Browsing Norges idrettshøgskole by Document Types "Journal article"
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The ethics of performance-enhancing technology in sport
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-10)Debates on sport technologies tend to engage. Sometimes they have a unifying effect. As is evident from the 1999 establishment of the World Antidoping Agency (WADA), there is a relatively strong consensus that the use of ... -
Ethics of technologically constructed hypoxic environments in sport
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-07-08)With the use of technologically constructed hypoxic environments (TCHE) in soccer as our case, we propose four check points from which to evaluate new performance-enhancing technologies in sport. These are (I) Is the ... -
Ethnic differences in pelvic floor muscle strength and endurance in South African women
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-06)Introduction and hypothesis: Limited knowledge exists about pelvic floor muscle (PFM) function in ethnic groups. The aim of this study was to compare PFM strength and endurance in a group of black, white and mixed-race ... -
Ethno-politics and state sport policy : The case of how the Sámi Sport Association–Norway challenged the Norwegian confederation of sport’s monopoly for state subsidies to sport
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)This paper investigates how the Sámi Sport Association of Norway (SVL-N), with the support of the Sámi Parliament in Norway, challenged the Norwegian confederation of sport’s (NIF) monopoly to state funding to sport. Through ... -
Etikk ryddet av veien?: En diskusjonsartikkel om filming i helseinstitusjoner
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Den statseide allmennkringkasteren NRK har hatt stor suksess med dokumentarserier som Helene sjekker inn, Jeg mot meg og Sinnssykt. Her får seerne innblikk i virkelige personers sykdomserfaringer. Som helsefaglige ... -
Evaluating the suitability of the Low Energy Availability in Females Questionnaire (LEAF-Q) for female football players
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: The Low Energy Availability in Females Questionnaire (LEAF-Q) is a screening tool developed to detect endurance athletes and dancers at risk for development of persistent low energy availability (LEA) and the ... -
Evaluation of a short protocol for indirect calorimetry in females with eating disorders and healthy controls
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background and aims: To enable clinicians to identify the clinical picture and treatment progress and to adjust eating plans according to personal energy needs, it is important to know the patient's correct resting metabolic ... -
Evaluation of an In-Ear Sensor for Quantifying Head Impacts in Youth Soccer
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background: Wearable sensor systems have the potential to quantify head kinematic responses of head impacts in soccer. However, on-field use of sensors (eg, accelerometers) remains challenging, owing to poor coupling to ... -
Evaluation of Endothelial and Vascular-Derived Progenitor Cell Populations in the Proximal and Distal UCL of the Elbow: A Comparative Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background: Vascular-derived progenitor and endothelial cell populations (CD31, CD34, CD146) are capable of multipotent differentiation at the site of injured ligamentous tissue to aid in the intrinsic healing response. ... -
Evaluation of focal cartilage lesions of the knee using MRI T2 mapping and delayed Gadolinium Enhanced MRI of Cartilage (dGEMRIC)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background: Assessment of degenerative changes of the cartilage is important in knee cartilage repair surgery. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) T2 mapping and delayed Gadolinium Enhanced MRI of Cartilage (dGEMRIC) are able ... -
Evaluation of how different implementation strategies of an injury prevention programme (FIFA 11+) impact team adherence and injury risk in Canadian female youth football players: A cluster-randomised trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-03-13)Background: Injury prevention programme delivery on adherence and injury risk, specifically involving regular supervisions with coaches and players on programme execution on field, has not been examined. Aim: The objective ... -
Evaluation of implementing a community-based exercise intervention during pregnancy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Objective: To evaluate the implementation of a community-based exercise intervention (the Norwegian Fit for Delivery study) during pregnancy. Design: Descriptive, explorative. Setting: Healthcare clinics in southern Norway, ... -
Evaluation of potentially modifiable physical factors as predictors of health status in knee osteoarthritis patients referred for physical therapy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-06-29)The purpose of this cross sectional study was to estimate the contributions of potentially modifiable physical factors to variations in perceived health status in knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients referred for physical ... -
Evaluation of reliability and validity of the General Practice Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPPAQ) in 60–74 year old primary care patients
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-02)BACKGROUND: GPPAQ (General Practice Physical Activity Questionnaire) is a self-assessment physical activity questionnaire widely used in primary care. Reliability and validity data in older people are lacking. The ... -
Evaluation of ski-binding-boot system safety using torque testing
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-07)This study evaluated release torque values for rental ski-binding-boot (S-B-B) systems that had one to four seasons use in a popular New Zealand commercial ski area. The proportions of S-B-B systems in classes of deviation ... -
Evaluation of spine MRIs in athletes participating in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympic Games
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background/aim: In high-level Olympic athletes, many spinal pathologies arise from overuse, while others are the result of acute injury. Our aim is to analyse the epidemiology of spinal pathologies detected on MRI in ... -
Evidence against a beneficial effect of irisin in humans
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-09-11)Brown adipose tissue has gained interest as a potential target to treat obesity and metabolic diseases. Irisin is a newly identified hormone secreted from skeletal muscle enhancing browning of white fat cells, which improves ... -
Evidence for benefit of transversus abdominis training alone or in combination with pelvic floor muscle training to treat female urinary incontinence: A systematic review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-02-03)Aims: Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) has Level A evidence to treat female urinary incontinence (UI). Recently, indirect training of the pelvic floor muscles (PFM) via the transversus abdominis muscle (TrA) has been ... -
Evidence of the physiotherapeutic interventions used currently after exercise-induced muscle damage: systematic review and meta-analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-09-14)Introduction: Exhaustive and/or unaccustomed exercise, mainly involving eccentric muscle actions, induces temporary muscle damage, evidenced by delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) and decreased muscle function. Different ... -
Evidence-based hamstring injury prevention is not adopted by the majority of Champions League or Norwegian Premier League football teams: The Nordic Hamstring survey
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-05-20)Background: The Nordic hamstring (NH) exercise programme was introduced in 2001 and has been shown to reduce the risk of acute hamstring injuries in football by at least 50%. Despite this, the rate of hamstring injuries ...