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The Professional Athlete Career Lifespan: Through an Indigenous Lens
(Springer, 2022)The rise of non-European sport athletes has meant a need for their cultural ways to be acknowledged in the sporting arena. Although the players' cultures are visible in sports, through war chants, tattoos, and cultural ... -
The Female-friendliness of New Zealand's Tennis Clubs
(International Tennis Federation, 2022)Across an array of contexts, a ‘female-friendly environment’ is increasingly thought to positively impact participation levels for women and girls. The aim of this study is to provide insights on the female-friendliness ... -
Bioactive Properties of Bread Formulated with Plant-based Functional Ingredients Before Consumption and Possible Links with Health Outcomes After Consumption- A Review
(Springer, 2022)Bread is a commonly consumed staple and could be a viable medium to deliver plant-based ingredients that demonstrate health effects. This review brings together published evidence on the bioactive properties of bread ... -
Identifying Metabolic Syndrome in Migrant Asian Indian Adults With Anthropometric and Visceral Fat Action Points
(Springer, 2022)BACKGROUND: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a clustering of metabolic risk factors, including large waist circumference (WC). Other anthropometric parameters and visceral fat mass (VFM) predicted from these may improve MetS ... -
Associations of Accelerometer Measured School- and Non-school Based Physical Activity and Sedentary Time With Body Mass Index: IPEN Adolescent Study
(Springer, 2022)BACKGROUND: This study examined the strength, shape and direction of associations of accelerometer-assessed overall, school- and non-school-based moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary time (ST) with ... -
The Value of Sport: Wellbeing Benefits of Sport Participation during Adolescence
(MDPI AG, 2022)Insight into the unique benefits of sport participation above and beyond those associated with participation in other physical activities among adolescents is limited in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). The purpose of this study ... -
“Balance Is Better”: The Wellbeing Benefits of Participating in a Breadth of Sports across a Variety of Settings during Adolescence
(MDPI AG, 2022)The purpose of this study was to examine how wellbeing is associated with the setting in which sport participation takes place and the breadth of sport participation. Demographic characteristics (age, gender, ethnicity, ... -
Lean Mass, Muscle Strength, and Muscle Quality in Retired Rugby Players: The UK Rugby Health Project
(Georg Thieme Verlag KG, 2022)Although athletes from sports such as rugby have greater lean mass and strength during their playing careers, little is known about these characteristics post-retirement. Therefore, this study investigated lean mass, ... -
“It Is a Superpower!” Being Māori Enhances Employability
(Work-Integrated Learning New Zealand (WILNZ), 2022)Understanding employability for Māori, the Indigenous peoples of Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), is an under researched area. The dominant Western culture, structures and practices in university and industries within NZ have ... -
Measurement of the Developing Foot in Shod and Barefoot Paediatric Populations: A Narrative Review
(MDPI, 2022)The theory that footwear may change foot shape dates back 100 years. Since this period, research has revealed the anatomical and functional consequences that footwear can cause to the foot. Children’s feet remain malleable ... -
Match Participation and Movement Demands in Amateur Domestic Women’s Rugby Union in New Zealand
(Sports Medicine New Zealand, 2022)Objective To describe the movement analysis and heart rate data of amateur domestic women’s rugby union match activities. Design Prospective cohort study. Methods Data were collected from 69 amateur female club ... -
The Incidence, Cost, and Burden of Concussion in Women's Rugby League and Rugby Union: A Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis
(Springer, 2022)BACKGROUND: The extent of concussion injury in the rugby codes for women is unclear. OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to review all published studies reporting concussion injuries from match and training participation in rugby codes ... -
NZ-RugbyHealth Study: Self-Reported Injury Experience and Current Health of Former Rugby Union and Non-contact Sport Players
(Springer, 2022)BACKGROUND: There is limited research on associations between playing rugby union and player health post-retirement. OBJECTIVE: This study investigated differences in self-reported sport injury history and current self-reported ... -
Body Fat of Basketball Players: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
(Springer Open, 2022)Background: This study aimed to provide reference values for body fat (BF) of basketball players considering sex, measurement method, and competitive level. Methods: A systematic literature research was conducted using ... -
The Impact of Covid-19 on the Lifestyle of Tertiary Students in an NZ Polytechnic
(MDPI, 2022)The COVID-19 pandemic altered people’s life dramatically worldwide, with major concerns in different economic, political, scientific, and public health aspects. The impact on the lifestyle behaviour of the young generation ... -
Profiling the Tackle and Its Injury Characteristics in Premier New Zealand Club Rugby Union Players Over a Complete Season
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2022)OBJECTIVES: RugbySmart is a safe tackle technique education programme. Our objective was to identify whether the RugbySmart-recommended safe tackle technique was exhibited by club rugby players and whether tackle-related ... -
Match and Training Injury Incidence in Rugby League: A Systematic Review, Pooled Analysis, and Update on Published Studies
(Elsevier, 2022)In studies reporting rugby league injuries, match injuries varied depending upon participation level. To review and update pooled data estimates for rugby league injury epidemiology and add information for participation ... -
The Ergogenic Effects of Acute Carbohydrate Feeding on Resistance Exercise Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
(Springer, 2022)BACKGROUND: Carbohydrate (CHO) ingestion has an ergogenic effect on endurance training performance. Less is known about the effect of acute CHO ingestion on resistance training (RT) performance and equivocal results are ...