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Can Machine Learning With IMUs Be Used to Detect Different Throws and Estimate Ball Velocity in Team Handball?
(MDPI AG, 2021)Injuries in handball are common due to the repetitive demands of overhead throws at high velocities. Monitoring workload is crucial for understanding these demands and improving injury-prevention strategies. However, in ... -
Carrying a Ball Can Influence Sidestepping Mechanics in Rugby
(The International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS), 2015)Sidestepping mechanics have been implicated as a risk factor for knee injury in rugby. Carrying a ball is proposed to alter movement patterns. Therefore the purpose of the study was to examine the effects of sidestepping ... -
Cluster Size Prediction for Military Clothing Using 3D Body Scan Data
(Elsevier BV, 2021)Aim To determine how anthropometric characteristics cluster in the New Zealand Defence Force, and to describe the characteristics of each cluster. This information can inform the development of new uniform sizing systems ... -
Coaching and coach development in New Zealand
(Human Kinetics Journal, 2015)For a small country with a population of 4.47 million (Statistics New Zealand, 2015), New Zealand achieves great success on the world sporting stage. One of the many contributors to this success is New Zealand’s commitment ... -
Cohort Profile: Pacific Islands Families (Pif) Growth Study, Auckland, New Zealand
(BMJ Publishing, 2016)This article profiles a birth cohort of Pacific children participating in an observational prospective study and describes the study protocol used at ages 14-15 years to investigate how food and activity patterns, metabolic ... -
Community-based Approaches to Reducing Health Inequities and Fostering Environmental Justice Through Global Youth-engaged Citizen Science
(MDPI, 2021)Growing socioeconomic and structural disparities within and between nations have cre-ated unprecedented health inequities that have been felt most keenly among the world’s youth. While policy approaches can help to mitigate ... -
A Comparison of Static and Dynamic Measures of Lower Limb Joint Angles in Cycling: Application to Bicycle Fitting
(Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences, 2016)Purpose Configuration of bicycle components to the cyclist (bicycle fitting) commonly uses static poses of the cyclist on the bicycle at the 6 o’clock crank position to represent dynamic cycling positions. However, the ... -
Computational Intelligence for Qualitative Coaching Diagnostics: Automated Assessment of Tennis Swings to Improve Performance and Safety
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2018)Coaching technology, wearables, and exergames can provide quantitative feedback based on measured activity, but there is little evidence of effective qualitative feedback to aid technique improvement. To achieve personalized ... -
Concept to sale of a healthier snack bar
(Ommega Publishers, 2016)Snacking between meals provides important contribution to dietary intake of key nutrients. There is a need for snack bars that are nutrient dense, have a low glycemic load and increase feelings of fullness and satiety. ... -
Concussion Incidence for Two Levels of Senior Amateur Rugby League in New Zealand, 2008-2011
(Remedy Publications, 2018)Aim: To report the incidence, injury mechanisms and assessment of concussion in two levels of amateur senior rugby league over 2008-2011. Methods: A prospective observational study of competition injuries in a New Zealand ... -
Concussion Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviour in Equestrian Athletes
(Elsevier, 2020)Objective: To determine knowledge, attitudes and behaviour towards concussion in adult equestrian athletes. Design: Nationwide, cross-sectional, questionnaire. Methods: Participants were recruited via advertisements ... -
Constraints-led Approach to Coaching the Power Clean
(International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS), 2018)The purpose of this study was to apply a constraints-led approach to the acquisition of the power clean. Strength and conditioning coaches need to coach complex motor skills, where the common method involves explicit ... -
Convergent Validity of ActiGraph and Actical Accelerometers for Estimating Physical Activity in Adults
(PLoS, 2018)Purpose: The aim of the present study was to examine the convergent validity of two commonly-used accelerometers for estimating time spent in various physical activity intensities in adults. Methods: The sample comprised ... -
Coordination Variability in Overground Running and Walking at Preferred and Fixed Speeds
(NMU Commons, 2020)Coordination variability (CoordV) is impacted by the type and speed of locomotion, however, the appropriate number of trials required for stable outputs during overground locomotion is yet to be determined. The purpose of ... -
Correction to: Rasch Analysis of the Brain Injury Screening Tool (BIST) in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
(BioMed Central, 2021)Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported an error in Fig. 1 wherein the graph titles “Physical Emotional Symptoms Subscale; Vestibular Ocular Symptoms Subscale; Cognitive Symptom Subscale; ... -
Correlates of Gross Motor Competence in Children and Adolescents: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
(Springer, 2016)Gross motor competence confers health benefits, but levels in children and adolescents are low. While interventions can improve gross motor competence, it remains unclear which correlates should be targeted to ensure ... -
Cross-continental comparison of the association between the physical environment and active transportation in children: a systematic review
(BioMed Central, 2015)Background: The purpose of this systematic review was to determine the relationship between a wide range of physical environmental characteristics and different contexts of active transportation in 6- to 12-year-old children ... -
A Cross-sectional Description of Parental Perceptions and Practices Related to Risky Play and Independent Mobility in Children: The New Zealand State of Play Survey
(MDPI, 2019)The potential for risky play and independent mobility to increase children’s physical activity, and enhance cognitive development and emotional wellbeing has been recognised for some time. The aim of this study was to ... -
Decolonising Climate Change: A Call for Beyond-Human Imaginaries and Knowledge Generation
This article calls for transdisciplinary, experimental, and decolonial imaginations of climate change and Pacific futures in an age of great planetary undoing. Drawing from our personal and academic knowledge of the Pacific ... -
Deprivation Matters: Understanding Associations Between Neighbourhood Deprivation, Unhealthy Food Outlets, Unhealthy Dietary Behaviours and Child Body Size Using Structural Equation Modelling
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2020)BACKGROUND: Children residing in neighbourhoods of high deprivation are more likely to have poorer health, including excess body size. While the availability of unhealthy food outlets are increasingly considered important ...