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Quantification of movement patterns in cross-country skiing using inertial measurement units
(Doctoral thesis, 2016)Inertial measurement units (IMU) are implemented in a variety of commonly-used technological equipment including cars and smartphones. IMUs are sensitive to motion, sample at high frequency, and have become small, wireless, ... -
Quantification of underestimation of physical activity during cycling to school when using accelerometry
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-05)Background: Cycling to and from school is an important source of physical activity (PA) in youth but it is not captured by the dominant objective method to quantify PA. The aim of this study was to quantify the underestimation ... -
Quantifying instantaneous performance in alpine ski racing
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-05-24)Alpine ski racing is a popular sport in many countries and a lot of research has gone into optimising athlete performance. Two factors influence athlete performance in a ski race: speed and the chosen path between the ... -
Quantifying quadriceps muscle strength in patients with ACL injury, focal cartilage lesions, and degenerative meniscus tears: differences and clinical implications
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-10-11)Background: Reduced quadriceps strength influences knee function and increases the risk of knee osteoarthritis. Thus, it is of significant clinical relevance to precisely quantify strength deficits in patients with knee ... -
Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of the Posterior Medial Meniscus Anatomy : Defining Meniscal Ramp Lesions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background: Meniscal ramp lesions have been defined as a tear of the peripheral attachment of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus (PHMM) at the meniscocapsular junction or an injury to the meniscotibial attachment. ... -
Randomised controlled trial of a complex intervention by primary care nurses to increase walking in patients aged 60–74 years: Protocol of the PACE-Lift (Pedometer Accelerometer Consultation Evaluation - Lift) trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-01-04)Physical activity is essential for older people's physical and mental health and for maintaining independence. Guidelines recommend at least 150 minutes weekly, of at least moderate intensity physical activity, with ... -
Randonee - en økende trend blant kvinner?: En kvalitativ studie som undersøker utøvelsen av randonee blant kvinner
(Master thesis, 2019)Dette er en masteroppgave i idrettsvitenskap, skrevet ved seksjon for kultur og samfunn ved Norges Idrettshøgskole (NIH). Jeg har i dette prosjektet studert randonee som et sosialt fenomen blant kvinner. Prosjektet undersøker ... -
«’Rase’ og etnisitet? Det kan ikke jeg si noe særlig om – her er det ’Blenda-hvitt’!»: Lærerutdanneres diskurser om hvithet, «rase» og (anti)rasisme
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-05)Som ledd i arbeidet for «å forstyrre» («interrupt» jf. MacLure 2003) tatt-for-gitte ideer om «rase» og å utvikle en antirasistisk pedagogikk, fokuserer artikkelen på lærerutdanneres diskurser om «rase» og (anti)rasisme i ... -
Raufoss! fotball og fabrikk : en historisk undersøkelse om dannelsen og utviklingen av en fotballklubb på industristedet Raufoss frem til 1980
(Master thesis, 2009)Raufoss som industristed oppstod etter en politisk beslutning i 1896, da staten flyttet hovedarsenalet i Kristiania(Oslo) til Raufoss på grunn av unionskonflikten med svenskene. Dette medførte en befolkningstilstrømning ... -
(Re)conceptualizing institutional change in sport management contexts: the unintended consequences of sport organizations? everyday organizational life
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Research question: The purpose of this paper is to construct empirically grounded concepts that can aid the explanation of processes of institutional change. This effort is guided by the observation that neither ... -
Re-embodiment: incorporation through embodied learning of wheelchair skills.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)In this article, the notion of re-embodiment is developed to include the ways that rearrangement and renewals of body schema take place in rehabilitation. More specifically, the embodied learning process of acquiring ... -
A real game examination of visual perception in soccer: testing the relationship between exploration frequency and performance in young and talented players
(Master thesis, 2010)The main purpose of this study was to test the relationship between visual exploratory activity and performance in real world soccer games by employing field analysis. In line with former research of adult expert soccer ... -
Recognition in sport: love, rights and solidarity
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-10-10)The main research question in this thesis is why sport morally matters, or, reframed in Honneth’s terminology, what is the potential of sport as a sphere for recognition? I have argued for the relevance of Honneth’s ... -
Recommended aerobic fitness level for metabolic health in children and adolescents: a study of diagnostic accuracy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)Objective To define the optimal cut-off for low aerobic fitness and to evaluate its accuracy to predict clustering of risk factors for cardiovascular disease in children and adolescents. Design Study of diagnostic ... -
Recreational physical activity and the risk of preeclampsia: a prospective cohort of Norwegian women
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008-08-13)Previous case-control studies suggest that recreational physical activity protects against preeclampsia. Using a prospective design, the authors estimated the risk of preeclampsia for pregnant women according to level of ... -
Rectus diastase etter fødsel: effekt av en fire måneders treningsintervensjon på forekomst av rectus diastase hos førstegangsfødende kvinner etter fødsel: en randomisert kontrollert studie
(Master thesis, 2017)Bakgrunn: Rectus diastase er definert som en svekkelse langs midtlinjen til de to muskelbukene til m. rectus abdominis. Tilstanden er rapportert å forekomme hos opp til 60 % av kvinner 6 uker etter fødsel og 32 % 12 måneder ... -
Rectus diastase hjå fyrstegongsfødande kvinner: prevalens, risikofaktorar og førekomst av korsrygg- og/eller bekkenrelaterte smerter
(Master thesis, 2015-10-21)Bakgrunn: Rectus diastase blir definert som ein separasjonen av muskelbukane til rectus abdomini og kan oppstå under graviditet. Det er mange hypotesar knytt til risikofaktorar og følgjar av rectus diastase, men forskinga ... -
Recurrence quantification analysis and support vector machines for golf handicap and low back pain EMG classification
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-08)The quantification of non-linear characteristics of electromyography (EMG) must contain information allowing to discriminate neuromuscular strategies during dynamic skills. There are a lack of studies about muscle coordination ... -
Reduced appendicular lean body mass, muscle strength and size of type 2 muscle fibers in spondyloarthritis vs healthy controls: a cross-sectional study
(Master thesis, 2015-10-21)Objective: The effect of chronic, systemic inflammation on muscle tissue is largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate body composition, muscle function and muscle morphology in patients with spondyloarthritis ... -
Reduced appendicular lean body mass, muscle strength, and size of type II muscle fibers in patients with spondyloarthritis versus healthy controls: a cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-08-09)Introduction:The purpose of this study was to investigate body composition, muscle function, and muscle morphology in patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA). Methods: Ten male SpA patients (mean ± SD age 39 ± 4.1 years) ...