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Interobserver repeatability of three- and four-dimensional transperineal ultrasound assessment of pelvic floor muscle anatomy and function
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)Objective: To evaluate the interobserver repeatability of measurement of the pubovisceral muscle and levator hiatus, and the position of related organs, during rest, muscle contraction and Valsalva maneuver using three- ... -
Elite athletes' duty to provide information on their whereabouts: Justifiable anti-doping work or an indefensible surveillance regime?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-01)In this article, we explain and reflect critically upon the athlete whereabouts reporting system in top-level sports initiated by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). This system makes it compulsory for athletes who are ... -
The challenges of producing popular sports contests: a comparative study of biathlon and cross-country skiing
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-01)This article analyses how different configurations of stakeholders create opportunities for the production of popular TV sports contests. Based on qualitative methodologies, biathlon and cross-country skiing are used as ... -
Effect of training with different mechanical loadings on MyHC and GLUT4 changes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009-01)Purpose: There is an inverse relationship between insulin sensitivity and percentage of myosin heavy chain IIx (MyHC IIx) isoform in sedentary, obese, and type 2 diabetic humans. How different exercise conditions may reduce ... -
Sports injuries surveillance during the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Championships
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-01)Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze all sports injuries incurred in competitions and/or training during the 2007 World Athletics Championships and to prove the feasibility of the injury surveillance system ... -
Serum vitamin E concentration and osmotic fragility in female long-distance runners
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-01)The objective of this study was to assess the nutritional adequacy of sub-elite runners with irregular menstrual function (n = 10) and that of a comparable group of runners with regular menstrual function (n = 10), with a ... -
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 ... -
Neuropeptides in tendinopathy
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-01-01)Overuse tendinopathy remains a major clinical burden for sports medicine and general practitioners. Recent studies have highlighted the role of sensory and autonomic nerves in generating or perpetuating the symptoms and ... -
Cardiorespiratory fitness and body mass index values in 9-year-old rural Norwegian children
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-01-07)Aim: To describe cardiorespiratory fitness and body mass index (BMI) values in a representative population of 9-year-old Norwegian children in two rural communities and compare present values with previous findings. Methods: ... -
Coaches, sexual harassment and education
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-02)Sexual harassment in sport has become an active research field within the past decade yet we know relatively little about the characteristics of the harassing coach. How are harassing coaches characterised by their victims, ... -
Biomechanics of supination ankle sprain : a case report of an accidental injury event in the laboratory
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-02-02)Ankle sprain is the most common injury in sports,5 but the mechanism of injury is not clear. Injury mechanisms can be studied through many different approaches.9 Over the years, ankle kinematics has been studied during ... -
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 ... -
The effect of urinary incontinence status during pregnancy and delivery mode on incontinence postpartum. A cohort study.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-02-11)Objective The objectives of this study were to investigate prevalence of urinary incontinence at 6 months postpartum and to study how continence status during pregnancy and mode of delivery influence urinary incontinence ... -
Serum HDL cholesterol was positively associated with cheese intake in the Oslo Health Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-02-19)We have examined the association between cheese intake and serum lipids in the cross-sectional Oslo Health Study (18,770 subjects), using ANOVA and linear regression. In both sexes and in most of four age groups, i.e., ... -
Idrett og etikk : en oversikt over hovedtemaer i den idrettsfilosofiske diskusjon 1980-2007
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-03)Sport has become important in modern societies, both mass sport as well as elite sport. Especially elite sport raises ethical dilemmas that reach far beyond sport. The most thorough scholarly discussion of sport ethics ... -
Elite athletes' perspectives on providing whereabouts information : a survey of athletes in the Norwegian registered testing pool
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-03)This paper reports on the perspectives of elite athletes on anti-doping work in general and on the whereabouts system in particular, and uses a figurational perspective to explore the unintended consequences of the planned ... -
Det olympiske maktspillet: hvordan Tromsøs triumf ble snudd til nederlag
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-03)Det så ut til å gå på skinner for OL- entusiastene i Tromsø. Oslo og Trondheim var slått i konkurransen om å bli norsk søkerby til vinterlekene i 2018, og en statsgaranti virket som et overkommelig hinder ettersom sentrale ... -
Factors affecting cadence choice during submaximal cycling and cadence influence on performance
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-03)Cadence choice during cycling has been of considerable interest among cyclists, coaches, and researchers for nearly 100 years. The present review examines and summarizes the current knowledge of factors affecting the freely ... -
Self-reported versus diagnosed stress fractures in Norwegian female elite athletes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-03-01)The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of selfreported versus diagnosed stress fractures in female elite athletes and non-athletic controls. A random sample of Norwegian elite athletes from the national ... -
Rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament injury influences joint loading during walking but not hopping
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009-03-08)Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify changes in clinical outcome and lower extremity biomechanics during walking and hopping in ACL-injured subjects before and after a 20-session neuromuscular and strength ...