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The Relationship Between Muscular Strength And Cognition In Older Adults, Ashton R. Pohlman
The Relationship Between Muscular Strength And Cognition In Older Adults, Ashton R. Pohlman
Health, Human Performance and Recreation Undergraduate Honors Theses
Little is known about the correlation between resistance training, muscular strength, and cognition. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between muscular strength and cognition in older adults. Data were collected for this cross sectional study at Butterfield Trail Village, a retirement community in Northwest Arkansas. Thirty participants, at least 65 years of age, without severe mental impairment were evaluated. Of the 30 participants, 23 females were included in the data analysis. The Stroop Color Test, Trail Making Test, and Dual Task Walking Test difference were used to measure executive cognition. Handgrip dynamometry was used as a measure of strength …
Effects Of Dehydration On Changes In Arterial Stiffness With Passive Heating, Az Satterfield
Effects Of Dehydration On Changes In Arterial Stiffness With Passive Heating, Az Satterfield
Health, Human Performance and Recreation Undergraduate Honors Theses
Context: There is an inverse relationship between baseline arterial stiffness and the change in arterial stiffness with passive heating. However, it is unknown whether this relationship is affected by dehydration. Objective: To investigate the effect of acute dehydration on arterial stiffness during passive heat stress. Design: Two randomized counter-balanced trials. Setting: Laboratory. Patients or Other Participants: Eleven healthy males (age=24.5 ± 2.8 years, body mass=76.6 ± 9.1 kg, body fat=16.8 ± 6.4%). Interventions: In one trial subjects were dehydrated (DE) and in another euhydration (EU) was maintained during passive heating to a 1.5°C increase in body temperature. Subjects were euhydrated …
Comparing Before-And After-School Neurocognitive Performance In High School Athletes: Implications For Concussion Management, Anderson Morgan
Comparing Before-And After-School Neurocognitive Performance In High School Athletes: Implications For Concussion Management, Anderson Morgan
Health, Human Performance and Recreation Undergraduate Honors Theses
Abstract Background: Sport-related concussion (SRC) continues be a hot topic in sports medicine. Computerized Neurocognitive Testing (CNT) provides researchers and sports medicine professionals an objective way to manage SRC. Administering CNT comes at the convenience of the student athlete and the sports medicine professional working at the school, which usually results in CNT being administered in the afternoon, or after school. However, little is known how the cognitive fatigue of attending a full day of school influences CNT performance. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare before school CNT performance to after school CNT performance in a sample …
Effects Of Heat Stress On Arterial Compliance In Smokers: A Pilot Study, Erin Dougherty
Effects Of Heat Stress On Arterial Compliance In Smokers: A Pilot Study, Erin Dougherty
Health, Human Performance and Recreation Undergraduate Honors Theses
Arterial compliance (i.e., arterial elasticity) is a major contributor to the pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and has been recognized as an independent risk factor for CVD. Smokers have poor arterial compliance compared to non-smokers. In non-smokers, passive heat stress has been shown to acutely improve arterial compliance. It is unknown how passive heat stress affects arterial compliance in smokers. The purpose of this pilot study was to test the hypothesis that passive heat stress improves arterial compliance in smokers to a greater extent than non-smokers. This pilot study involved 2 male smokers and 2 male non-smokers, ages 18-21. Smokers …
Examining The Relationship Between Neurocognitive Performance And Functional Fitness Levels Among Older Adults, Kristen J. Holmes
Examining The Relationship Between Neurocognitive Performance And Functional Fitness Levels Among Older Adults, Kristen J. Holmes
Health, Human Performance and Recreation Undergraduate Honors Theses
The goal of this thesis was to examine the relationship between neurocognitive performance and functional fitness levels among older adults. This is important because the geriatric population is the fastest growing demographic in the United States (USDHHS, CDC & Prevention, 2012). By 2030, the older adult population is expected to double. With the cumulative health effects associated with aging and pathological disease, adults typically experience a normal decline in cognitive function termed age-associated memory impairment (AAMI) (Kramer, Colcombe, McAuley, Scalf, & Erickson, 2005; O’Brien, 1999). It is believed to be a non-progressive disorder. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI), on the other …
Assessment Of Stabilization And Muscle Recruitment In Amputees Following Sit-To-Stand Transfer, Elizabeth Terran Jones
Assessment Of Stabilization And Muscle Recruitment In Amputees Following Sit-To-Stand Transfer, Elizabeth Terran Jones
Health, Human Performance and Recreation Undergraduate Honors Theses
Assessment of stabilization and muscle recruitment in amputees following sit-to-stand transfer: Descriptive study on sit-to-stand movement in amputees through electromyography, time to stabilization, and maximal trunk flexion.
