Blar i Doktorgradsavhandlinger / PhD Dissertations på emneord "idrett"
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Acute hamstring injuries : diagnosis and prognosis
(Doctoral thesis, 2018)Introduction: Acute hamstring injury is one of the most common non-contact muscle injuries in sports. The incidence remains high, causing a significant loss of time from training and competition, and a substantial risk of ... -
Altitude and endurance athletes : effects of acute and chronic hypoxic exposure
(Doctoral thesis, 2008)“How does altitude affect performance"? This question has been asked by athletes, coaches and sport scientists for many years. Most of the current interest in altitude and altitude training can be traced back to the 1968 ... -
Asthma and exercise : climatic effects upon exersice-induced bronchoconstriction and exercise capacity in asthmatic subjects
(Doctoral thesis, 2008)The present thesis consists of five studies with the main objective to investigate the effect of different climatic conditions upon exercise capacity and exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) in subjects with diagnosed ... -
Development of excellence in young Norwegian athletes: the interaction between motivation and self-regulation
(Doctoral thesis, 2017)Introduction: Motivational and cognitive processes are interrelated and greatly influence one another (e.g., see Baumeister & Vohs, 2007; Inzlicht, Schmeichel, & Macrae, 2014). Investigating the interactive nature of these ... -
Functional and radiological outcomes following a non-operative treatment algorithm after ACL injuries in skeletally immature children
(Doctoral thesis, 2013)This dissertation has evaluated the functional and radiological outcomes following the implementation of a non-operative treatment algorithm for skeletally immature children after ACL injury. The body of evidence, needed ... -
In the synaptic cleft: caught in the gap between neurotransmitter release and conscious experience in sport
(Doctoral thesis, 2011)I’d like to say that in his article Visual Experience and Motor Action: Are the Bonds Too Tight?, Andy Clark (2001) writes an almost perfect introduction to what this thesis is all about. Here, Clark uses contemporary ... -
Jeg kan delta!: barn med funksjonsnedsettelser og deltakelse i fysisk aktivitet - en multimetodestudie i en habiliteringskontekst
(Doctoral thesis, 2012)Denne studien bidrar til å øke den forskningsbaserte kunnskapen om barn med funksjonsnedsettelser og deres deltakelse. Kunnskapen har utgangspunkt i barnas perspektiv i en habiliteringskontekst som har fysisk aktivitet ... -
Knee function and sports participation after nonoperative and operative treatment of anterior cruciate ligaments injuries
(Doctoral thesis, 2014)This prospective cohort study suggests that there are few differences in the 2 year clinical course between ACL-injured patients who choose nonsurgical and surgical treatment. While surgically treated patients had a ... -
Læring i friluftsliv: om padlefellesskap i havgapet
(Doctoral thesis, 2013-01-03)Avhandlingen “Læring i Friluftsliv” omhandler havpadling blant et utvalg voksne personer. Det anvendes data fra etnografisk feltarbeid (Fetterman, 1998), situert i havgapet, og i hovedsak i Ytre Oslofjord. Hovedanliggende ... -
Mechanisms of injuries in world cup alpine skiing
(Doctoral thesis, 2013)The International Ski Federation (FIS) Injury Surveillance System (ISS) has reported that during the five-month winter season, one in every three World Cup (WC) alpine skiers sustains an injury. Similar to recreational ... -
Motivation in youth sport : A study of athletes’ motivation, perceptions of coach behavior, self-perceptions, affective responses and behavior
(Doctoral thesis, 2018)Background: The aim of the present thesis was to contribute to the research area of youth sport motivation by looking at potential nuances in relationships that have received empirical support previously. Specifically, the ... -
Norwegian handball and gender: towards a cultural sociology of sport
(Doctoral thesis, 2014)This project highlights how we understand sports and how these understandings are shaped by and shape gender. The empirical focus is directed at televised elite handball and practiced youth handball in Norway. Grounded in ... -
Norwegian sport for development and peace: donor discourse and local practice
(Doctoral thesis, 2015)Sport as a method for development and peace has been a growing field in international and Norwegian development aid over the past decade. NGOs within the field form part of what has come to be defined as the “Sport for ... -
Overuse injuries in sport: development, validation and application of a new surveillance method
(Doctoral thesis, 2015)Introduction: Overuse injuries, defined as those without a specific, identifiable event responsible for their occurrence, may be a substantial problem in many sports. However, current surveillance methods in sports injury ... -
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 ... -
Sensitivity towards strangeness (STS): development of a concept-based measuring instrument in the context of intercultural movement education
(Doctoral thesis, 2011)Strangeness is a central theoretical concept within a larger research project of “Intercultural Movement Education” (Erdmann 1999). The aim of this thesis was the development of a concept- based device in order to measure ... -
"Shaking or stirring?": a case-study of physical education teacher education in Norway
(Doctoral thesis, 2011)The aim of this study was to research physical education teacher educators’ (PETEs) (and to a lesser extent physical education [PE] students’) perspectives on the nature and purposes of physical education teacher education ... -
'Sport for all' in new settings: A study of the Norwegian Confederation of Sports' Sport for All project in Tanzania in the 1980s and Zimbabwe in the 1990[s]
(Doctoral thesis, 2013)This study is an examination of the Norwegian Confederation of Sports’ (NIF) Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) engagement in Tanzania and Zimbabwe from its inception in the early 1980s until 2000. The main research ... -
Sport, race and gender: the experiences of black Norwegian athletes
(Doctoral thesis, 2016)In this study, I explored how racism and marginalization in Norwegian sport are experienced by black Norwegian athletes. To accomplish this, I used the following research questions: 1. How are individual and institutional ... -
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 ...