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Journal articles on the topic "Female fitness testing"
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Gray, Benjamin J., Jeffrey W. Stephens, Daniel Turner, Michael Thomas, Sally P. Williams, Kerry Morgan, Meurig Williams, Sam Rice, and Richard M. Bracken. "A non-exercise method to determine cardiorespiratory fitness identifies females predicted to be at ‘high risk’ of type 2 diabetes." Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research 14, no. 1 (October 20, 2016): 47–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1479164116666476.
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This study examined the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness determined by a non-exercise testing method for estimating fitness and predicted risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus using five risk assessments/questionnaires (Leicester Diabetes Risk Score, QDiabetes, Cambridge Risk Score, Finnish Diabetes Risk Score and American Diabetes Association Diabetes Risk Test). Retrospective analysis was performed on 330 female individuals with no prior diagnosis of cardiovascular disease or type 2 diabetes mellitus who participated in the Prosiect Sir Gâr workplace initiative in Carmarthenshire, South Wales. Non-exercise testing method for estimating fitness (expressed as metabolic equivalents) was calculated using a validated algorithm, and females were grouped accordingly into fitness quintiles <6.8 metabolic equivalents (Quintile 1), 6.8–7.6 metabolic equivalents (Quintile 2), 7.6–8.6 metabolic equivalents (Quintile 3), 8.6–9.5 metabolic equivalents (Quintile 4), >9.5 metabolic equivalents (Quintile 5). Body mass index, waist circumference, and HbA1c all decreased between increasing non-exercise testing method for estimating fitness quintiles ( p < 0.05), as did risk prediction scores in each of the five assessments/questionnaires ( p < 0.05). The proportion of females in Quintile 1 predicted at ‘high risk’ was between 20.9% and 81.4%, depending on diabetes risk assessment used, compared to none of the females in Quintile 5. A calculated non-exercise testing method for estimating fitness <6.8 metabolic equivalents could help to identify females at ‘high risk’ of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus as predicted using five risk assessments/questionnaires.
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Cooper, Dan M., Szu-Yun Leu, Candice Taylor-Lucas, Kim Lu, Pietro Galassetti, and Shlomit Radom-Aizik. "Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Children and Adolescents with High Body Mass Index." Pediatric Exercise Science 28, no. 1 (February 2016): 98–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/pes.2015-0107.
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Consensus has yet to be achieved on whether obesity is inexorably tied to poor fitness. We tested the hypothesis that appropriate reference of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) variables to lean body mass (LBM) would eliminate differences in fitness between high-BMI (≥ 95th percentile, n = 72, 50% female) and normal-BMI (< 85th percentile, n = 142, 49% female), otherwise-healthy children and adolescents typically seen when referencing body weight. We measured body composition with dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and CPET variables from cycle ergometry using both peak values and submaximal exercise slopes (peak VO2, ΔVO2/ΔHR, ΔWR/ΔHR, ΔVO2/ΔWR, and ΔVE/ΔVCO2). In contrast to our hypothesis, referencing to LBM tended to lessen, but did not eliminate, the differences (peak VO2 [p < .004] and ΔVO2/ΔHR [p < .02]) in males and females; ΔWR/ΔHR differed between the two groups in females (p = .041) but not males (p = .1). The mean percent predicted values for all CPET variables were below 100% in the high-BMI group. The pattern of CPET abnormalities suggested a pervasive impairment of O2 delivery in the high-BMI group (ΔVO2/ΔWR was in fact highest in normal-BMI males). Tailoring lifestyle interventions to the specific fitness capabilities of each child (personalized exercise medicine) may be one of the ways to stem what has been an intractable epidemic.
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Lockie, Robert G., J. Jay Dawes, Matthew R. Moreno, Megan B. McGuire, Tomas J. Ruvalcaba, Ashley M. Bloodgood, Joseph M. Dulla, and Robin M. Orr. "We Need You: Influence of Hiring Demand and Modified Applicant Testing on the Physical Fitness of Law Enforcement Recruits." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 20 (October 15, 2020): 7512. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207512.
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A challenge for law enforcement agencies is the many positions that need filling. Agencies may modify their applicant test battery (ATB; multilevelled testing including fitness, background checks, psychological evaluations) to increase the hiring pool of potential recruits by augmenting the utility of testing. This study determined fitness differences of law enforcement recruits hired under two different ATB protocols. Retrospective analysis was conducted on seven academy classes (442 males, 84 females) hired under an older ATB, and one class (45 males, 13 females) hired under a newer ATB. Recruits completed the following before academy: 60 s push-ups and sit-ups (muscular endurance); vertical jump (lower-body power); medicine ball throw (upper-body power); 75 yard pursuit run (75PR; change-of-direction speed); and 20 m multistage fitness test (20MSFT; aerobic fitness). Independent sample t-tests (p ≤ 0.001) and effect sizes (d) evaluated between-group fitness differences for recruits hired under the different ATB protocols (combined sexes, males, and females). There were no significant differences between the ATB groups. However, newer ATB female recruits completed 13% fewer 20MSFT shuttles than the older ATB group, which, although not significant (p = 0.007), did have a moderate effect (d = 0.62). Females hired under the newer ATB had lower aerobic fitness, which could impact physical training performance and graduation.
