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Performance-based functional outcome for children 12 years or younger following anterior cruciate ligament injury : a two to nine-year follow-up study.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2007-12-22)There is limited scientific knowledge on ACL injuries in children 12 years or younger. Substantial controversy exists on treatment algorithms and there are no published data on performance based functional outcome. ... -
Performance-Determining Variables of a Simulated Sprint Cross-Country Skiing Competition
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Purpose: To investigate performance-determining variables of an on-snow sprint cross-country skiing competition and the evolvement in their relationship with performance as the competition progresses from the individual ... -
Performance-Enhancing Drugs, Sport, and the Ideal of Natural Athletic Performance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The use of certain performance-enhancing drugs (PED) is banned in sport. I discuss critically standard justifications of the ban based on arguments from two widely used criteria: fairness and harms to health. I argue that ... -
Performing Gender in Recreational Pole Dancing: Enabling and Constraining Factors
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Many people consider pole dancing to be a feminine leisure activity and a female dominated space, but it has recently gained observer status in the Global Association of International Sports Federation (GAISF), thus entering ... -
Performing Nordic hamstring strength testing with additional weight affects the maximal eccentric force measured: Do not compare apples to oranges
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: Nordic hamstring test devices are commonly used to measure maximal eccentric hamstring force. The ability to control the final phase of the exercise has been adopted as a criterion to add weight when testing, ... -
Performing under pressure: what can we learn from football penalty shoot-outs?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-08-22)In this paper, I outline a programme of research that has examined the antecedents of choking in sport through an analysis of successful and unsuccessful kicks in football penalty shoot-outs at the World Cup, the European ... -
Perioperative pelvic floor muscle training did not improve outcomes in women undergoing pelvic organ prolapse surgery: a randomised trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Question: In women undergoing surgery for pelvic organ prolapse (POP), what is the average effect of the addition of perioperative pelvic floor muscle training on pelvic organ prolapse symptoms, pelvic floor muscle strength, ... -
Peripheral adaptations to endurance training - Effect of active muscle mass
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether adaptations to endurance training are affected by active muscle mass during training. Eleven healthy subjects performed 5 weeks of one‐legged knee extension (1‐KE) training ... -
Permanent play facility provision is associated with children's time spent sedentary and in light physical activity during school hours: A cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-12)Objective: To study the associations between: 1) number of permanent outdoor play facilities per pupil and 2) the size of the outdoor play area per pupil with sedentary time and physical activity (PA) during school hours ... -
Personality and willingness towards performance enhancement and body modification: A cross-sectional survey of a nationally representative sample of Norwegians
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)We conducted an exploratory investigation of the relationship between personality and willingness towards performance enhancement and body modification in Norway. The study is based on Norwegian Monitor data from a ... -
PGC-1α alternative promoter (Exon 1b) controls augmentation of total PGC-1α gene expression in response to cold water immersion and low glycogen availability
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This investigation sought to determine whether post-exercise cold water immersion and low glycogen availability, separately and in combination, would preferentially activate either the Exon 1a or Exon 1b Peroxisome ... -
Phenomenology and adapted physical activity: philosophy and professional practice
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Through the increased use of qualitative research methods, the term phenomenology has become a quite familiar notion for researchers in adapted physical activity (APA). In contrast to this increasing interest in phenomenology ... -
Phenomenology of Professional Practices in Education and Health Care: An Empirical Investigation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)In this article a group of professionals working in education and health care explore professional practices and interactions from a phenomenological perspective, drawing on Max van Manen’s conceptualization of the ... -
Philosophical perfectionism: consequences and implications for sport
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-03-11)Ethical theories in sport philosophy tend to focus on interpersonal relations. Little has been said about sport as part of the good life and as experienced from within. This article tries to remedy this by discussing a ... -
Philosophical reflections on the mission of the European College of Sport Science: Challenges and opportunities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The European College of Sport Science (ECSS) was established in part to promote the integrated study of sports and related phenomena from multi- and interdisciplinary perspectives. There are significant and enduring ... -
Philosophy of sport in the Nordic countries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-10)n 1972 I attended the Pre-Olympic Scientific Congress in Munich. For the first time science and sport were brought together in connection with the Olympic Games. The organizers presented a book Sport in Blickpunkt der ... -
Phronetic social science: a means of better researching and analysing coaching?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-11)The aim of this paper is to present the case for phronetic social science as an appropriate lens through which to view sports coaching. In doing so, we firstly define and then elaborate upon the principal concepts contained ... -
The Phys-Can observational study: adjuvant chemotherapy is associated with a reduction whereas physical activity level before start of treatment is associated with maintenance of maximal oxygen uptake in patients with cancer
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: Adjuvant therapy may cause multiple sideeffects on long term health, including reduced cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in patients with breast cancer (1, 2). However, there is currently limited knowledge regarding ... -
Physical activity among adolescent cancer survivors: The PACCS study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Objectives: Physical activity (PA) may modify risks of late effects after cancer. We aimed to examine levels of PA and sedentary time (ST) in a large, international sample of adolescent childhood cancer survivors in relation ... -
Physical activity and all-cause mortality across levels of overall and abdominal adiposity in European men and women: the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition study (EPIC)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-01-14)Background: The higher risk of death resulting from excess adiposity may be attenuated by physical activity (PA). However, the theoretical number of deaths reduced by eliminating physical inactivity compared with overall ...