Thesis (M.P.H.)--University of Queensland. / Includes bibliographical references.

TITLE: Change of physical abilities of TSV Giesen Grizzlys and VK ČEZ Karlovarsko players after condition training AUTHOR: Bc. Tereza Lukešová DEPARTMENT: Department of Physical Education SUPERVISOR: PaedDr. Ladislav Pokorný ANNOTATION The work is focused on fitness training of volleyball players from two top men's competitions, and on the Czech Uniqa extraleague and the German Bundesliga. Work through testing of motor skills of twelve respondents from both teams. These were the tests: K-test, 200m sprint, trapeze, long jump, rebound reach range, reach, two-hand reach range. The first part of the thesis contains general information about volleyball literature and familiarization with movement abilities, with regard to work and work with them. The research part analyzes the already mentioned form of tests of motor abilities of the respondents before conditioning during the season, ie also in December. In conclusion, the results of this research and comparison with fitness training of the teams were evaluated. The work is intended mainly for advanced players or volleyball coaches. KEYWORDS: physical ability, voleyball, condition training

Selecting employees for hire and promotion is one of the most essential functions of an organization. Many companies that have positions which contain a physical component rely on physical ability testing as part of their selection procedure. The establishment of both the Civil Rights Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) had a profound impact on the manner in which selection testing may legally be conducted (Gutman, Koppes, & Vodanovich, 2011). The current study sought to analyze court cases involving physical ability testing. Results revealed that pure ability tests did not significantly differ from work sample tests with regard to whether court cases found for the plaintiff or defendant. Additionally, rulings did not significantly differ in ruling in favor of the plaintiff or defendant with regard to whether the position in question involved public safety. Finally, the ADA related cases did not significantly differ in their rulings in favor of the plaintiff or defendant after the 2011 modifications to the interpretation of disabled, as compared to before 2011. Future research should focus on the difference between court rulings involving physical ability tests in comparison to other forms of testing such as cognitive tests, and further investigate the role of the ADA in physical ability testing.

Organizations that employ physically demanding jobs want to ensure their selection procedures distinguish qualified applicants from unqualified applicants. However, such selection tools typically result in adverse impact against various protected groups and often lead to litigation. Various factors influence the court’s decision to rule in favor of the plaintiff or the defendant. The purpose of the present study is to identify those factors. The ADA (1990) created strict guidelines for plaintiffs and defendants to follow to be credible in a discrimination case. This study will specifically determine the impact of the ADA guidelines and three additional factors that influence court decisions including job analysis and test validation procedures, and whether the job involves public safety. Organizations can benefit from knowing factors they can control to decrease legal liability. Cases filed from 1992 to the present were reviewed and coded based on each factor. Z-tests for proportions were conducted to determine the proportions of rulings in favor of the plaintiff and defendant based on each factor of interest. Public safety influences the court decisions in favor of the defendant, such that for jobs in which public safety is of concern, the court is more likely to rule in favor of the defendant. Additional factors were not significantly influential. However, some trends are apparent and discussed in the paper. Implications and limitations also are discussed.