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Mu, Xiao Gang, and Jiao Yang Xia. "The Fitness Characteristics of Elite Female Skaters and Regression Analysis." Applied Mechanics and Materials 477-478 (December 2013): 341–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.477-478.341.
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With the method of ISOMED isokinetic testing system, INBODY 3.0 body composition analyzer and ADIPOMETER subcutaneous fat measuring instrument, this study tries to measure the fitness characteristics of female athletes and then apply mathematical statistics to complete a regression analysis with their results. The main conclusions are as follows: 1. 480°/s hip extensor480°/s knee extensor and 240°/s radios of knee flexor-extensor are highly negative correlated with 500m results, and the regression equation is y = 20.496 - 0.72x1 - 0.64x2 - 0.82x3. 2. Results of the body composition and subcutaneous fat are not highly correlated with 500m result. The hip flexor and extensor at three angular speeds are highly negative correlated with subcutaneous fat of abdomen, upper knee and back, but are highly positive correlated with weight, FFM, BMI and BMR. 3. According to the testing results of body composition, there is no significant difference between two groups, both up to the standard of Asia and world. The maximum value of subcutaneous fat is in abdomen and for another is in upper knees. The minimum value of subcutaneous fat is in outer thigh for long distance athletes and in back for short distance athletes, no significant difference.
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Garcia-Gonzalez, Francisco, Yukio Yasui, and Jonathan P. Evans. "Mating portfolios: bet-hedging, sexual selection and female multiple mating." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282, no. 1798 (January 7, 2015): 20141525. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.1525.
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Polyandry (female multiple mating) has profound evolutionary and ecological implications. Despite considerable work devoted to understanding why females mate multiply, we currently lack convincing empirical evidence to explain the adaptive value of polyandry. Here, we provide a direct test of the controversial idea that bet-hedging functions as a risk-spreading strategy that yields multi-generational fitness benefits to polyandrous females. Unfortunately, testing this hypothesis is far from trivial, and the empirical comparison of the across-generations fitness payoffs of a polyandrous (bet hedger) versus a monandrous (non-bet hedger) strategy has never been accomplished because of numerous experimental constraints presented by most ‘model’ species. In this study, we take advantage of the extraordinary tractability and versatility of a marine broadcast spawning invertebrate to overcome these challenges. We are able to simulate multi-generational (geometric mean) fitness among individual females assigned simultaneously to a polyandrous and monandrous mating strategy. Our approaches, which separate and account for the effects of sexual selection and pure bet-hedging scenarios, reveal that bet-hedging, in addition to sexual selection, can enhance evolutionary fitness in multiply mated females. In addition to offering a tractable experimental approach for addressing bet-hedging theory, our study provides key insights into the evolutionary ecology of sexual interactions.
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McTeer, William, and James E. Curtis. "Physical Activity and Psychological Well-Being: Testing Alternative Sociological Interpretations." Sociology of Sport Journal 7, no. 4 (December 1990): 329–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/ssj.7.4.329.
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This study examines the relationship between physical activity in sport and feelings of well-being, testing alternative interpretations of the relationship between these two variables. It was expected that there would be positive relationships between physical activity on the one hand and physical fitness, feelings of well-being, social interaction in the sport and exercise environment, and socioeconomic status on the other hand. It was also expected that physical fitness, social interaction, and socioeconomic status would be positively related to psychological well-being. Further, it was expected that any positive zero-order relationship of physical activity and well-being would be at least in part a result of the conjoint effects of the other variables. The analyses were conducted separately for the male and female subsamples of a large survey study of Canadian adults. The results, after controls, show a modest positive relationship of physical activity and well-being for males but no such relationship for females. The predicted independent effects of the control factors obtained for both males and females. Interpretations of the results are discussed.
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Badawy, Sherif M., Amanda B. Payne, Mark J. Rodeghier, and Robert I. Liem. "Cardiopulmonary Fitness and Clinical Outcomes in Adults Followed in the Cooperative Study for Sickle Cell Disease." Blood 128, no. 22 (December 2, 2016): 1304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood.v128.22.1304.1304.
