Search for dissertations about: "athletes"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 164 swedish dissertations containing the word athletes.

2. 11. Sports coaches’ interpersonal motivating styles : longitudinal associations, change, and multidimensionality

   Author : Andreas Stenling; Peter Hassmén; Magnus Lindwall; Chris Lonsdale; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; athletes; change; leadership; motivation; multidimensionality; psychological health; self-determination theory; sports; structural equation modeling; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : Coaches play a central role in shaping the sport environment for young athletes. This thesis is focused on the leadership process in sports and how coaches’ autonomy-supportive and controlling interpersonal styles longitudinally are related to young athletes’ motivation and ill- and well-being. READ MORE

4. 12. Traumatic high-load injuries in the adolescent spine. Clinical, radiological and experimental studies

   Author : Adad Baranto; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : Adolescence; athletes; spinal loading; back pain; disc degeneration; growth zone; intervertebral disc; MRI; nucleus pulposus; porcine spine; radiography; spine; vertebral endplate;

   Abstract : Background: Disc degeneration and other radiological abnormalities are highly frequent among young athletes in sports with great demands on the back. It has also been reported that athletes with these abnormalities have more back pain than other athletes and non-athletes. READ MORE

5. 13. Cold air, physical activity, and the airways : epidemiological and experimental studies

   Author : Linda Eklund; Nikolai Stenfors; Anne Lindberg; Thomas Sandström; Rita Sjöström; Leif Bjermer; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; asthma; asthma medication; athletes; cold temperature; environmental chamber; epidemiology; healthy; orienteers; physical activity; respiratory symptoms; risk factors; skiers; lungmedicin; Lung Medicine;

   Abstract : Background: Cold exposure is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Elite cross-country skiers are regularly exposed to cold, dry air and have a high prevalence of asthma compared to the Swedish population. READ MORE

6. 14. Femoroacetabular impingement syndrome. Trends and outcomes after arthroscopic treatment in the general and athlete population

   Author : Ida Lindman; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; femoroacetabular impingement syndrome; FAIS; hip arthroscopy; athletes; cam; pincer;

   Abstract : Femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS) is a common cause of hip pain in the young and athletic population. The diagnosis - FAIS - is based on a triad of symptoms, clinical evaluation and radiographic signs. The impingement is caused by an abnormal morphology of the femoral head (cam) and/or the acetabulum (pincer). READ MORE

7. 15. Imaging imagining actions

   Author : CJ Olsson; Lars Nyberg; A.Mark Williams; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; mental training; motor training; novices; imaging; athletes; fMRI; internal imagery; motor representation; brain systems; practice; learning; transfer; active; Physiology; Fysiologi;

   Abstract : Mental training has been studied extensively for the past century but we are still not completely sure how it affects brain and behavior. The aim of this doctoral thesis was to examine one aspect of mental training i.e. motor imagery. READ MORE