Search for dissertations about: "sport."

Showing result 16 - 20 of 255 swedish dissertations containing the word sport..

  2. 16. Concurrent training for elite team sport athletes

    Author : Henrik Petré; Hans Rosdahl; Niklas Psilander; Gregory C. Bogdanis; Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Medicin Teknik; Medicine Technology;

    Abstract : Most team sports consist of elements that require both a high level of strength and aerobic endurance. Because of these demands a combination of resistance and endurance training (concurrent training) is an integrated part of their weekly training program. READ MORE

  4. 17. Bending mainstream definitions of sport, gender and ability : Representations of wheelchair racers

    Author : Kim Wickman; Eva Olofsson; Ulla Johansson; Jorid Hovden; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; able-ism; disability; discourse; gender; identity; representation; sports media; Paralympics; wheelchair racing; Sports; Idrott;

    Abstract : Inspired by feminist post-structural thinking and with a discourse analytic approach, this study’s main theme is gendered identity, disability and sport. It consists of four separate, but interrelated, empirical studies and focuses on two research questions. READ MORE

  5. 18. Empowering young female athletes - a possible challenge to the male hegemony in sport : a descriptive and interventional study

    Author : Eva-Carin Lindgren; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; empowerment; sport; young female; athletes; hegemony; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

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  6. 19. The art of ageing well : a salutogenic perspective on physical activity for older adults

    Author : Helena Ericson; Susanna Geidne; Mikael Quennerstedt; Inger Eliasson; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health resources; exercise; salutogenesis; sport and physical activity; ageing well;

    Abstract : This thesis examines older adults’ participation in physical activity, and is framed within a salutogenic theory regarding ageing well, or as others say, healthy ageing. Ageing well can be studied in numerous ways. Since this thesis is within the field of Sport Sciences, different physical activity initiatives for older adults are in focus. READ MORE

  7. 20. Gender and physiology in ice hockey : a multidimensional study

    Author : Kajsa Gilenstam; Karin Henriksson-Larsén; Kim Thorsen; Staffan Karp; Carl Johan Sundberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; physiology; gender; sports medicine; ice hockey; women s sport; athletic performance; social conditions; qualitative method; quantitative method; exercise tests; Sports; Idrott; Gender studies; Genus; Physiology; fysiologi;

    Abstract : Background That men are prioritised over women has been called the “gender regime in sport”, and has in part been explained by the gender difference in performance. However, gender differences in physical performance between women and men can be debated to depend on how comparisons are made and on the fact that there are many different confounders that may influence the results. READ MORE