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Abstract Introduction: Cardiopulmonary fitness is significantly reduced among individuals with sickle cell disease (SCD). Cardiopulmonary fitness is also an important predictor of morbidity and all-cause mortality in the general population. However, the relationship between fitness and clinical outcomes in SCD has not been well studied. The objectives of this analysis were to: 1) determine the factors associated with fitness in a cohort of adults with SCD, and 2) evaluate the relationship of fitness to hospitalization for pain and acute chest syndrome (ACS) and overall mortality. We hypothesized that clinical factors such as age, sex, hemoglobin, SCD genotype and cardiopulmonary disease significantly affect fitness, and that poor fitness is a predictor of more frequent hospitalizations for pain and ACS and higher mortality in adults with SCD. Methods: A cohort of adults with SCD was constructed from participants enrolled in phase 2 of the Cooperative Study of Sickle Cell Disease (CSSCD) who underwent exercise testing (modified Balke treadmill protocol). Primary measure for fitness was total treadmill duration. Retrospective pain or ACS hospitalization rates were calculated using events in the 3 years prior to exercise testing. Mortality and prospective hospitalization rates for pain and ACS were calculated using events after exercise testing with a minimum 6 month follow-up. Results of pulmonary function testing (PFT), echocardiography, and laboratory testing within 3 years of exercise testing were included in our analysis. Standard descriptive analyses were performed (SPSS V24). Multivariable negative binomial and Cox proportional hazards models were constructed to evaluate the relationship of fitness to ACS and pain hospitalization rates and mortality, respectively. Multivariable linear models were constructed to determine factors associated with fitness. Results: A total of 223 participants had valid exercise testing data (64% female, 70% hemoglobin SS or S/b0 thalassemia, mean age 43.3 ± 7.5 years, mean hemoglobin 9.1 ± 2.2 g/dl, mean follow-up 2.7 ± 0.7 years after exercise testing). Participants completed a mean of 11.6 ± 5.2 min on the treadmill, with 87% completing ≥ 3 stages but only 17% completing all 10 stages. We categorized fitness into tertiles of treadmill duration (5.7 vs. 11.8 vs. 18.1 min, p < 0.001). Age (45.2 vs. 43.1 vs. 41.3 years, p = 0.007), baseline hemoglobin (8.5 vs. 9 vs. 9.8 g/dl, p = 0.003), as well as the proportion of females (77 vs. 71 vs. 40%, p < 0.001) and participants with abnormal PFT (58 vs. 35 vs. 39%, p = 0.008), differed significantly across fitness tertiles. Pain or ACS hospitalization rates during the 3 years prior to exercise testing were not significantly different across fitness tertiles. Using multivariable linear regression, male sex (β = 3.1, p < 0.001), lower age at exercise testing (β = -0.14, p = 0.003), and higher hemoglobin (β = 0.44, p = 0.049) were independently associated with higher fitness, with abnormal PFT trending toward significance (β = -1.28, p = 0.07). In this model, genotype, tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity (TRJV) ≥ 2.5 m/s, and pain and ACS hospitalization rates prior to exercise testing were not significantly associated with fitness. Using a negative binomial regression model, we found that fitness did not predict future pain or ACS episodes after adjustment for age, sex, genotype, hemoglobin and TRJV. Fitness also did not predict survival in our cohort (hazard ratio, 0.97; 95% CI [0.84, 1.13], p = 0.71), in which death was reported in only 9 participants. In our Cox regression model, male sex (HR 7.1; 95% CI [1.3, 38.9]; p = 0.02) and lower hemoglobin (HR 0.56; 95% CI [0.36, 0.88]; p = 0.01) were independent predictors of death, but age at exercise testing, abnormal PFT and TRJV ≥ 2.5 m/s were not. Conclusions: In adults with SCD, lower fitness is significantly associated with female sex, older age, lower hemoglobin and abnormal PFT. Fitness did not predict survival or future pain or ACS events in the CSSCD. Given that cardiopulmonary fitness remains an important predictor of all-cause mortality in the general population, larger scale prospective studies in SCD are needed to evaluate the impact of regular exercise on improving fitness, quality of life, clinical outcomes and mortality in this population. Disclosures Badawy: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: Employment; Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: Research Funding; Salveo Health Communications LLC: Consultancy. Payne:National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities: Employment. Liem:Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: Employment; Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: Research Funding; National Institute of Health: Research Funding.
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Hansen, Dennis M., Timotheüs Van der Niet, and Steven D. Johnson. "Floral signposts: testing the significance of visual ‘nectar guides’ for pollinator behaviour and plant fitness." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279, no. 1729 (July 27, 2011): 634–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.1349.
