Doktorgradsavhandlinger / PhD Dissertations
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The impact of vitamin D3 supplementation, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and exercise load on resistance training-associated adaptations in older adults
(Doctoral thesis, 2021)Background: Lifestyle therapy with resistance training is a potent measure to counteract age-related loss in muscle strength and mass. Unfortunately, many individuals fail to respond in the expected manner to such treatment. ... -
Injuries in elite male youth football and athletics: Growth and maturation as potential risk factors
(Doctoral thesis, 2021)Background: Elite youth athletes participate in intense and structured training programmes to realise their performance potential, but their development may be interrupted by injuries. To reduce the impact of injuries we ... -
The Need for Relatedness?: A Study of Relationship Dynamics and Psychological Mechanisms in theCoach-Athlete Relationship at the World-Class Level
(Doctoral thesis, 2021)Introduction: Achieving continuous success in the highly demanding context of world-class sport is a prerogative of very few athletes and coaches (Lara-Bercial & Mallett, 2016). Coaches, as well as athletes, play essential ... -
Prevention of shoulder injuries in handball: The challenge of implementation of preventive measures
(Doctoral thesis, 2021)Introduction: Handball players are at high risk of shoulder injuries with frequent recurrences and exacerbations. Although a newly developed shoulder injury prevention program reduced the risk of shoulder problems in ... -
Enactive Movement Integration: En handlingsorientert bevægelsesdidatik for folkeskolen
(Doctoral thesis, 2021)I denne afhandling undersøger jeg, hvordan bevægelse kan integreres i undervisningen i folkeskolen i Danmark. Afhandlingen bidrager til et internationalt forskningsfelt, hvor bevægelse integreret i undervisningen betegnes ... -
Cardiorespiratory, hematological and body composition changes in maturing girls and boys with different training backgrounds
(Doctoral thesis, 2020)This thesis is based on one longitudinal study, monitoring a group of children from age 12 to age 15. The main objective was to establish the association between growth, maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max), hematological variables ... -
"Det har bare vært naturlig": friluftsliv, kjønn og kulturelle brytninger
(Doctoral thesis, 1999)1993 var Friluftslivets år i Norge. Denne markeringen av friluftslivets betydning i norsk kultur og hverdagsliv falt sammen med feiringen av Den norske turistforenings 125 års jubileum. Det sammenfallet er ikke tilfeldig. ... -
The associations of physical activity, sedentary time, and aerobic fitness with lipoprotein particle profile in children
(Doctoral thesis, 2020)Introduction: Metabolomics can elucidate the metabolites and pathways of human metabolism. Its application in epidemiological studies promises to improve our understanding of health and its connection to lifestyle behaviours, ... -
Physical education, diversity and inclusion: Students’ narratives of inclusion and exclusion from an intersectional perspective
(Doctoral thesis, 2020)An increasing number of international studies have shown both that some students experience exclusion and marginalization in physical education (PE) and that these phenomena often are linked to students’ gender, sexuality, ... -
Physical education as a developmental asset in the everyday life of adolescents. A relational approach to the study of basic need satisfaction in PE and global self-worth development
(Doctoral thesis, 2020)Introduction: The Norwegian physical education (PE) curriculum describes PE as a subject concerned with students’ positive development and learning (Utdanningsdirektoratet [the Norwegian Directorate for Education and ... -
The importance of oxygen extraction and blood volume for maximal oxygen uptake
(Doctoral thesis, 2020)This thesis includes four research papers, based on four separate studies aiming to elucidate the importance of O2 extraction and blood volume (BV) for maximal O2 uptake (VO2max). In study I, twelve untrained subjects ... -
Pre- and postnatal factors related to cardiometabolic health and adiposity in children and adolescents: Does physical activity matter?
(Doctoral thesis, 2020)Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases are a leading cause of premature mortality in all regions of the world, and they are highly linked to obesity. Pre- and postnatal factors, including maternal pre-pregnancy body mass ... -
Anti-doping as solidarity: A philosophical inquiry into anti-doping in elite sport
(Doctoral thesis, 2020)Doping in elite sport is commonly understood as a moral problem. In line with this view, antidoping work is set out to protect ‘clean’ athletes and ‘the spirit of sport’ from individual athletes’ and accomplices’ lack of ... -
Physical activity among preschoolers : Cross-sectional and prospective findings from the Sogn og Fjordane Preschool Physical Activity Study
(Doctoral thesis, 2020)Introduction: Physical activity (PA) during early childhood is of great importance for children’s health and development. As PA levels are known to decrease over time in school-aged children and adolescents, the preschool ... -
Injury and illness in youth elite athletes.
(Doctoral thesis, 2020)Introduction: The health benefits associated with youth sports participation are well recognized. At the elite level, however, are these advantages in fact outweighed by an increased risk of injury and illness? There are ... -
Meniscal ramp lesions: Anatomy, biomechanics, and clinical outcomes
(Doctoral thesis, 2020)Introduction: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are the most common researched pathology in all of sports medicine. Researchers and clinicians have dedicated their careers to investigating the treatment of ACL tears ... -
Cardiometabolic risk factors in children: reference values, association with cardiorespiratory fitness and effects of the Active Smarter Kids (ASK) physical activity intervention
(Doctoral thesis, 2020)Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of disease-related morbidity and global mortality among adults (1, 2). In children, a clinical manifestation of CVD is not present, but studies have shown that atherosclerosis ... -
The Healthy Body Image intervention: A school-based, cluster-randomized controlled trial in high school students
(Doctoral thesis, 2020)Background: Researchers have been encouraged to design and evaluate health promotive interventions specifically tailored to promote positive embodiment in adolescents because it is associated with important mental and ... -
Thriving, striving, or just surviving?: A study of motivational processes among elite junior performers from sports and performing arts
(Doctoral thesis, 2019)Background: Reaching the top in sports and performing arts can be striving. For some elite junior performers, though, the perceived requests and stressors seem to be overwhelming, resulting in dropout, unfulfilled potential, ... -
Teaching and understanding "need supportive" coaching: Developing and implementing a coach development program
(Doctoral thesis, 2019)The aim of the thesis was to contribute to an understanding as to how to increase coach knowledge to enhance athletes' experiences from sports. The primary aim of the study was to understand how to create a coach development ...
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