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Prevention Of The Decline Of Marital Satisfaction During The Transition To Parenthood: A Pilot Test Of A Marital Skills Training Workshop, Kelly Michelle Carpenter
Prevention Of The Decline Of Marital Satisfaction During The Transition To Parenthood: A Pilot Test Of A Marital Skills Training Workshop, Kelly Michelle Carpenter
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Previous research has indicated that couples typically experience a decline in marital adjustment during the year after their first baby is born. This study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of the Prevention Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP{dollar}\rm \sp{TM}{dollar}), a research-based marital skills workshop, in preventing this decline in marital adjustment; Participants were 70 married couples expecting their first child. All participants completed the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS), Marital Instability Index (MII), and the Communication Patterns Questionnaire (CPQ). The couples were randomly assigned to one of two groups: Workshop or control. Couples in the workshop group were invited to attend a …
The Effect Of Hip Position And Emg Biofeedback Training On Selectively Increasing The Vastus Medialis Oblique In Relation To The Vastus Lateralis, Christina Diane Davlin
The Effect Of Hip Position And Emg Biofeedback Training On Selectively Increasing The Vastus Medialis Oblique In Relation To The Vastus Lateralis, Christina Diane Davlin
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS) is a patellar tracking dysfunction usually associated with a muscular imbalance between the vastus medialis oblique (VMO) muscle and vastus lateralis (VL) muscle. The imbalance is most commonly attributed to a weak VMO resulting in a smaller VMO:VL ratio. Several electromyographic (EMG) studies have defined specific limb positions (such as external rotation of the hip) that preferentially activate the VMO. However, there has been no literature to show that preferential activation of the VMO successfully translates into increased VMO:VL ratios with training. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of hip rotation on …