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Nectar guides, contrasting patterns on flowers that supposedly direct pollinators towards a concealed nectar reward, are taxonomically widespread. However, there have been few studies of their functional significance and effects on plant fitness. Most previous studies focused on pollinator behaviour and used artificial flowers in laboratory settings. We experimentally investigated the role of putative nectar guides in a natural system: the South African iris Lapeirousia oreogena , whose flowers have a clearly visible pattern of six white arrow-markings pointing towards the narrow entrance of the long corolla tube, and its sole pollinator, a long-proboscid nemestrinid fly. We painted over none, some or all of the white arrow-markings with ink that matched the colour of the corolla background. Although arrow-marking removal had little effect on the approaches by flies to flowers from a distance, it dramatically reduced the likelihood of proboscis insertion. Export of pollen dye analogue (an estimate of male fitness) was reduced to almost zero in flowers from which all nectar guides had been removed, and fruit set (a measure of female fitness) was also significantly reduced. Our results confirm that the markings on L. oreogena flowers serve as nectar guides and suggest that they are under strong selective maintenance through both male and female fitness components in this pollination system.
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Grønstøl, Gaute, Donald Blomqvist, Angela Pauliny, and Richard H. Wagner. "Kin selection and polygyny: can relatedness lower the polygyny threshold?" Royal Society Open Science 2, no. 6 (June 2015): 140409. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.140409.
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Resource polygyny incurs costs of having to share breeding resources for female breeders. When breeding with a relative, however, such costs may be lessened by indirect fitness benefits through kin selection, while benefits from mutualistic behaviour, such as communal defence, may increase. If so, females should be less resistant to sharing a territory with a related female than with a non-related one. We investigated whether kin selection may lower the threshold of breeding polygynously, predicting a closer relatedness between polygynous females breeding on the same territory than between females breeding on different territories. Northern lapwings, Vanellus vanellus , are suitable for testing this hypothesis as they are commonly polygynous, both sexes take part in nest defence, and the efficiency of nest defence increases with the number of defenders. Using an index of relatedness derived from DNA fingerprinting, we found that female lapwings that shared polygynous dyads were on average twice as closely related as were random females. Furthermore, relatedness did not correlate with distance between breeders, indicating that our findings cannot be explained by natal philopatry alone. Our results suggest that the polygyny threshold in lapwings may be lowered by inclusive fitness advantages of kin selection.
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Sullivan, Ryan M., Alexander L. Wallace, Natasha E. Wade, Ann M. Swartz, and Krista M. Lisdahl. "Cannabis Use and Brain Volume in Adolescent and Young Adult Cannabis Users: Effects Moderated by Sex and Aerobic Fitness." Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 27, no. 6 (July 2021): 607–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s135561772100062x.
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AbstractObjectives:Studies examining the impact of adolescent and young adult cannabis use on structural outcomes have been heterogeneous. One already-identified moderator is sex, while a novel potential moderator is extent of aerobic fitness. Here, we sought to investigate the associations of cannabis use, sex, and aerobic fitness levels on brain volume. Second, we explored brain–behavior relationships to interpret these findings.Methods:Seventy-four adolescents and young adults (36 cannabis users and 38 controls) underwent 3 weeks of monitored cannabis abstinence, aerobic fitness testing, structural neuroimaging, and neuropsychological testing. Linear regressions examined cannabis use and its interaction with sex and aerobic fitness on whole-brain cortical volume and subcortical regions of interests.Results:No main-effect differences between cannabis users and nonusers were observed; however, cannabis-by-sex interactions identified differences in frontal, temporal, and paracentral volumes. Female cannabis users generally exhibited greater volume while male users exhibited less volume compared to same-sex controls. Positive associations between aerobic fitness and frontal, parietal, cerebellum, and caudate volumes were observed. Cannabis-by-fitness interaction was linked with left superior temporal volume. Preliminary brain–behavior correlations revealed that abnormal volumes were not advantageous in either male or female cannabis users.Conclusions:Aerobic fitness was linked with greater brain volume and sex moderated the effect of cannabis use on volume; preliminary brain–behavior correlations revealed that differences in cannabis users were not linked with advantageous cognitive performance. Implications of sex-specific subtleties and mechanisms of aerobic fitness require large-scale investigation. Furthermore, present findings and prior literature on aerobic exercise warrant examinations of aerobic fitness interventions that aimed at improving neurocognitive health in substance-using youth.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Female fitness testing"
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Kusnanik, Nining Widyah, and n/a. "A comparison of field and laboratory testing of sports specific fitness for female field hockey players." University of Canberra. Applied Science, 2001. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050517.142313.
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There are many methods to measure the physical fitness of athletes, including tests
that can be applied in the field or in the laboratory. Much of the recent research with
regard to fitness of team sport players has been undertaken using laboratory testing to
measure aerobic power, anaerobic power and capacity, strength and flexibility. Field
tests are an alternative method to measure the fitness of players without the expense,
time and expertise required for the laboratory testing, especially in developing
countries.
