While stress has always been present in the teaching profession, recent trends such as standardized testing and school and teacher accountability may be making teachers' [...]

Non-contact knee injuries are one of the most common injuries among athletes that participate in sports that require cutting, quick deceleration and jumping actions. Rese[...]

Insufficient physical activity and excessive sedentary behavior elevate health risk. Mobile applications (apps) provide one mode for delivering interventions to modify th[...]

Promoting physical activity (PA) and eliminating health disparities among underserved minoritychildren is a public health priority. The main purpose of this study was to [...]

Background: Sex steroid hormone fluctuations during the menstrual cycle are considered a risk factor for noncontact anterior cruciate ligament injuries.Objective: To dete[...]

The purpose of this research was to use the dual-task paradigm to examine the effect of a secondary reaction time task on free throw performance and to determine the poin[...]

The field of Kinesiology has grown over the centuries from a discipline primarily focused on sport to one that includes a more scientific focus, leading to an increase in[...]

Multiple factors, whether individually or in combination, likely contribute to noncontact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. Although research has increased our und[...]

It has been well recognized that multiple factors, whether individually or in combination, contribute to noncontact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. The ongoing m[...]

The seventh ACL Research Retreat was held March 19–21, 2015, in Greensboro, North Carolina. The retreat brought together clinicians and researchers to present and discuss[...]

Lecture-only style teaching where a teacher delivers content and students are tested on the retained information is the predominant approach in higher education. Alternat[...]

Background: Active video games (AVGs) have been shown to acutely increase energy expenditure when compared with seated video games; however, the influence of AVGs on comp[...]

Nuclear factor erythroid 2 related factor 2 (NrF2), is an essential transcription factor and a master regulator of the antioxidant defense system, which increases antioxi[...]

The effect of acute exercise, a single bout of exercise, on cognitive performance has attracted much attention. The first narrative review of this literature was conducte[...]

The aim of this study was to determine if 3-wks of short-term, high-intensity exercise training (HIT) alters growth hormone (GH) release. Nineteen recreationally active m[...]

As women take on the new role of motherhood, changes in their environment and social dynamics can significantly influence their physical activity levels. These changes ca[...]

Purpose: The first aim is to examine adherence to a lower versus higher intensity physical activity (PA) prescription in breast cancer survivors in the Breast Cancer andP[...]

This study examined the relation between adolescent expectancy-value motivation, achievements, and after-school physical activity participation. Adolescents (N = 854) fro[...]

This study reports adolescent expectancy-value motivation, and its relation to fitness knowledge and psychomotor skill learning in physical education. Students (N = 854) [...]

The purpose of this study was to explore how social relationships and environmental settings impact physical activity attitudes and behaviors for adolescent girls. Guided[...]

College recreation programs are an ideal way for students to participate in physical activity while on campus. These programs can offer a diverse range of opportunities f[...]

Cancer remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide and nearly all patients with advanced cancer experience cancer cachexia (CC), a multifactorial metabolic and m[...]

Physical activity (PA) has mental and physical health benefits, yet many emerging adults (aged 18-29) are not meeting PA recommendations and thus, not reaping those benef[...]

Sedentary behavior (SB) has negative mental health consequences, yet older adults spend most waking hours engaged in SB. Most of the research focusing on relations betwee[...]

Research on body image emphasizes risks for eating disorders and typically involves young, Caucasian women. Few studies examine body image beyond the college years and th[...]