Doktorgradsavhandlinger / PhD Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Affected by movement: A qualitative exploration of 10-year-old children’s experiences from a school-based physical activity intervention
(Doctoral thesis, 2018)The theme of the thesis is children’s movement in school and the focus is on the children and children’s own ways of moving – alone and together with others. Questions that guide the process address variations of children’s ... -
The effect of BodyPump and resistance training with and without a personal trainer on overweight and obese women
(Doctoral thesis, 2018)Background: Individuals categorized as overweight (BMI ≥25.0 kg/m2) or obese (BMI ≥30.0 kg/m2) are currently recommended to perform resistance training 2-3 times a week (60-80% of the 1RM). Although resistance training can ... -
Groin injuries among football players : A substantial but preventable problem
(Doctoral thesis, 2018)Background: Groin injuries represent a considerable problem in football and account for 4% to 19% of all time loss injuries among male players. Until now, groin-specific exercise programmes have not shown a significant ... -
Physical demands in elite female team handball : Analyses of high intensity events in match and training data via inertial measurement units
(Doctoral thesis, 2018)Developments in tracking technology have made it possible to get more accurate insights into the physical demands of team sports, including indoor sports where global navigation satellite systems cannot be used. The main ... -
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 ... -
A randomized controlled trial of physical exercise- and dietary therapy versus cognitive behavior therapy: Treatment effects for women with bulimia nervosa or binge eating disorder
(Doctoral thesis, 2018)Background: Eating disorders (EDs) are among the top ten of the gender and age adjusted global burden of diseases in terms of poor quality of life, affecting young women in particular. Less than half of the persons with ... -
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 ... -
The benefits of periodic health evaluation in professional football: A focus on musculoskeletal screening
(Doctoral thesis, 2018)Injury and illness are common in professional football, causing substantial morbidity, and may have potentially negative long-term health consequences on the player. A periodic health evaluation (PHE) or screening examination ... -
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 ... -
Injury prevention in elite handball
(Doctoral thesis, 2018)Handball is a team throwing sport characterised by frequent and rapid changes of movement, high intensity running efforts, cutting and jumping, frequent physical contact between opponents and repeated overhead throwing at ... -
Physical activity in Norwegian children and adolescents: With a special focus on physical activity trends, health implications, correlates and determinants of physical activity
(Doctoral thesis, 2018)Introduction: In order to accurately assess the physical activity levels of children and adolescents and how it changes over time, there is a continuing need for population-based studies quantifying physical activity using ... -
Equilibrium Poems: An ethnographic study on how experiences in and with Norwegian friluftsliv challenge and nurture youths’ emotion work in everyday life.
(Doctoral thesis, 2018)Denne doktoravhandlingen er foreløpig ikke tilgjengelig i elektronisk format. Den kan lånes i trykt format på Norges idrettshøgskoles bibliotek. / This Ph.D.-thesis is not available in electronic format at the moment. The ... -
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. ... -
Pelvic floor muscle function, vaginal symptoms and symptoms of sexual dysfunction in first time mothers: A cohort and a randomised controlled trial
(Doctoral thesis, 2017)Number of women reporting dyspareunia at each time point from pre-pregnancy until 12 months after delivery was 27.8% at pre-pregnancy, 30.5% at gestational 22, 41.4% at gestational week 37, 44.6% at six months and 33.1 % ... -
Indices of physical activity, executive function, and academic performance among 10-year-old schoolchildren: cross-sectional, prospective, and intervention findings from The Active Smarter Kids (ASK) school-based cluster-randomized controlled trial
(Doctoral thesis, 2018)Bakgrunn: Eit aukande tal studiar viser at born oppnår kognitive fordelar av deltaking i fysisk aktivitet. Få studiar av høg kvalitet har derimot undersøkt effekten av skuleintervensjonar med fysisk aktivitet som er integrert ... -
Developing as a teacher educator: Using self-study of teacher education practices as a pedagogy for professional development: A rhizomatic consideration
(Doctoral thesis, 2018)Professional development of teacher educators is deemed important for both teacher education and the educational system as a whole, emerging as a hallmark for what it means to become and learn as a teacher educator. This ... -
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 ... -
Give me a thousand gestures: Embodied meaning and severe, multiple disabilities in segregated special needs education
(Doctoral thesis, 2018)In this dissertation I investigate subjective embodied experiences of students in primary and secondary schools. The eight students participating in the study all have the diagnose multiple disability, yet they have a ... -
Effects of strength training and supplementation with different milk proteins on regulation of muscle mass in young and elderly
(Doctoral thesis, 2017)The ability to maintain a normal muscle masss or to increase muscle mass from a subotimal level, is of great interest from both a sports and health perspective. The health perspective is especially important for our growing ... -
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 ...