Syfte och frågeställningar: Syftet med studien var att undersöka sambanden mellan rörelserädsla och olika aspekter av fysisk funktionsförmåga hos en grupp personer med långvarig smärta som genomgått multimodal rehabilitering. Studien utgick från tre frågeställningar som gäller: 1. Sambandet mellan rörelserädsla och fysisk funktionsförmåga före rehabilitering. 2. Om rörelserädsla före predicerar fysisk funktionsförmåga efter rehabilitering. 3. Rörelserädslans och den fysiska funktionsförmågans gemensamma bidrag till uppnådda resultat efter rehabilitering. Metod: Studien genomfördes som en korrelationsstudie med pretest-posttest gruppdesign och kvantitativ ansats. 38 personer, 6 män och 32 kvinnor, som genomgått multimodalrehabilitering ingick i studien. Data samlades in före och efter rehabiliteringsperioden med hjälp av väl beprövade självskattningsformulär och objektiva test. Rörelserädsla skattades med hjälp av Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia. För fysisk funktionsförmåga användes delar ur Test Instrument for Profile of Physical Ability (TIPPA); bedömning av den egna fysiska funktionsförmågan, gångsträcka och snabbgång. Dessutom användes Multidimensional Pain Inventory för att skatta smärtans inverkan på aktivitet och smärtintensitet. Utifrån datans skalegenskaper gjordes icke parametiska sambandsanalyser. Resultat: De viktigaste resultaten från studien var att rörelserädsla före rehabiliteringen, utöver påverkan av skattningen av den egna fysiska funktionsförmågan, hade ett starkt samband med bedömningen av den egna förmågan efter rehabiliteringens avslut. Höga värden för rörelserädsla gav en sju gånger högre risk för låg bedömning av den egna förmågan efter rehabilitering. Dessutom visade resultaten att de patienter som har en kombination av hög rörelserädsla och låg bedömning av den egna fysiska funktionsförmågan före rehabilitering i mycket mindre grad uppnådde en bra funktionsförmåga efter rehabilitering, jämfört med patienter som enbart hade hög rörelserädsla eller låg bedömning av den egna förmågan. Utöver dessa resultat hade alla fysiska funktionsmått hämtade ur TIPPA ett samband med varandra. Däremot sågs inget samband mellan vare sig rörelserädsla eller fysisk funktionsförmåga och påverkan på aktivitet eller smärtintensitet. Slutsats: Resultaten tyder på att det är viktigt att sammanväga rörelserädsla och bedömningen av den egna fysiska funktionsförmågan för att hitta rätt fokus i, och rimliga mål för, rehabiliteringen. Kort sagt understryker resultaten att det är viktigt att individuellt anpassa rehabiliteringsinsatser efter patientens unika svårigheter. / Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the correlations between kinesiophobia and different aspects of physical ability in a group of persons with longstanding pain who participated in interdisciplinary rehabilitation. This study answered three questions dealing with: 1. The correlation between kinesiophobia and physical ability before the rehabilitation. 2. If kinesiophobia before predicts physical ability after rehabilitation. 3. The joint contribution between kinesiophobia and physical ability to achieved results after rehabilitation. Method: This study was carried out as a correlational pretest-posttest group design with quantitative approach. 38 persons, 6 male and 32 female, who participated in interdisciplinary rehabilitation were part of this study. Data was collected before and after the rehabilitation period, with well tested self-rating instruments and objective tests. Kinesiophobia was rated with Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia. For physical ability parts of Test Instrument for Profile of Physical Ability (TIPPA) were used; self-assessment of current physical ability, walking distance and speed walking. Also Multidimensional Pain Inventory was used to rate the pain impact on activity and pain intensity. Due to scale properties non-parametric correlational analysis were being used. Results: The most important results from this study were that kinesiophobia before rehabilitation, in addition to the influence of self-assessment of current physical ability, had a strong correlation to self-assessment of current physical ability after rehabilitation. High scores on kinesiophobia gave seven times higher risk to low self-assessment of current physical ability after rehabilitation. It was also found that those patients with a combination of high kinesiophobia and low self-assessment of current physical ability before rehabilitation in much lower extent reached a good ability after rehabilitation, compared to patients who either have high kinesiophobia or low self-assessment of current physical ability. In addition to these results all the physical ability measures from TIPPA were correlated to each other. But no correlations were being found between kinesiophobia or physical ability to impact on activity and pain intensity. Conclusions: These results indicate that it is important to put the measures of kinesiophobia and self-assessment of current physical ability together in consideration to find the right focus, and reasonable goals, in rehabilitation. In short the results underline the importance of individually customized actions in rehabilitation to the unique difficulties of each patient.

