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The Effect Of Intensity Of Aerobic Vo2max Resting Heart Rate And Blood Pressure, Shannan Elizabeth Gormley

Human Movement Sciences & Special Education Theses & Dissertations

The AGSM recommends 20 to 60 minutes of continuous or intermittent activity 3 to 5 times per week to maintain cardio respiratory fitness (Pollock et al., 1998). The 1996 Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health indicates that Americans are not meeting these physical activity recommendations (DHHS). Several clear consequences of physical inactivity are the appearance of cardiovascular disease risk factors, such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia and obesity. Two recent review articles suggested that higher intensity exercise will elicit a greater reduction in cardiovascular disease risk factors (Swain and Franklin, 2002; Swain and Franklin, 2006). In order to determine whether …

A Comparison Of Men's And Women's Division I Ice Hockey Injuries, Rachel L. M. Johnson

Culminating Projects in Kinesiology

The purpose of this study was to gather and analyze data regarding Men's and Women's Division I ice hockey injuries, what caused these injuries, how often they occurred, what position player was more prone to injury,and how much time, if any, was lost from participation due to injury. Data were collected with the intention to help athletic departments plan for a sufficient medical staff, inform coaches and players of the injuries most common to the sport of ice hockey, and plan an injury prevention program for athletes.

Participants of this study (N=85) were members of both St. Cloud State University's …

A Case Study Of School Age Female Minority Athletes Who Became Pregnant, Floyd Jones Phd, Jennifer Y. Mak, Phyllis A. Jones Ed

Management Faculty Research

The purpose of this study is to provide an in-depth understanding of ''What had happened to the urban minority female athletes who became pregnant while playing high school basketball?'' The study wanted to provide a qualitative analysis of rich narrative data collected from questionnaire interviews of two separate groups (one in Pittsburgh, the other in New York City). The findings of this study suggest that in fact urban female African-Americans athletes still received benefits from sports participation.

Human Performance Lab Newsletter, March 2007, St. Cloud State University

Human Performance Lab Newsletter

Contents of this issue include:

• Kelly's Corner by David Bacharach
• 10,000 Steps a Day for Good Health by Katie Snodgrass
• Carbohydrate Replacement: Drinks or Gels? by Kate Barnett
• Contribution of Hip External Rotation to Turnout in Adult Female Ballet Students by Ana Freire
• Moving through the cold winter months by John Schapman
• In Memoriam of Bill Gilman submitted by John Keener
• Alzheimer’s Disease—Where are we now? by Dean Stulz, PA-C, MS