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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 ... -
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 fitness and physical activity in Norwegian home guard soldiers: a cross-sectional and method comparison study
(Doctoral thesis, 2017)INTRODUCTION: Physical fitness is an important attribute in soldiers because military work may be physically demanding. To ensure that military personnel are “fit to fight”, soldiers are typically selected and evaluated ... -
Physiological and perceived exertion responses to training and match load in football: External and internal load, neuromuscular fatigue, muscle damage, and recovery
(Doctoral thesis, 2024)A tight match schedule in elite football makes it challenging to balance training and match load with recovery and rest. Being able to reliably measure the external load and understand how a given amount of load affects ... -
Physiological determinants of performance in modern elite cross-country skiing
(Doctoral thesis, 2013)This thesis consists of four studies with additional unpublished results, in which the main objective was to examine factors that determine performance in modern elite cross-country (XC) skiing. Thirty-two elite male XC ... -
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 ... -
Preventing eating disorders among young male and female elite athletes
(Doctoral thesis, 2015)Many athletes struggle with disordered eating or eating disorders (ED) as they attempt to conform to demands or competition regulations that might be ill-suited to their physique. In this situation, participation in ... -
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 ... -
Preventive medicine in elite sport: The role of the periodic health evaluation
(Doctoral thesis, 2022)Health problems are an occupational hazard for elite athletes. Medical surveillance by the International Olympic Committee reveals that up to one in six athletes are injured and one in ten experience an illness during the ... -
Prospective associations between sedentary time, physical activity and cardiometabolic health in children: The Active Smarter Kids Study
(Doctoral thesis, 2019)Background: A large proportion of children and adolescents are not sufficiently active according to PA recommendations. Cross-sectional studies find low PA levels to be associated with excessive body weight and poor ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
Reducing risk for eating disorder development and muscle-building supplement use in high school students: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
(Doctoral thesis, 2022)Background: The global burden of eating disorders (EDs) is increasing and is highest in Western countries. Development and implementation of interventions successful in promoting mental health and preventing EDs in adolescents ... -
Relations of meaning : A phenomenologically oriented case study of learning bodies in a rehabilitation context
(Doctoral thesis, 2009)This dissertation investigates the learning that takes place between participants in a rehabilitation setting. More specifically, I have made use of the phenomenological philosophy of Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1963; 1968; ... -
Reliability and methodological concerns of vertical drop jumping and sidestep cutting tasks: implications for ACL injury risk screening
(Doctoral thesis, 2015)Vertical drop jumping (VDJ) and sidestep cutting tasks have been suggested as movement screening tasks to identify players with increased risk for ACL injury. Previous studies have investigated the reliability of kinematics ... -
Reliability and validity of match performance analysis in soccer : a multidimensional qualitative evaluation of opponent interaction
(Doctoral thesis, 2010)Match performance analysis is widely used as a method for studying technical, tactical and physical aspects of player and team performance in a soccer match. Therefore, ensuring the validity and reliability of the collected ... -
Retracing the steps towards professional football: practice engagement characteristics and performance attainment among Norwegian elite youth and senior players
(Doctoral thesis, 2015)The overall purpose of this thesis is to identify characteristics that may explain why some players manage to progress to professional football while others do not. Specifically, I focused in this thesis on practice ... -
Revelations in bodily play : a study among children in an after-school programme
(Doctoral thesis, 2010)This dissertation is based on a project that investigates children‟s bodily play in a Norwegian After-School Programme (ASP). The project uses a life-world approach and the theoretical perspective is phenomenological. ... -
Role conflict, facework and vulnerable identity: Exploring the social complexities of becoming an exerciser in a workplace exercise group – A longitudinal ethnographic field study
(Doctoral thesis, 2017)The focus of this study is on workplace exercise groups and, in particular, the experiences of those labelled 'unaccustomed to exercise': that is, those who struggle to participate, and their journey to become exercisers. ... -
Role of glycogen content on glucose uptake and glycogen synthase in skeletal muscles: The effect of contraction and insulin
(Doctoral thesis, 2010-04)The present thesis is based on 4 papers which have investigated contraction- and insulin-mediated regulations of glucose uptake and GS activation in skeletal muscles with different glycogen contents. The level of glycogen ...