Browsing School of Health Sciences by Title
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Training and Coaching of Female vs. Male Endurance Athletes on their Road to Gold. Perceptions among Successful Elite Athlete Coaches
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This scientific short report investigated how successful male coaches perceive gender differences in training characteristics and coaching practice among medal-winning endurance athletes. Ten male Norwegian coaches with ... -
The training and development of elite sprint performance: an integration of scientific and best practice literature
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Despite a voluminous body of research devoted to sprint training, our understanding of the training process leading to a world-class sprint performance is limited. The objective of this review is to integrate scientific ... -
The Training Characteristics of World-Class Distance Runners: An Integration of Scientific Literature and Results-Proven Practice
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)In this review we integrate the scientifc literature and results-proven practice and outline a novel framework for understanding the training and development of elite long-distance performance. Herein, we describe how ... -
Training Distribution During a Paralympic Cycle for a Multiple Swimming Champion With Paraplegia: A Case Report
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05-20)Purpose: To describe the training volume, intensity distribution, and use of swimming styles during a Paralympic cycle in a multiple swimming champion with paraplegia. Methods: The female Paralympic swimmer was 23–26 years ... -
Trends in prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment over 30 years: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background To contribute to the WHO initiative, VISION 2020: The Right to Sight, an assessment of global vision impairment in 2020 and temporal change is needed. We aimed to extensively update estimates of global vision ... -
Treningsfrekvens og muskelstyrke
(Bachelor thesis, 2021)Bakgrunn Styrketrening er en treningsform som har økt kraftig i popularitet de siste årene. Det er sånn at flere legger ned utallige timer på treningssenteret med den hensikt å få økt muskelvekst og muskelstyrke. Adaptasjoner ... -
Turkey’s COVID-19 strategy: “the West is jealous of us”
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Populist nationalist attacks on health and human rights have been increasing throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. These attacks may be used to divert attention from the government’s inability to control the virus, to deflect ... -
Umiddelbar effekt av TLP hos asymptomatiske personer mellom 19 og 30 år. En randomisert kontrollert studie.
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Understanding the relationship between subjective health complaints and satisfaction with life for people in prevocational training in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background and aim: In Norway, a large part of the population is dependent on disability benefits. The main reasons for this are related to long-term musculoskeletal pain and psychological complaints. Prevocational ... -
Undersøkelse og behandling av gravide med bekkensmerter: en sammenligning av osteopati og kiropraktikk
(Bachelor thesis, 2017-09-15)I denne oppgaven har det blitt forsket på undersøkelse og behandling av gravide pasienter med bekkensmerter. Bekkensmerter i svangerskapet er en av de vanligste problemstillingene gravide står overfor og oppsøker behandling ... -
Unlocking the potential for achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goal 2 – “Zero Hunger” - in Africa: Targets, strategies, synergies and challenges
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: The UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 (‘Zero Hunger’) aims to end all forms of hunger and malnutrition by 2030. Thus, a range of different strategies are needed to facilitate the achievement of SDG 2 to ... -
Unlocking the potential for achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goal 2 – “Zero Hunger” - in Africa: Targets, strategies, synergies and challenges
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: The UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 (‘Zero Hunger’) aims to end all forms of hunger and malnutrition by 2030. Thus, a range of different strategies are needed to facilitate the achievement of SDG 2 to ... -
Unpacking pre-service teachers’ beliefs and reasoning about student ability, sources of teaching knowledge, and teacher-efficacy: A scenario-based approach
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The beliefs teachers hold may provide information about their more or less evidence-informed reasoning about educational issues. However, gaining a clear picture of teachers’ beliefs has proven difficult. A promising line ... -
Unpacking the narrative-argumentative conundrum: story credibility revisited
(Journal article, 2020)Building on a view of both narration and argumentation as dynamic concepts, the aim of this paper is to argue that story credibility remains a core issue in the debate on the argumentative quality of narratives, yet one ... -
Use of multidimensional item response theory methods for dementia prevalence prediction: an example using the Health and Retirement Survey and the Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background Data sparsity is a major limitation to estimating national and global dementia burden. Surveys with full diagnostic evaluations of dementia prevalence are prohibitively resource-intensive in many settings. ... -
The use of pattern differentiation in WHO-registered traditional Chinese medicine trials - A systematic review
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Using motivational techniques to reduce cardiometabolic risk factors in long term psychiatric inpatients: A naturalistic interventional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-15)Background People with severe mental illness have markedly reduced life expectancy; cardiometabolic disease is a major cause. Psychiatric hospital inpatients have elevated levels of cardiometabolic risk factors and are ... -
Using Simulations to Help Public Health Students Overcome Language Barriers for Better Health Outcomes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Growing migration into Norway has increasingly strained the country’s health services. Good communication is essential to ensure quality care. Often, healthcare workers and immigrant clients do not share a common language, ... -
Venter vi for lenge med å få barn?
(Bachelor thesis, 2017-09-20)Bakgrunn: Høy alder ved første barns fødsel er en økende trend i industrialiserte land på verdensbasis. Utdanning, økonomiske og sosiale faktorer, samt fremskritt innenfor utviklingen av assistert befruktning har bidratt ...