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Nation-Grainger, Stephen – Research Papers in Education, 2017
Motivating adolescents to participate in exercise and physical activity is becoming increasingly important due to a rise in obesity but can be prevented through Physical Education. A quasi-experimental design, grounded in the Self-determination theory, was utilised to assess the impact of an intervention using wrist-worn digital physical activity…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Motivation, Exercise, Physical Education
Timmerberg, Jean Fitzpatrick – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Despite the frequent use of joint mobilizations and the available evidence of its effectiveness as a treatment for various musculoskeletal disorders, it is a technique that has been shown to have great variability within and between raters. This variability is believed to occur because of differences between therapists' ability to perceive…
Descriptors: Biofeedback, Physiology, Physical Therapy, College Students
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Katsanos, Christos S.; Moffatt, Robert J. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2005
Eleven healthy men (M age = 27 years, SD = 4) completed three cycling and three walking trials in an alternating order. During each trial, participants were allowed, within 3 min, to adjust the work rate to correspond to given rating of perceived exertion (RPE) values according to the following order: RPE 11, 13, and 15. For cycling as well as…
Descriptors: Metabolism, Physical Activities, Males, Comparative Analysis