Law enforcement on academic campuses can be a physically demanding profession. Law enforcement officers (LEOs) may be required to perform a variety of physical tasks. Identifying which physical fitness characteristics are associated with these tasks will guide the development of appropriate and effective exercise programs. Therefore the purpose of this study was to identify physical fitness and demographic characteristics associated with the occupational physical ability of university LEOs. Sixteen male LEOs (age: 33.1±8.7 yr.; body mass: 87.2±11.2 kg; height: 178.9±7.9 cm) performed an officer physical ability test (OPAT) that simulated a foot chase of a suspect. In addition, the officers completed a battery of physical fitness tests that assessed aerobic and anaerobic capacity, muscular endurance, strength, power, flexibility, agility, and body composition. The OPAT was correlated with agility, upper body muscular endurance and strength, torso endurance, lower body power, aerobic endurance, and relative body composition (p<0.05). In addition, the OPAT was correlated with the following demographic and anthropometric variables: age, work experience, and waist and abdominal circumferences (p<0.05). In conclusion, tactical strength and conditioning professionals must design exercise programs for university LEOs to improve multiple components of physical fitness and focus on weight management.

Die studie is uitgevoer om die fisieke vermoensprofiel van atlete met intellektuele gestremdheid (lG) en Downsindroom (DS) tussen die ouderdom van 10 en 17 jaar te bepaal. Die Brockport Physical Fitness Test (BPFT) is gebruik om die fisieke vermoens van die atlete te bepaal. Geslagsgebaseerde verskille vir hierdie populasiegroepe is ook ontleed. Die populasie het bestaan uit 75 proefpersone waarvan 66 intellektueel gestremd was en 9 in die Downsindoom subgroep geval het. Dit is duidelik uit hierdie twee gestremde groepe dat Downsindroomkinders, asook kinders met intellektuele gestremdheid, minimaal aan atletiek deelneem. Hoofstuk 2 fokus op die literatuuroorsig van die fisieke vermoens en oefenkapasiteit van die intellektueel gestremde en Downsindroomkinders. Data ingesamel oor die laasgenoemde is gebruik vir die samestelling van die artikels en kan apart gelees word in die verhandeling. In artikels 1 en 2 is data eerstens vir beskrywingsdoeleindes aan die hand van rekenkundige gemiddeldes (x), standaardafwykings (sa) en minimum en maksimum waardes ontleed. 'n Tweerigting variansie analise is gebruik om te bepaal hoeveel van die atlete in watter gesondheidsone val. Verder is van 'n onafhanklike t-toets gebruik gemaak om betekenisvolheid van verskille tussen die geslagte aan te dui. Die resultate dui daarop dat seuns en dogters met IG en DS oor swak aerobiese kapasiteit beskik. Hierdie atlete word aan min fisieke aktiwiteit blootgestel en gesondheidsrisiko's neem toe as gevolg van oorgewig en obesiteit. Atlete met IG beskik oor redelike goeie abdominale spieruithouvermoe en hampese soepelheid. Hierteenoor het hulle oor swakker abdominale soepelheid, skouersoepelheid, armspieruithouvermoe en handgreepkrag beskik. Atlete met DS aan die anderkant beskik oor goeie hampese soepelheid, maar swak abdominale spieruithouvermoe, abdominale soepelheid, skouersoepelheid, armspieruithouvermoe en handgreepkrag. Wat geslagsgebasseerde verskille bet ref dui die resultate daarop dat dogters by beide IG- en DS-groepe 'n groter persentasie liggaamsvet het as seuns. Verder blyk dit dat seuns met IG oor beter fisieke vermoens beskik as dogters met IG, net soos by normaal ontwikkelde kinders. Seuns met IG beskik oor beter aerobiese kapasiteit asook fisieke vermoens, vera! spierkrag en spieruithouvermoe, as dogters. Dogters met DS het verder meer liggaamsvet en toon beter soepelheid as seuns, a!hoewel dit nie betekenisvol is nie. Na aanleiding van hierdie bevindinge word aanbeveel dat intervensieprogramme in Suid-Afrika ontwikkel word vir kinders met IG en DS om sodoende hul fisieke vermoens te verbeter. / The study was done to determine the fitness abilities profile of the intellectually disabled and Down's syndrome athletes aged 10 to 17 years. The Brockport Physical Fitness Test (BPFT) is used to determine the fitness abilities of these athletes. Gender-based differences in both population groups were also investigated. The research group consisted of 75 children of which 66 were intellectually disabled and 9 diagnosed with Down's syndrome (DS). It is clear from these two disabled groups that Down's syndrome children as well as children with intellectual disabilities (ID) participate minimally in athletics. Chapter 2 is based on a literature review of the fitness abilities and training capacity of intellectually disabled and Down's syndrome children. Information gathered on the latter aspects was used in the two articles, which can be read independently in this dissertation. For articles 1 and 2, data was analysed by means of mean values (M), standard deviations as well as minimum and maximum values. The two way table of variances was used to determine the amount of athletes that needs to be placed in each of the healthy fitness zones. Furthermore an independent T-Test is used to prove the gender-based significance of differences. The results indicated that boys and girls with IG and DS had poor aerobic capacity. These athletes are exposed to inadequate physical activity, which exposes them to increased health risk due to their being overweight. Athletes with IG had good abdominal muscle endurance performance and hamstring flexibility, although they also showed poor abdominal flexibility, shoulder flexibility, upper strength endurance and handgrip strength. Athletes with DS on the other hand showed good hamstring flexibility but poor abdominal muscle endurance performance, abdominal flexibility, shoulder flexibility, upper strength endurance and hand grip strength. For the gender-based differences results show that boys with IG had better physical performance than girls with IG. Boys with IG consist of a better aerobic capacity as well as physical performance than girls, especially muscle strength and muscle endurance. The girls with DS have more body fat and shows better flexibility than the boys, although not significantly. Given the outcomes of this study it is recommended that intervention programmes be developed for children with IG and DS in South Africa in order to enhance their physical fitness performance profile and their quality of life. / Thesis (M.A. (Human Movement Science))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2009.

