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Bone mineral density in adult women with mental retardation

Creator:: Felix, Emmanuel S.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: women with and without mental retardation (MR and NMR groups, respectively); and (b) determine

Participation of adults with mental retardation in a voluntary physical activity program

Creator:: Stanish, Heidi Isabel
Abstract:: This study compared the effect of two sources of instruction and verbal encouragement on the participation of individuals with mental retardation (MR) in a 10-week physical activity program. Participants were 17 adult employees of a sheltered workshop (5 females, 12 males) ranging in age from 30 to 65 years. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: public health, and he challenged me to look at the "big picture". Dr. Christine Snow helped guide my

Increasing daily physical activity in postsecondary students with mental retardation

Creator:: Stratton, Wendith Marie
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Activity and Health (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1996) relating to nondisabled

How women negotiate family responsibilities and personal health

Creator:: Ourada, Verna E. Zehner
Abstract:: Women’s health affects women and society as a whole. In addition to paid employment, women provide unpaid labor as they care for their families, their homes, and ailing relatives. Only by staying healthy can women provide care to their families. Using a feminist perspective, this study examined how women manage...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: How Women Negotiate Family Responsibility and Personal Health

Factors influencing body composition of postmenopausal women

Creator:: Worley, Susan E.
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to examine some of the factors which may affect body composition of postmenopausal women. The effect of estrogen, physical activity, diet and lifestyle were examined in 9 women receiving estrogen replacement therapy and 11 women not using this drug. For 3 consecutive days, the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: postmenopausal women. The effect of estrogen, physical activity, diet and lifestyle were examined in 9 women

Functional periodicity of college women

Creator:: Moore, Harriet L. Forest
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: possible the wearing of clothing which interferes less with the hygiene of women and (2) the increased

Effect on eating behavior, lipids, lipoproteins and lipid peroxidation of a high monounsaturated diet in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes

Creator:: Davidson, Sue B.
Abstract:: The objective of this study was to compare the effects on eating behavior, lipids, lipoproteins, lipid peroxidation, and glycemic control in women with type 2 diabetes of a high-monounsaturated fat diet (HM) compared to a high-carbohydrate diet (HC). In an outpatient feeding study, ten hypertriglyceridemic postmenopausal type 2 diabetic women...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: behavior, lipids, lipoproteins, lipid peroxidation, and glycemic control in women with type 2 diabetes

Determining the validity and reliability of the Nicholas Manual Muscle Tester as a measure of isometric strength in women with arthritis

Creator:: Sierra, Nelson
Abstract:: The purpose of this investigation was to determine the validity and reliability of the Nicholas Manual Muscle Tester (NMMT), a portable dynamometer, as a measure of the isometric strength in women with arthritis. Female subjects (N=13; 66 ± 13.89 yrs.) with arthritis were tested for isometric muscle strength on the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: dynamometer) in determining the isometric strength of various muscles of the shoulder and hip of women over

Possible selves and exercise maintenance among middle-aged women

Creator:: Blais, Robin E.
Abstract:: Given the high risk of relapse during the first year of exercise involvement, it is important to determine the processes of self-motivation which enable novice exercisers to become long-term maintainers. This study was designed to extend previous Stages of Change (Prochaska & DiClemente, 1983) research by comparing the Possible Selves...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: poor health and loss of independence. In many cases, declining activity levels among women in middle

Social influences on physical activity in minority women

Creator:: Eyler, Amy A.
Abstract:: Background: Decades of research indicate that physical activity is an important behavior for health promotion and disease prevention. Despite dissemination of these research findings, many American adults are sedentary. The rates for sedentary behavior vary by race/ethnicity and gender. Women and adults from minority groups are most likely to be...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Reliability 53 4. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND WOMEN IN THE UNITED 55 STATES: AN OVERVIEW OF HEALTH BENEFITS

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Bone mineral density in adult women with mental retardation

Participation of adults with mental retardation in a voluntary physical activity program

Increasing daily physical activity in postsecondary students with mental retardation

How women negotiate family responsibilities and personal health

Factors influencing body composition of postmenopausal women

Functional periodicity of college women

Effect on eating behavior, lipids, lipoproteins and lipid peroxidation of a high monounsaturated diet in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes

Determining the validity and reliability of the Nicholas Manual Muscle Tester as a measure of isometric strength in women with arthritis

Possible selves and exercise maintenance among middle-aged women

Social influences on physical activity in minority women

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