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Face-to-face Versus Telephone Delivery of the Green Prescription for Maori and New Zealand Europeans With Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus: Influence on Participation and Health Outcomes
(New Zealand Medical Association, 2017)Aim In Aotearoa/New Zealand, the proportion of Māori who participate in the national Green Prescription lifestyle programme is lower than for New Zealand Europeans. We compared the uptake and effectiveness of two modes ... -
Fitting the Jigsaw Together: The Body-school-society Nexus and Children's Understanding of Body Pedagogies
(Federation Internationale Education Physique (FIEP), 2017)Introduction Increasing attention from many agencies on children’s health, a proliferation of health interventions in schools and a growing body of knowledge about body pedagogies has prompted research studies to be ... -
Foods Imported Into the Tokelau Islands: 10th May 2008 to 1 April 2012
(AUT University, 2013)No abstract. -
Head Impact Monitoring: What New Methodologies Could Do for Concussion Biomechanics
(International Society for Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS), 2018)Concussion has become a world-wide concern for sports participants. In-vivo head impacts monitoring has long been proposed as a way of identifying and even helping to prevent concussions. Several head impact devices were ... -
Head injury prevention in alpine skiing and snowboarding: critical review of literature and analysis of NZ snow sports injury epidemiology – technical report for the coroner’s office
(Sport Performance Research Institute New Zealand, 2011)Objective To inform the Coroner’s inquest into alpine skiing and snowboarding fatalities regarding the magnitude of the head injury problem in alpine skiing and snowboarding in New Zealand, and evidence for helmets as an ... -
The High-bar and Low-bar Back Squat: a Biomechanical Analysis
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2017)No prior study has compared the joint angle and ground reaction force (Fv) differences between the high-bar back-squat (HBBS) and low-bar back-squat (LBBS) above 90% 1RM. Six male powerlifters (height: 179.2 ± 7.8 cm; ... -
Holism in sports coaching: beyond humanistic psychology: a commentary
(Multi-Science Publishing, 2010)No abstract. -
Hook-grip Improves Power Clean Kinetics and Kinematics
(International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS), 2018)The purpose of this study was to compare one repetition maximum (1RM), as well as biomechanical outputs across a range of loads (75-100%) in the power clean (PC) utilizing the hook grip (HG) or closed-grip (CG). Eleven ... -
How Does Fatigue Impact the Technical Execution of a Back Handspring in Cheerleading?
(University of Alicante, 2018)Cheerleading is a technical, explosive and physically demanding sport. Currently there is very limited knowledge or specific research in regard to both routine fatigue and technical execution of skills at different levels ... -
The Importance of Pedestrian Network Connectivity for Adolescent Health: A Cross-sectional Examination of Associations Between Neighbourhood Built Environments and Metabolic Health in the Pacific Islands Families Birth Cohort Study
The research aim was to investigate associations between objectively-assessed built environment attributes and metabolic risk in adolescents of Pacific Islands ethnicity, and to consider the possible mediating effect of ... -
Improving Engagement With Biomechanics: Student Perspectives and a Professional Development Initiative
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2019)Student engagement is an essential aspect of educational environments, and this is especially true for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines, where student engagement declines in middle and ... -
Improving Health Through Diet and Exercise in Children
(Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature, 2018)We know that nutritious foods and quality physical activity are two of the fundamental needs for normal growth and development of children. Food based dietary guidelines and physical activity recommendations have universal ... -
The Influence of Body Position on the Straddled Tkatchev's Flight Phase in Men's Horizontal Bar
(Universitat d'Alacant / Universidad de Alicante, 2017)© 2017. Faculty of Education. University of Alicante. To examine the effect of level of expertise on the flight phase of the straddled Tkatchev we analysed six male gymnasts (mass = 64.0 +/- 3.0kg, height = 1.67 +/- 0.06m) ... -
The Influence of Fatigue in Rugby League Players: Comparing College and Club Competitions
(Otago Polytechnic, 2018)Few studies have considered the impact of varying match duration on injury rate and physiological demands in junior rugby league. 42 male junior rugby players from school (n = 24; age M = 16.46, SD = 0.83 years) and club ... -
The influence of head impact threshold for reporting data in contact and collision sports: system review and original data analysis
(Springer, 2015)Background Head impacts and resulting head accelerations cause concussive injuries. There is no standard for reporting head impact data in sports to enable comparison between studies. Objective The aim was to outline methods ... -
International Comparison of Observation-specific Spatial Buffers: Maximizing the Ability to Estimate Physical Activity
(BioMed Central, 2017)Advancements in geographic information systems over the past two decades have increased the specificity by which an individual's neighborhood environment may be spatially defined for physical activity and health research. ... -
International Study of Objectively-measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Time With Body Mass Index and Obesity: IPEN Adult Study
(Springer Nature, 2014)Background:Physical activity (PA) has been consistently implicated in the etiology of obesity, while recent evidence on the importance of sedentary time remains inconsistent. Understanding of dose-response associations of ... -
Investigating Biomechanical Function of Toes Through External Manipulation Integrating Analysis
(Wroclaw University of Technology, 2015)Purpose: This study was aimed to investigate the function of toes while running through comparing bound toes by external-manipulation with natural separate toes by evaluating kinematics and plantar pressure analysis. ... -
Is It Really the Result of a Concussion? Lessons From a Case Study
(Springer (part of Springer Nature), 2019)Background Within the last two decades, attitudes have shifted from considering sports-related concussion as an insignificant minor injury with no long-term repercussions to a potentially serious brain injury garnering ... -
Isometric Training and Long-term Adaptations; Effects of Muscle Length, Intensity and Intent: a Systematic Review
(John Wiley & Sons, 2018)Isometric training is used in the rehabilitation and physical preparation of athletes, special populations and the general public. However, little consensus exists regarding training guidelines for a variety of desired ...