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Direct linkMoore, James W.; Quintero, Laura M. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2019
The popularity of Olympic-style weightlifting in fitness routines is growing, but participating in these exercises with improper technique places lifters at increased risk for injury. Fitness training professionals have developed multiple teaching strategies, but have not subjected these strategies to systematic evaluation, particularly with…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Muscular Strength, Injuries, Teaching Methods
Plowman, Sharon Ann – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2014
The purpose of this article is to bring attention to the 10 most pressing questions relevant to musculoskeletal physical fitness testing in children and adolescents. The goal is to stimulate research to answer these questions. The most pressing needs include establishing definitive links between valid, reliable, and feasible field test measures of…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Children, Adolescents, Evaluation Methods
Barfield, J. P.; Malone, Laurie A.; Coleman, Tristica A. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2009
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) to reach a training threshold during on-court sport activity. Monitors collected heart rate (HR) data every 5 s for 11 wheelchair tennis players (WCT) with low paraplegia and 11 able-bodied controls matched on experience and skill level (ABT).…
Descriptors: Metabolism, Racquet Sports, Injuries, Physical Disabilities
Lloyd, Caroline – Journal of Education and Work, 2008
Current UK skills policy is centred on the need to drive up qualification obtainment and make the system more employer-led with Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) being given the role of articulating the "voice" of employers. Through a study of recruitment and selection processes in the fitness industry, this paper explores employers'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Human Capital, Recruitment
Faigenbaum, Avery D.; Mediate, Patrick – Physical Educator, 2006
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of medicine ball training on the fitness performance of high-school physical education students. Sixty-nine high-school students participated in a 6-week medicine training program during the first 10 to 15 minutes of each physical education class. A group of 49 students who participated in…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Physical Fitness, Muscular Strength, Physical Education
Rhea, Matthew R.; Alderman, Brandon L. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2004
The purpose of this study was to quantitatively combine and examine the results of studies examining the effectiveness of periodized (PER) compared to nonperiodized (Non-PER) training programs for strength and/or power development. Two analyses were conducted to (a) examine the magnitude of treatment effect elicited by PER strength training…
Descriptors: Participant Characteristics, Physiology, Effect Size, Meta Analysis
Heller, Tamar; Hsieh, Kelly; Rimmer, James H. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2004
Attitudinal and psychosocial outcomes of a fitness and health education program for adults with Down syndrome were examined. Participants were 53 adults with Down syndrome ages 30 years and older (29 females, 24 males, M age = 39.72 years) who were randomized into a training (n = 32) or control group (n = 21). The training group participated in a…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Life Satisfaction, Depression (Psychology), Down Syndrome