Complexity Of People's Attitudes Towards Abortion, Lindsey K. Butler
Complexity Of People's Attitudes Towards Abortion, Lindsey K. Butler
Health, Human Performance and Recreation Undergraduate Honors Theses
In the United States, and in Arkansas specifically, unintended and unplanned pregnancies are a significant public health problem. Induced abortion is a potential outcome of any pregnancy, especially unintended pregnancy. Approximately 43% of unintended pregnancies will be terminated via self-induced abortion (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2013). However, abortion remains a salient, but contentious, public health issue in the United States. State and federal governments continue to pass legislation restricting access to safe, legal abortion suggesting that public opinion supports more restrictive policies. Research examining abortion attitudes typically utilize dichotomous, Prochoice versus Prolife, outcomes. Research assessing the extent …
Hydration Biomarkers: Creating A User-Friendly Hydration Assessment Technique, Jenna Burchfield
Hydration Biomarkers: Creating A User-Friendly Hydration Assessment Technique, Jenna Burchfield
Health, Human Performance and Recreation Undergraduate Honors Theses
Despite the necessity of euhydration, an optimal, user-friendly, accurate hydration assessment technique fails to exist for the general population. The primary reason for this study is to validate a new hydration assessment technique, which utilizes no equipment or technical expertise to administer. We hypothesize that the number of urine voids over 24-hrs will correlate to hydration status. We used an observational research design in the field, recruiting fifty healthy individuals (n=24 females) 18-39 years old from the Northwest Arkansas area. Age 22±4 years, body mass 75.01±17 kg, height 168.6±22.6 cm, body fat 20.4±9 %. Individuals abstained from caffeine and alcohol …
Effect Of Hydration Status On Post-Synaptic Cutaneous Vasodilatory And Sudomotor Responses, Ashley Six
Effect Of Hydration Status On Post-Synaptic Cutaneous Vasodilatory And Sudomotor Responses, Ashley Six
Health, Human Performance and Recreation Undergraduate Honors Theses
"Purpose: Previous research shows dehydration decreases sweating and skin blood flow during heat stress but it is unknown whether these decrements are from pre-synaptic (i.e. central nervous system) or post-synaptic (i.e. sweat gland/blood vessel) alterations. The purpose of this study was to determine whether dehydration affects post-synaptic sweating and skin blood flow responses. We hypothesized that dehydration will negatively affect post-synaptic sweating and both endothelium-dependent and independent vasodilation. Methods: 12 males (age= 25 ± 3 y, height = 178.4 ± 5.1 cm, body mass = 75.9 ± 10.9 kg) participated. 24 h before each trial, subjects were passively heated for …
How Functional Fitness Relates To Muscular Power Among Older Adults, Jessica Mae Moix
How Functional Fitness Relates To Muscular Power Among Older Adults, Jessica Mae Moix
Health, Human Performance and Recreation Undergraduate Honors Theses
The current study examined the relationship between functional fitness measures and muscular power among older adults. A 30-second chair stand test, 10-meter habitual walking test, and an 8-foot up-and-go test were all used as measures of functional fitness and muscular power was measured by Tendo analysis. The purpose of this study was to determine what aspects of functional fitness were associated with muscular power while then provide evidence that functional fitness can predict muscular power among older adults. Fifty-seven participants over 65 years old completed both the functional fitness and muscular power measures. Three separate correlations between functional fitness measures …
Validity Of The Zephyr Bioharness For Vertical Power Output And Ground Reaction Forces, Fuad Haydar
Validity Of The Zephyr Bioharness For Vertical Power Output And Ground Reaction Forces, Fuad Haydar
Health, Human Performance and Recreation Undergraduate Honors Theses
Overtraining has become a major problem in college sports today and there is an increasing need for devices to track or measure the amount of stress is being put on the bodies of athletes. One such device is the ZephyrTM BioHarness, which is a puck-like device worn on the chest and is the centerpiece of this study. Researchers wanted to answer the question of whether the ZephyrTM was an effective and valid tool to measure the amount of force placed on the body during a single vertical jump. There were 20 male participants used in this study, 10 Division I …
The Relationship Between Muscular Power And Functional Fitness Among Older Adults, Corinne A. Parkins
The Relationship Between Muscular Power And Functional Fitness Among Older Adults, Corinne A. Parkins
Health, Human Performance and Recreation Undergraduate Honors Theses
The purpose of the study was to determine whether functional fitness is a good predictor of average and peak muscular power among adults over the age of 65. The 30-second chair stand and 8-foot-up-and-go test were used to define functional fitness and were administered to 57 older adults. Muscular power output was measured using the Tendo Weightlifting Analyzer during 5 chair stands. Relative average and peak power were used in the analyses. An independent t-test was run on all variables to distinguish differences between men and women, and multiple regression analyses were performed to detect the relationship between the two …
Analysis Of How A Carbohydrate Or Protein Breakfast Influences Caloric Intake At Lunch, Madeline Rae Galey
Analysis Of How A Carbohydrate Or Protein Breakfast Influences Caloric Intake At Lunch, Madeline Rae Galey
Health, Human Performance and Recreation Undergraduate Honors Theses
Carbohydrate Protein Breakfast
Comparison Of Sweat Rates And Sweat Electrolyte Concentrations In Collegiate Male And Female Athletes With And Without A History Of Cramping, Brittany Cherie Willard
Comparison Of Sweat Rates And Sweat Electrolyte Concentrations In Collegiate Male And Female Athletes With And Without A History Of Cramping, Brittany Cherie Willard
Health, Human Performance and Recreation Undergraduate Honors Theses
The purpose of this study was to explore the two main theories of muscle cramping by comparing sweat rate and sweat-electrolyte concentrations of athletes with a reported history of exercise associated muscle cramping (EAMC) to those with minimal cramping history to provide a potential link between sodium deficiency/sweat rate and EAMCs. The methodological consistency of analyses between two separate processes was also evaluated.