Die studie is uitgevoer om die fisieke vermoensprofiel van atlete met intellektuele gestremdheid (lG) en Downsindroom (DS) tussen die ouderdom van 10 en 17 jaar te bepaal. Die Brockport Physical Fitness Test (BPFT) is gebruik om die fisieke vermoens van die atlete te bepaal. Geslagsgebaseerde verskille vir hierdie populasiegroepe is ook ontleed. Die populasie het bestaan uit 75 proefpersone waarvan 66 intellektueel gestremd was en 9 in die Downsindoom subgroep geval het. Dit is duidelik uit hierdie twee gestremde groepe dat Downsindroomkinders, asook kinders met intellektuele gestremdheid, minimaal aan atletiek deelneem. Hoofstuk 2 fokus op die literatuuroorsig van die fisieke vermoens en oefenkapasiteit van die intellektueel gestremde en Downsindroomkinders. Data ingesamel oor die laasgenoemde is gebruik vir die samestelling van die artikels en kan apart gelees word in die verhandeling. In artikels 1 en 2 is data eerstens vir beskrywingsdoeleindes aan die hand van rekenkundige gemiddeldes (x), standaardafwykings (sa) en minimum en maksimum waardes ontleed. 'n Tweerigting variansie analise is gebruik om te bepaal hoeveel van die atlete in watter gesondheidsone val. Verder is van 'n onafhanklike t-toets gebruik gemaak om betekenisvolheid van verskille tussen die geslagte aan te dui. Die resultate dui daarop dat seuns en dogters met IG en DS oor swak aerobiese kapasiteit beskik. Hierdie atlete word aan min fisieke aktiwiteit blootgestel en gesondheidsrisiko's neem toe as gevolg van oorgewig en obesiteit. Atlete met IG beskik oor redelike goeie abdominale spieruithouvermoe en hampese soepelheid. Hierteenoor het hulle oor swakker abdominale soepelheid, skouersoepelheid, armspieruithouvermoe en handgreepkrag beskik. Atlete met DS aan die anderkant beskik oor goeie hampese soepelheid, maar swak abdominale spieruithouvermoe, abdominale soepelheid, skouersoepelheid, armspieruithouvermoe en handgreepkrag. Wat geslagsgebasseerde verskille bet ref dui die resultate daarop dat dogters by beide IG- en DS-groepe 'n groter persentasie liggaamsvet het as seuns. Verder blyk dit dat seuns met IG oor beter fisieke vermoens beskik as dogters met IG, net soos by normaal ontwikkelde kinders. Seuns met IG beskik oor beter aerobiese kapasiteit asook fisieke vermoens, vera! spierkrag en spieruithouvermoe, as dogters. Dogters met DS het verder meer liggaamsvet en toon beter soepelheid as seuns, a!hoewel dit nie betekenisvol is nie. Na aanleiding van hierdie bevindinge word aanbeveel dat intervensieprogramme in Suid-Afrika ontwikkel word vir kinders met IG en DS om sodoende hul fisieke vermoens te verbeter. / The study was done to determine the fitness abilities profile of the intellectually disabled and Down's syndrome athletes aged 10 to 17 years. The Brockport Physical Fitness Test (BPFT) is used to determine the fitness abilities of these athletes. Gender-based differences in both population groups were also investigated. The research group consisted of 75 children of which 66 were intellectually disabled and 9 diagnosed with Down's syndrome (DS). It is clear from these two disabled groups that Down's syndrome children as well as children with intellectual disabilities (ID) participate minimally in athletics. Chapter 2 is based on a literature review of the fitness abilities and training capacity of intellectually disabled and Down's syndrome children. Information gathered on