Search for dissertations about: "gymnastics"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the word gymnastics.

  2. 1. Deciding who is the best : Validity issues in selections and judgements in elite sport

    Author : Annika Johansson; Eva Olofsson; Josef Fahlén; Mats Franzén; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; selections in sports; predictions of sport performance; assessment of sport performance; consequences of selections; judgement; judging; measurements; sport; validity; reliability; acroski; alpine skiing; rhythmic gymnastics; soccer.; Education; Pedagogik; pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : This thesis is about selection processes and processes of measuring and judging athletes in competitions in top-level sport. The purpose was to increase the knowledge of these processes and to analyse them from a validity perspective in order to contribute to the discussion of whether the “right” athletes are selected to participate in teams, competitions and games and whether the “right” athletes win. READ MORE

  4. 2. Swedish teamgym : injury incidence, mechanism, diagnosis and postural control

    Author : Marita L Harringe; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Teamgym is a fairly new and popular form of gymnastics originating in Scandinavia. Among the gymnastics disciplines teamgym attracts the highest number of gymnasts in Sweden. The discipline differs in several ways from the most known form of gymnastics, artistic gymnastics. READ MORE

  5. 3. Time for Activities for Girls and Women with Rett Syndrome

    Author : Åsa-Sara Sernheim; Gunilla Liedberg; Helena Hemmingsson; Ingegerd Witt Engerström; Liselott Hermansson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Activities of daily living; activity patterns; neurodevelopmental disorder; occupation; occupational therapy; Rett syndrome; time-geographical diary method; time use.;

    Abstract : Irrespective of the great individual variation, people diagnosed with RTT largely rely on support from others to be able to do and participate in activities throughout their lives. This thesis focuses on which activities are done and liked/disliked by girls and women with RTT in Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 4. Clinical and epidemiological aspects of obesity during pregnancy and the puerperium

    Author : Elisabeth Storck Lindholm; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Anal sphincter tears;

    Abstract : Objective: To study different aspects of obesity during pregnancy, birth and the puerperium. Paper I is an intervention study of obese pregnant women. Paper II compares fatty acid (FA) patterns in breast milk and neonates ́ plasma phospholipids in normal-weight mothers and an intervention group of obese mothers. READ MORE