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Positional related injury in elite female field hockey players
… to examine injury patterns in elite female field hockey players, and to identify the injury rates of different playing positions so that preventative measures can be implemented. Based on available research it was hypothesised that goalkeepers and midfielders will have the highest rate of injury. …
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A Study of Retirement Transition and Fandom of Retired Hockey Players
… the retirement transition of professional men’s hockey players. Specifically, the research examined the role athlete identity theory has this important period of their lives (Brewer et al., 1993). Previous research has heavily ignored studying former professional players and the sport of hockey, …
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The effect of creatine monohydrate supplementation on sprint skating in hockey players
… skating performance in competitive male ice hockey players. In a double blind and randomized design, 17 ice hockey players were supplemented with either 0.30 grams of creatine monohydrate (Cr) per kilogram of body weight per day (n = 8; mean ± SE, age= 20.3 ± 0.7 years), or a placebo (PI) (n …
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Investigating Post-sport Adjustment Experiences of Former Canadian Major Junior Hockey Players
… experiences of former Canadian major junior hockey (CHL) players in the years following their athletic retirement. This study was conducted using a qualitative, within-subjects, longitudinal research design to understand the manner by which elite CHL athletes make sense of their athletic …
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Epistemic incongruity judgements as indicators of social normative differences in minor hockey players.
Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis1978 .T954. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 40-07, page: . Thesis (M.H.K.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1978.
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Seasonal changes in functional fitness and neurocognitive performance in youth ice hockey players
… the course of a competitive season in youth ice hockey players, and relationships between these variables and injury incidence were examined. Thirty-six participants (8.9 ± 1.1 years) completed pre and post-season assessments including anthropometric measurements, the Functional Movement Screen …
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Investigating the relationship between personality traits and athletic performance among elite hockey players
… similar findings have been found with soccer players (Piedmont, Hill, & Blanco, 1999), football players (Tran, 2012) and Division 1 collegiate athletes (Saale-Prasad, 2014). However, in professional hockey these findings have generally not been replicated (Karp, 2000; Cameron, Cameron, …
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Predicting the Use of Aggressive Behaviour among Canadian Amateur Hockey Players: A Psychosocial Examination
… of head injuries sustained during an on-ice hockey fight, the social and political appetite for eliminating violence in amateur hockey appears to be at an all time high. Unfortunately, due to a variety of methodological and conceptual limitations previous research is currently unable to …
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Investigating the Functional Position of Field Hockey Players Using the FMS and the FHFPS
Field hockey is one of the most popular sports worldwide and is continuing to grow and evolve in the United States. Due to growth and change of the sport, there is a cause for concern regarding increase risk of injuries. The largest gap in field hockey injury information involves how injuries occur …
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Physiological characteristics, activity patterns and physiological responses of elite women field hockey players during competition
Despite the popularity of field hockey very little research has investigated the physical requirements of, and the responses to, a game of field hockey. This study investigated the physiological characteristics of six elite women hockey players, their movement patterns during a game and the …
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Frequency and duration of low back pain in female hockey players compared to two other populations
… back pain (LBP) in the past 2 years in female hockey players , with two other groups of women with varying levels of physical activity. In all cases, sedentary participants experienced the greatest total amount of LBP; the hockey group experiencing the least. Hockey participants reported a …
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The impact of structural systems on perceptions of legitimacy and the experiences of female hockey players
Women’s participation in ice hockey has grown exponentially in the last 25 years. In 1991 there were only 5,500 female players registered with USA Hockey (USA Hockey, 2012; the governing body of hockey in the United States), in 2014 there were 67,230 (USA Hockey, 2014). Despite the exponential …
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The epidemiology of injury and risk factors associated with injury in first league field hockey players
… of injury in a population of first league field hockey players during a playing season, establishing the true incidence (injuries/ 1000 hours) of injury, as well as the risk factors associated with field hockey injuries. Both the epidemiology of field hockey injuries, and associated risk factors, …
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Repeated Sprint Ability: The influence of aerobic capacity on energy pathway response and fatigue of hockey players
… is very little published on the sport of ice hockey. This dissertation aimed to eliminate the shortfalls of the current research by addressing this population-specific void. The first study, "Aerobic Capacity is Associated with Improved Repeated Shift Performance in Hockey," established a …
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A Principal Component Analysis Comparing Forward Skating Strides Pre-Post Skate Treadmill Training in Youth Hockey Players
… skate treadmill training in youth (U-11), male hockey players to investigate changes in kinematics. Continuous joint angle (deg) and angular velocity (deg/s) stride data for the trunk, hip, and knee were determined, time normalized, and averaged. PCA results suggested that most of the pre-post …
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Quantifying changes in accelerations and heart rate indicative of fatigue during condensed competitions in elite youth ice hockey players
<p>Thirty-three elite youth ice hockey players wore Bioharness-3 (Zephyr, MD) sensors to compare accelerations (ACC) and heart rate (HR) over four games (G1–G4) in three days, in order to establish changes in cardiovascular stress and physical exertion associated with fatigue. Peak ACC and HR …
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The Effectiveness of Infrastructure and Expertise on the Acquisition of Stickhandling and Puck Control Skills in Competitive Hockey Players
… and retention of SPC skills in competitive hockey players. Male (N=40), atom-aged (2005/2006 birth years), hockey players were recruited to participate and assigned to one of three groups; PP (n=16), PP+OL (n=15) and control (n=9). All groups completed one 50-minute familiarization session …
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Optimal Head Impact Signal Processing and the Description and Perception of Head Impact Exposure in Female Adolescent Ice Hockey Players
… data from a group of adolescent female ice hockey players. Their documented head impact exposure was correlated to symptom outcomes and ocular motor evaluation scores. Their sleep and menstrual cycle patterns were included as potential confounding factors. In this sample of athletes, sleep …
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The effect of an eight session skate treadmill and agility training program on the degree of separation in ice hockey players
The sport of ice hockey places multiple simultaneous demands on the physiological, mechanical, and cognitive abilities of individual players. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of an eight session degree of separation (DOS) training intervention on sport specific measures of …
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