The purpose of this study is to establish procedures for the application of
contemporary sports science practice for Indonesian female field hockey players,
including determination of the precision of field tests of the physical and performance
characteristics of field hockey players in Indonesia; determination of the physical and
performance characteristics of Indonesian female field hockey players; identification
of the performance demands and distance covered during competitive field hockey at
the national level in Indonesia; comparison of the physical and performance
characteristics of national level female field hockey players in Indonesia with those of
club level players in Australia; and determination of the relationships between field
and laboratory tests of physiological performance capacity for field hockey.
Due to conversion problems, five paragraphs have been omitted. For full abstract, see 01front.pdf.
In conclusion, the present study found that the Indonesian female field hockey players
(at the national level) were comparable to the Australian female field hockey players
(at the club level) in some physical and performance test results. However, they were
also different on other physical and performance characteristic measurements, with
the Indonesian players generally have lower values, for other performance
measurements.
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Speth, Stephanie Y. (Stephanie Yasmin). "A comparison of the power vs. time curves of cycle ergometer and ariel dynamometer in female athletes." Thesis, McGill University, 1994. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=35197.
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The purpose of this study was to examine power output and fatigue from power-time curves of cycle ergometer and isokinetic dynamometer tests. Fifteen physically active female university athletes performed a 45 s cycle ergometer test at resistances of 0.075, 0.085, and 0.095 kp/kg bw, as well as a 45 s and a 3 repetition isokinetic flexion and extension test at velocities of 60, 180, and 300$ sp circ$/s. Results revealed that peak power, mean power (W and W/kg), and fatigue (W/kg) were highest at the 0.095 kp/kg bw resistance and lowest at the 0.075 kp/kg bw resistance. Significant differences among the three cycle ergometer conditions existed for peak power, mean power, and fatigue. Peak power and mean power (W and W/kg) were highest at 300$ sp circ$/s and lowest at 60$ sp circ$/s. Results revealed significant differences among the isokinetic dynamometer conditions for peak and mean power. Mean power output (W) was significantly correlated (range of r = 0.56 to r = 0.74) for the cycle ergometer and the isokinetic dynamometer test conditions.
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O, Donnell Francis. "COED ADOLESCENT SOCCER PLAYERS IN A COMPETITIVE LEARNING MILIEU: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF GENDER ATTITUDES, PERCEPTIONS AND SPORT SPECIFIC COMPONENT TESTING." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2004. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4411.
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The history of association soccer dates back to the 1800's, and all indications are that prospects for the female athlete was scarce in all sports. The researcher has arranged an environment where young females can train with males in a soccer setting that has all the necessary elements for the athletes to learn, improve and compete with their own gender as well as opposite gender. The female group has been noticeable underachievers in this sport and is not aware of their potential. The research methodology is ethnographic in nature and study could easily be related to a traditional way to learn and develop in this sport. The method stresses the importance of reproducing procedures that were taught to the researcher. The employment of this method was to provide motivation and additional teaching resources to assist and enhance development of the research participant's potential. This was an ethnographic endeavor that accumulated several sources of data on 13 elite male and female athletes. Based on the data collected interpretations were made regarding their perceptions of the opposite gender. Ethnography was combined with descriptive statistics and employed to elicit and compile the data in the soccer specific testing components and the interviews. Merging techniques of observation (participant observation), field notes, video analysis, individual and group interviews were the sources of rich information for the researcher. This was a practical approach to bring out or discover any overt or covert trends, and to determine what possible barriers to learning would limit and reduce participation in the sport of soccer. The theoretical nature of the research, formal sociology is very much related to observational methods, choosing to gather data in a controlled and organized approach. The researcher's decision to tape the interview process and his preference to videotape events would thereby collect a complete and accurate account of the training progression subject matter. The results in the soccer specific testing indicated that the males were generally faster on sprint runs and had more endurance on the distance runs. However, a few of the females did better some of the males' scores in the aerobic and anaerobic events. The technical and tactical data indicated a slight improvement for the females when comparing pre and posttest results. Once more, the males were more advanced than the females. The psychological data showed the females progressed on the posttest scores. However, there was no overall male domination on the 20 categories. There are different areas on the inventory where females scored higher and other areas where the males would top the females. The interviews provided some enlightening information that confirmed aspects of male domination exist in sport and the feminist's role in sport as bringing attention to many gender issues, the positive and negative aspects of education and sport, the goals and motivation to participate in sport. Finally, the contrasting viewpoints between the American adolescent in this study and the English adolescent in Flintoff's (1993) dissertation and Flintoff and Scraton's (2001) study on physical education and gender issues. The most important finding was that learning had occurred in the training milieu. Learning was accomplished through the males' ability to facilitate the dynamics of attention and discipline required throughout the training sessions that were offered. The soccer specific test results indicated a much more motivated female group and the females' spring season was very successful; the team went undefeated in all competitions. The males in the study began to shed the superior attitude to one of more respect and tolerance of their female counterparts. The female differs emotionally from the male as the interview data illustrated and the co-education environment was both positive and productive, but there are limits to the inclusion of the female gender in the male training sessions. More planning would be necessary to assure that both groups develop. The study not only provided training and testing, but also made the participants more aware of many gender issues and how the research attempted to bridge the gap in sport between the sexes. If adopted, the psychological data could mean major benefits for the player who wants to know exactly what their strengths and weaknesses are; and when actions of strength are required and the capacity to work on weaknesses.Ph.D.
