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Whitfield, Geoffrey P.; Pettee Gabriel, Kelley K.; Kohl, Harold W., III. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2013
Purpose: To describe the development and preliminary evaluation of the Multicontext Sitting Time Questionnaire (MSTQ). Method: During development of the MSTQ, contexts and domains of sitting behavior were utilized as recall cues to improve the accuracy of sitting assessment. The terms "workday" and "nonworkday" were used to…
Descriptors: Measurement Equipment, Physical Activity Level, Questionnaires, Content Validity
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Wang, He; Frame, Jeff; Ozimek, Elicia; Leib, Daniel; Dugan, Eric L. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2013
Military personnel are commonly afflicted by lower-extremity overuse injuries. Load carriage and muscular fatigue are major stressors during military basic training. Purpose: To examine effects of load carriage and muscular fatigue on lower-extremity joint mechanics during walking. Method: Eighteen men performed the following tasks: unloaded…
Descriptors: Males, College Students, Physical Activities, Correlation
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Richards, Elizabeth A.; McDonough, Meghan H.; Edwards, Nancy E.; Lyle, Roseann M.; Troped, Philip J. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2013
Purpose: Dog owners represent 40% of the population, a promising audience to increase population levels of physical activity. The purpose of this study was to develop and test the psychometric properties of a new instrument to assess social-cognitive theory constructs related to dog walking. Method: Dog owners ("N" = 431) completed the…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics
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Yan, Jin H.; Rodriguez, Ward A.; Thomas, Jerry R. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2005
The purpose of this study was to determine whether data distribution changes as a result of motor skill practice or learning. The data on three dependent measures (movement time; MT), percentage of movement time in primary submovement (PSB), and movement jerk (JEK) were collected at baseline and practice Blocks 1 to 5. Sixty 6-year-olds,…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Young Children, Preadolescents, College Students