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Health-Enhancing Physical Activity During Practice Among Student Football Managers At A Division I University, Eugene C. Fitzhugh, Robin Hardin, William Boyer, Emily M. Post, Zach Behnke
Health-Enhancing Physical Activity During Practice Among Student Football Managers At A Division I University, Eugene C. Fitzhugh, Robin Hardin, William Boyer, Emily M. Post, Zach Behnke
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Objective: Student football managers have demands on their time that may pose barriers Received 5 April 2018 to meeting recommended current physical activity (PA) guidelines. The study sought to assess the amount of PA obtained by student football managers at a NCAA Division I Football university. Participants: Subjects were student football managers (n¼14) with data collected in the fall 2015. Methods: Participants wore an Omron HJ-720ITFFP pedometer for seven consecutive days during football activities only, while self-reporting their overall PA on day 7. Measures were analyzed using repeated measures and mixed-design Athletics; epidemiology; ANOVAs. Results: Managers averaged 8474 steps/day for …
A Systematic Review Of Sport For Development Interventions Across Six Global Cities, Megan Chawansky Dr.
A Systematic Review Of Sport For Development Interventions Across Six Global Cities, Megan Chawansky Dr.
Health and Sport Sciences Faculty Scholarship
Recently published reviews have begun the process of synthesizing the knowledge within the growing Sport for Development (SfD) field, but there is a need to critically evaluate the research on which these findings are based. This systematic review is a critical appraisal of both quantitative and qualitative evidence in academic and grey literature in the SfD field. The strength and quality of the research is assessed to provide a more nuanced understanding of the reported evidence of SfD interventions in six global cities (CapeTown, Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, Nairobi, and New Orleans). The results include several key findings: (a) there …