Blar i Doktorgradsavhandlinger / PhD Dissertations på tittel
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The significance of the skeletal muscular oxidative capacity during whole body exercise
(Doctoral thesis, 2011)The present thesis consists of four studies with the main objective to examine the significance of the skeletal muscular metabolic capacity during whole body exercise. Exercise capacity was studied in chronic obstructive lung ... -
The struggle over military identity: a multi-sited ethnography on gender, fitness and "the right attitudes" in the military profession/field
(Doctoral thesis, 2015)As a result of dramatic changes in the arrangement and missions of the Norwegian Armed Forces, and consequently in competence, gender and identity politics, traditional thinking on what are considered to be valuable ... -
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, ... -
Too perfect to be healthy?: A quantitative and qualitative study of perfectionism, expectations, and mental health among students aged 13-16 in specialized sports, performing arts and regular lower secondary school
(Doctoral thesis, 2023)Background: Concerns have been raised among practitioners and researchers about the increasing professionalization of young performers, which may generate negative experiences resulting from high expectations, perfectionism, ... -
Towards a better understanding of the dynamics of sports coaching at the youth level: the coach's perspective: a study of the youth football coaches participating in the Norwegian arm of the Promoting Adolescent Physical Activity (PAPA) project
(Doctoral thesis, 2017)Background: This doctoral thesis was based on the Promoting Adolescent Physical Activity (PAPA) project (Duda et al., 2013). Specifically, this doctoral thesis focused on the Norwegian arm, thereby aiming to acquire detailed ... -
Training load and health problems in football: More complex than we first thought?
(Doctoral thesis, 2021)Background: Health problems are prevalent in football, and in both elite youth and professional football, players are expected to sustain several health problems per season. Also, at any given time of the season, the ... -
Ulykker og sikkerhet i friluftsliv på norsk videregående skole: En empirisk studie av ulykkeshendelser og lærerrefleksjoner om sikkerhet i friluftslivsundervisningen på studieretning for idrettsfag
(Doctoral thesis, 2021)Avhandlingens tema er ulykker og sikkerhet i friluftslivsundervisningen på norsk videregående skole med Idrettsfag, på programområdet aktivitetslære. Ulykker er lite ønskelig i lys av helsemessig og økonomiske konsekvenser ... -
Understanding volleyball injuries: The etiology and burden associated with the sport’s most common injuries
(Doctoral thesis, 2023)Volleyball is a fast-paced, hard-hitting sport that requires its athletes to perform a large volume of jumps and overhead attacks. As a result, most injuries in volleyball involve the ankle, knee, back, hand/fingers, and ... -
Using sport to promote HIV/AIDS education for at-risk youths : an intervention using peer coaches
(Doctoral thesis, 2008)The findings in this dissertation indicate that the majority of young people are at risk of HIV infection, and that the AIDS education approach in school in Tanzania has not been as effective as desired. The research ... -
Venner på tur: naturguiding som relasjonell kunnskap
(Doctoral thesis, 2015)Avhandlingens tema er naturguiding. Temaets aktualitet relateres til det naturbaserte reiselivet i Norge, der vekst og internasjonal konkurranse har bidratt til å skjerpe kravene til kunnskap om helse, miljø og sikkerhet ... -
Visual Perception in Elite Football
(Doctoral thesis, 2021)Background: The aim of the present dissertation was to contribute to the currently available research on visual perception in football by examining how elite football players gather information in real football match play ... -
Why do athletes develop asthma?: Pathogenic mechanisms and asthma phenotypes
(Doctoral thesis, 2018)Background: Asthma is reported frequently in endurance athletes, particularly among swimmers and cross-country skiers. However, the mechanisms of asthma development in athletes are not fully understood, and they seem to ... -
Worksite health promotion, coworker support,and motivation for lifestyle change: Effects of a self-determination theory based cluster-randomized controlled trial on physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and health
(Doctoral thesis, 2019)Introduction: National surveys around the world repeatedly report that adults are not physically active enough to obtain various health benefits. The worksite represents an important context for physical activity (PA) ... -
Young & Active: development and evaluation of an internet intervention to increase fitness and health-related quality of life in adolescents with overweight and obesity
(Doctoral thesis, 2015)Overweight and obesity among adolescents may have consequences with potentially lasting effects on health and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Excess weight is also associated with decreases in physical activity ... -
Å skape dans i kroppsøvingslærerutdanning: Studenters erfaring
(Doctoral thesis, 2018)Temaet for denne avhandlingen er dans i kroppsøvingsfaget, og den er skrevet som en monografi. Å skape dans har inngått som et delemne i kroppsøvingsfaget siden 1960, men nyere forskning viser at det er et stort gap mellom ...