Curriculum and Instruction
Education
Curriculum and Instruction
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Seidl, Christine M. "A comparison of the stair stepping efficiency between mentally retarded and nonhandicapped adult females /." Thesis, McGill University, 1986. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=65551.
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Carter, Sandra. "The effect of an eight week aerobic dance program on maximal oxygen uptake of low, medium and high fit college age females /." Thesis, McGill University, 1985. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=63155.
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Chen, Kuang-Hua, and 陳光華. "The effects on fitness testing of various push-up heights in female military personnel." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/37263190166785593495.
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Background: The Ministry of National Defense refined the basic physical fitness testing standard in 2009. The upper extremity muscular test for female changed to 2 minutes push-up. The testing standard execute officially in 2011 with slightly modification. The new standard height of shoulder increased from the original 10cm above the ground to 25cm. Purpose: To analysis the muscular fatigue effects on executing push-ups at various heights for military females. Methods: Seventeen female R.O.C. Air Force Academy students were recruited. Subjects were asked to perform push-up exercise in various heights (Lower height was 10cm group, L); (Higher height was 25cm group, H) for 2 minutes. The surface electromyographic signals were collected while doing push-up (Arm: biceps brachii (BB), triceps brachii (TB) , deltoid (DE) ; Trunk: pectoralis major (PM), rectus abdominis (RA), latissimus dorsi (LD), erector spinae (ES) ).Two minutes working period were separated into 4 stages：0-0.5min (I), 0.5-1min (II), 1-1.5 min (III), 1.5-2 min (IV). Results: 1. The muscular fatigue of BB, TB and PM occurred in stage (II) (p<.05) in L. 2. The muscular fatigue of BB and PM occurred in stage (III) (p<.05) in H. 3. There was no significant difference between LD, DE, RA and ES in different experimental groups and stages. Conclusion: The muscular fatigue should take place earlier on BB, TB and PM in L than in H.
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Martinez, Lagunas Vanessa. "Investigations for the Development of a Physiological Profile in Women's Soccer." 2018. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A23465.
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The present PhD thesis is compilation of various investigations for the development of a physiological profile in women’s soccer. After an extensive literature review, several literature gaps in this area were identified including: physiological demands of a women’s soccer match including simultaneous measurements with portable metabolic equipment and GPS technology; physical performance analysis of women’s soccer competitive matches of different competition levels using GPS technology; and fitness testing and fitness profiles of female soccer players of different competitive levels by means of laboratory and field tests. The investigations that are part of this thesis targeted these gaps and provided for the first time novel and objective findings in these subjects. The popularity of women’s soccer as well as the number of female soccer players worldwide has increased exponentially in the last 30 years. Furthermore, there are now multiple women’s soccer international competitions and professional leagues around the globe and they will continue to increase in the next few years. Therefore, there is currently high demand for scientific research specific to the women’s game in these topics which may aid coaches, physical trainers, and other practitioners to develop more effective fitness assessments and training programs for their female players in order to improve their fitness status and overall match performance according to their competitive level and positional role.:DEDICATION iii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS iv
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION vi
ABSTRACT vii
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS viii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ix
LIST OF TABLES xi
LIST OF FIGURES xii
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xiii
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1. WOMEN’S SOCCER BACKGROUND 1
1.2. PHYSICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF FEMALE SOCCER PLAYERS 3
1.3. PHYSICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL DEMANDS OF WOMEN’S SOCCER 4
2 DISSERTATION AIMS 6
3 STATE OF THE ART 8
3.1. PORTABLE METABOLIC, HEART RATE AND BLOOD LACTATE MEASUREMENTS 8
3.2. GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) MEASUREMENTS 9
3.3. TEST PROTOCOLS 10
3.3.1. ANTHROPOMETRY ASSESSMENT 10
3.3.2. AEROBIC CAPACITY TESTS 11
3.3.3. SPEED, ANAEROBIC ABILITY AND EXPLOSIVE POWER TESTS 15
4 OWN AREAS OF RESEARCH 18
4.1. PHYSIOLOGICAL DEMANDS OF A WOMEN’S FOOTBALL MATCH (ENGLISH SUMMARY FROM “PHYSIOLOGISCHE BEANSPRUCHUNG EINES FRAUENFUẞBALLSPIELS)” – (P-I) 18
4.2. GPS PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF WOMEN’S SOCCER COMPETITIVE MATCHES OF THE SECOND AND FOURTH GERMAN LEAGUES – (P-IV) 21
4.3. VALIDITY OF THE YO-YO INTERMITTENT RECOVERY TEST LEVEL 1 FOR DIRECT MEASUREMENT OR INDIRECT ESTIMATION OF MAXIMAL OXYGEN UPTAKE AMONG FEMALE SOCCER PLAYERS – (P-II) 25