Eeg Measurement Of Neural Oscillations At High And Low Frequencies Across Languages, Lauren Nicole Stewart
Eeg Measurement Of Neural Oscillations At High And Low Frequencies Across Languages, Lauren Nicole Stewart
Health, Human Performance and Recreation Undergraduate Honors Theses
The comprehension and understanding of language depends upon two critical things: first, the acoustic integrity of the linguistic signal that is sent and received as well as the knowledge of the phonology and meaning that is in a given language. However, little is known about how brain rhythms that track these properties involved in comprehension and understanding. A 14 channel telemetric headset measuring electroencephalography (EEG) was used in this study to track the brain’s response at both high (30-50Hz) and low frequencies (3-30Hz) while language samples at varying levels of intelligibility were presented to a native Spanish speaker under the …
Prevalence Of Health Education For Lifestyle Behaviors In Primary Care Clinics, Victoria Bradford
Prevalence Of Health Education For Lifestyle Behaviors In Primary Care Clinics, Victoria Bradford
Health, Human Performance and Recreation Undergraduate Honors Theses
Health education is an important growing focus in preventative medicine nationwide. Topics spanning from nutrition and exercise to injury and illness avoidance are being implemented as part of the educational and training process in medical schools across the United States. We sought to examine the prevalence of health education counseling provided by primary care personnel during patient visits. Additional analyses were conducted to determine factors associated with the provision of patient health education by physicians and nurses. METHODS: A nationally representative sample of patients presenting to primary care settings in the U.S. with data obtained from the 2007-2010 National Ambulatory …
Effects Of Fatigue On Pelvic And Scapular Stabilizers In Overhead Throwing, Julie Sherrill
Effects Of Fatigue On Pelvic And Scapular Stabilizers In Overhead Throwing, Julie Sherrill
Health, Human Performance and Recreation Undergraduate Honors Theses
Human movement is based on proximal to distal sequencing of the kinetic chain. Efficiency of the shoulder is dependent upon the stability and function of the pelvis and scapula. PURPOSE: To determine if pelvic and scapular muscle activations are altered in overhead throwing following fatigue. METHODS: Eleven [19.2 ± 1.0 years; 168.9 ± 6.6 cm; 68.9 + 8.7 kg] softball players volunteered. Surface electromyographic [sEMG] electrodes were placed on bilateral gluteus medius, throwing arm latissimus dorsi, lower trapezius [LT], middle trapezius [MT], and serratus anterior [SA]. Participants had to catch a simulated hit ball and perform their positional throw. Infielders …
Effects Of Landing Strategy Intervention On Muscle Activation During Drop Landings, Corrie Bailey
Effects Of Landing Strategy Intervention On Muscle Activation During Drop Landings, Corrie Bailey
Health, Human Performance and Recreation Undergraduate Honors Theses
The purpose of this study was to examine the kinematic, kinetics, and timing of muscle activation of the hamstring and gluteal muscle groups during drop jump landings after five minutes of visual and verbal landing strategy intervention. Thirty-six university students (23.47+/- 2.77 years; 171.99 =?- 8.01 cm; 71.72 =/- 13.56 kg) volunteered to participate. A 5-minute verbal and visual feedback intervention was implemented after participants performed five drop jumps. After the 5-minute intervention, five more drop jumps were performed. The results revealed significant differences in hip and knee flexion, knee valgus, and ground reaction forces pre and post intervention [p<0.05]. In addition, muscle-firing patterns revealed the hamstrings and gluteal muscle groups achieving 20% MVIC prior to the quadriceps muscle group post intervention. The current findings revealed that a 5-minute verbal and visual intervention can elicit greater hip and knee flexion, decrease ground reaction force, and increase the activation of the hamstrings while decreasing the activation of the quadriceps, thereby lessening the likelihood of an ACL injury.
