study conducted at an international women’s snowboard camp. The purpose of the camp was ... -
Working through whiteness, race and (anti) racism in physical education teacher education
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-09-24)The persistent gaps between a largely white profession and ethnically diverse school populations have brought renewed calls to support teachers' critical engagement with race. Programmes examining the effects of racism ...