4.4. FITNESS PROFILES OF GERMAN FEMALE SOCCER PLAYERS (UNPUBLISHED RESULTS) 26
5 CONCLUSIONS AND OUTLOOK 31
5.1. MAIN FINDINGS 31
5.2. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS 33
5.3. STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS 33
5.4. FUTURE DIRECTIONS 34
6 REFERENCES 36
EIGENSTÄNDIGKEITSERKLÄRUNG 39
AUTHOR’S RESUME 40
ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS 42
PUBLICATION 1 (P-I) 43
PUBLICATION 2 (P-II) 50
PUBLICATION 3 (P-III) 58
PUBLICATION 4 (P-IV) 74
Books on the topic "Female fitness testing"
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Greene, Carol. A physiological profile of champion level female triathletes. Eugene: Microform Publications, Collegeof Health, Physical Education and Recreation, University of Oregon, 1990.
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Office, General Accounting. Gender issues: Medical support for female soldiers deployed to Bosnia : report to the Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Senate. Washington, D.C. (P.O. Box 37050, Washington, D.C. 20013): The Office, 1999.
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Female racquetball professionals: A physiological profile. 1985.
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Greene, Carol. A physiological profile of champion level female triathletes. 1990.
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Greene, Carol. A physiological profile of champion level female triathletes. 1989.
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Greene, Carol. A physiological profile of champion level female triathletes. 1990.
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Greene, Carol. A physiological profile of champion level female triathletes. 1990.
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Female collegiate athletes and coronary risk factors. 1991.
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Female collegiate athletes and coronary risk factors. 1991.
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Female collegiate athletes and coronary risk factors. 1989.
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Fidirko, Maryna, Igor Moroz, and Anna Voloshyna. "INFLUENCE OF PHYSICAL CULTURE AND HEALTH CLASSES ON THE STATE OF PHYSICAL PREPAREDNESS." In European vector of development of the modern scientific researches. Publishing House “Baltija Publishing”, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.30525/978-9934-26-077-3-3.
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Intensive renewal of the socio-economic, scientific and technical spheres and the spiritual life of society determines high requirements for the capacity of the individual. Graduates of higher educational institutions determine the future of our country, so they must not only have a high level of professional readiness, but also be physically enduring, efficient and healthy. These personality traits are formed and improved during the student years by means of physical education. Physical education in higher educational institutions is an integral part of education. The level of their physical development and health depends on the quality of the organization and conduct of classes with students. At present, the health of the younger generation is of serious concern. Numerous works of modern researchers point to an increase in the level of diseases and focus on a decrease in the functional resistance of the body of students to physical activity. The subject of the research is the methodology of using means of physical culture and health-improving orientation in physical education classes. The aim of the research is to determine the influence of physical culture and health-improving orientation classes on the physical fitness of first-year students. Research objectives: to conduct an analysis of scientific and methodological literature and advanced pedagogical experience in relation to the topic under study; to determine the level of physical fitness of female students, using complex testing and to reveal the dynamics of indicators of physical fitness; to develop a program of physical education classes to improve the level of physical fitness and health of female students; to experimentally check the developed training methodology and determine its feasibility of introducing it into the educational process in physical education. In the course of organizing and conducting a scientific experiment, the following methods were used: analysis and generalization of scientific and methodological literature, pedagogical observations, control testing, mathematical processing of results. The study involved first-year students who study at the National University "Odesa Law Academy" and do not play sports. In the course of the experiment, a program of physical education classes was developed, which included sets of exercises for the development of physical qualities, as well as a health-improving orientation. These complexes were used in each physical education lesson twice a week on a schedule. The study made it possible to draw the following conclusions. The analysis of the results shows that at the initial stage of the research the majority of female students showed low results in all the tests. After conducting classes according to our methodology, at the second stage of the experiment, the results for some tests improved significantly. Thus, the proposed program of health related training had a positive impact on the results of physical fitness of female students.