Effects Of Passive Heat Stress On Thermoregulation In Smokers Versus Non-Smokers, Hannah M. Anderson
Effects Of Passive Heat Stress On Thermoregulation In Smokers Versus Non-Smokers, Hannah M. Anderson
Health, Human Performance and Recreation Undergraduate Honors Theses
Context: Maintaining thermal balance under heat-stress depends on appropriate increases in sweating and skin blood flow (cutaneous vasodilation). Given the multiple effects on nicotine on the body, it is unknown if sweating and cutaneous vasodilation are impaired, or possibly enhanced in smokers during heat stress. Objective: To examine the effects of passive heating on thermoregulatory responses (i.e., sweating and cutaneous vasodilation) in smokers versus non-smokers. Design: 1 passive heat trial per subject. Patients or Other Participants: 14 male smokers (26 ± 7 y; 180.0 ± 5.5 cm; 81.2 ± 20.7 kg; 3.2 ± 1.9 packs/week) and 12 male non-smokers (26 …
Entering Collegiate Women's Decision To Discontinue Particpation In Sports: A Qualitative Study, Emily Gilliam
Entering Collegiate Women's Decision To Discontinue Particpation In Sports: A Qualitative Study, Emily Gilliam
Health, Human Performance and Recreation Undergraduate Honors Theses
This study was conducted to gather information about why collegiate women discontinue participation in sports. Women at a Midwestern Division III institution participated in this study. Three groups of women were interviewed through focus groups: women no longer playing a sport, women currently playing collegiate athletics, and a mix of women currently playing a college sport and women no longer involved. The women were asked questions about sport involvement and answered collectively. Women provided responses that fell into 5 main categories: psychological, physical, educational, social, and attachment. Physical responses were those that dealt with health issues; some felt that the …
The Effects Of Physical Activity Education On Exercise Self-Efficacy And Physical Activity: A Comparison Study Between Exercise Science And Physical Education Teacher Education, Megan Wojcicki
Health, Human Performance and Recreation Undergraduate Honors Theses
The purpose of this study was to understand the adjustment families undergo when a child is diagnosed with deafness as well as their adjustment to the child hearing after a cochlear implant is in place. The participants of the study were four hearing adults between the ages of 18-28 who have a younger sibling with a cochlear implant. The qualitative study used reports from four participants to reflect on how hearing loss and subsequent cochlear implantation impacted the family’s lives. Contrary to expecting findings, the themes did not change and all four reported nurturing and personal growth as key themes.
Landing Mechanics Of Military Personnel And Effects Of A Lumbopelvic Hip Complex 6 Week Intervention Program, Derek Wahl
Landing Mechanics Of Military Personnel And Effects Of A Lumbopelvic Hip Complex 6 Week Intervention Program, Derek Wahl
Health, Human Performance and Recreation Undergraduate Honors Theses
The purpose of this study was to determine if a six-week lumbopelvic-hip complex [LPHC] intervention program would affect the landing mechanics of active ARMY ROTC cadets. Ten male Army ROTC cadets [182.3 + 4.5 cm; 86.7 + 9.2 kg; 19.5 + 0.8 yrs] were recruited for this study. Participants performed a drop landing protocol pre and post LPHC intervention program. The LPHC intervention program consisted of six minutes of five body weight exercises prior to every organized ROTC conditioning that occurred three days a week for six weeks; consisting of 10 total exercises that were randomly alternated throughout the treatment …
Hip Abduction Strength And Its Relationship With Sequential Movement And Ball Velocity In Softball Players, Sarah Kaminski
Hip Abduction Strength And Its Relationship With Sequential Movement And Ball Velocity In Softball Players, Sarah Kaminski
Health, Human Performance and Recreation Undergraduate Honors Theses
This study examined the relationship between hip abduction strength, segmental sequentiality of the upper extremity and ball velocity of throwing in softball positional players. Hip abduction strength, ball velocity, and related kinematics were collected on sixteen (167.7 + 6.7 cm; 68.9 + 10.4 kg; 19.2 + 1.1 yrs) National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I softball players. The participant had to catch a simulated hit ball and perform her positional throw. A position player was on second base and only those throws that she was able to catch without stepping off the base were recorded. There was no significance in the …