Conference papers on the topic "Female fitness testing"
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Pletneva, Olesya, Galina Yamaletdinova, and Marina Spirina. "Recommendation on Correction of Female Students Physical State of Special Medical Group." In The Public/Private in Modern Civilization, the 22nd Russian Scientific-Practical Conference (with international participation) (Yekaterinburg, April 16-17, 2020). Liberal Arts University – University for Humanities, Yekaterinburg, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.35853/ufh-public/private-2020-72.
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Physical education in modern higher education should contribute to an effective solution to reduce student morbidity. Therefore, one of the promising directions for improving the system of physical education in higher education institutions is the development of sound didactic techniques and methods that provide a comprehensive solution to the problem in question. The aim of the study is to develop recommendations for the correction of the physical condition of female students belonging to special medical groups, contributing to the improvement of the physical condition of these female students. The methods used were the theoretical analysis of literature, generalisation, the study of practical experience, self-observation, testing, a formative experiment and methods of mathematical statistics. The participants in the study were female first-year medical students in a special medical group comprised of 40 persons. The proposed recommendation for physical condition correction includes the exercises of Pletnev and Pilatas, their methodology and sequence of performance; components of physical activity considering the functional capabilities of female students. Upon the conclusion of the study, there was a significant improvement in health, endurance, strength and speed indicators. The growth rate of physical fitness indicators in the experimental group increased from 36.35 % to 49.21 %, and less significantly in the control group from 8.20 % to 22.02 %, the number of students with a higher level of health increased from 20 to 40 and decreased from 20 to 10, respectively. Thus, the proposed organisational-methodological recommendations make it possible to increase the level of physical and functional fitness of female students of the special medical group and to strengthen their physical health.
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Kuchumov, Dmitry, and Galina Yamaletdinova. "Health Surveillance in Female Students Practicing Martial Arts." In The Public/Private in Modern Civilization, the 22nd Russian Scientific-Practical Conference (with international participation) (Yekaterinburg, April 16-17, 2020). Liberal Arts University – University for Humanities, Yekaterinburg, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.35853/ufh-public/private-2020-68.
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In the modern world, health is ranked among the most significant human life values at any age. Young students are in a period of social and physiological maturity and are at high risk of health problems. Therefore, this article examines the matter of health preservation and improvement in female students in the course of their physical education at higher education facilities. The main goal is to investigate trends in health indicators of female students in the process of educational and training sessions in Kudo (full-contact hand-to-hand combat). We planned to highlight that martial arts are a powerful tool of physical education that has an impact on improving physical fitness and health levels, and that full-contact martial arts classes help to develop the ability to manage one’s lifestyle. The main methods of research were the theoretical and comparative analysis of scientific and methodological literature on physical education and sport, the study and synthesis of teaching experience, self-observation, physical health testing, pedagogical experiment, methods of mathematical statistics. At the end of the formative experiment, improvements were found in all physical condition indicators for female students in both groups. However, the results in the experimental group were substantially higher than in the reference group. The improvement rate was within the range of 19.21 to 126.09% and 6.24 to 40.63%, respectively. Thus, the results obtained confirm the positive impact of training sessions for female students engaged in martial arts on their health status.
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Farrow, Kenny T., Jaideep Karmakar, and Kannan Subramanian. "Performance-Based Assessment of a Guyed Incinerator Stack Using Field Measurements." In ASME 2020 Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/pvp2020-21294.
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Abstract ASME STS-1 provides guidelines for the design, fabrication, and erection of steel stacks, however there are no specific guidelines for the assessment of guyed steel stacks already in service. For example, drift (i.e., displacement) acceptance criteria are only provided for initial installation. Furthermore, existing literature regarding the proper re-tensioning of guy wires is scarce or nonexistent. This procedure is particularly important for stacks that experience significant thermal growth. This effect is further exacerbated by differential wind cooling effects on both the guy wires and on the stack itself. This paper investigates the effect of guy wire spacing, position, tension pattern, and operating and shutdown tension settings on the structural response of a guyed steel stack. Field thermography readings, ultrasonic testing (UT) thickness data, guy wire tension measurements, and laser scans are used to refine a finite element model of the stack. Using elastic-plastic nonlinear “pushover” analyses based on API 579 – 1 Level 3 fitness-for-service methodology and FEMA 356 rehabilitation guidelines, a performance-based methodology resulting in a “watch circle” approach for lateral displacement is provided to guide fitness-for-service assessments and mitigation implementation. Example application of this methodology and recommendations regarding guy wire tensioning are provided for an incinerator stack with 9 guy wires (3 levels – 3 guy wire configuration).