the latter aspects was used in the two articles, which can be read independently in this dissertation. For articles 1 and 2, data was analysed by means of mean values (M), standard deviations as well as minimum and maximum values. The two way table of variances was used to determine the amount of athletes that needs to be placed in each of the healthy fitness zones. Furthermore an independent T-Test is used to prove the gender-based significance of differences. The results indicated that boys and girls with IG and DS had poor aerobic capacity. These athletes are exposed to inadequate physical activity, which exposes them to increased health risk due to their being overweight. Athletes with IG had good abdominal muscle endurance performance and hamstring flexibility, although they also showed poor abdominal flexibility, shoulder flexibility, upper strength endurance and handgrip strength. Athletes with DS on the other hand showed good hamstring flexibility but poor abdominal muscle endurance performance, abdominal flexibility, shoulder flexibility, upper strength endurance and hand grip strength. For the gender-based differences results show that boys with IG had better physical performance than girls with IG. Boys with IG consist of a better aerobic capacity as well as physical performance than girls, especially muscle strength and muscle endurance. The girls with DS have more body fat and shows better flexibility than the boys, although not significantly. Given the outcomes of this study it is recommended that intervention programmes be developed for children with IG and DS in South Africa in order to enhance their physical fitness performance profile and their quality of life. / Thesis (M.A. (Human Movement Science))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2009.

Title: Possibilities of influencing mobility in the hip joint during physical education at elementary school. Objectives: Verification of the effectiveness of the proposed set of exercises applied in elementary school classes. Methods: Methods of measurement, testing, observation were used for the elaboration of the diploma thesis. Results: For motoric mobility tests in the area of the hip joint (inclination in the standing position and deep seat inclination) an improvement was found in the test file after application of the proposed set of exercises by 26 %. In the case of motorized lifts (right, left) and frontal splint, the improvement was significantly lower, by 8 % and 2 %. Keywords: flexibility, methods of development, basic education, physical ability.

Background: One of the ambulance nurse's six core competences is safe care. Safe care meansto conduct care without any unwanted consequences for the patient, their next of kin or anypersonnel from the ambulance team. The environment in the prehospital setting is complex andcontains physical challenges for the ambulance nurse. There is a lot of research on how theambulance nurses safety is affected by their physical ability but there is a lack of research onhow the patient safety is affected. Aim: To explore how patient safety is affected by thephysical ability of the ambulance nurse. Method: A qualitative interview study based on acontent analysis. The participants were eight nurses specializing in ambulance care. Results:The results show that the ambulance nurse's different physical conditions had both positive andnegative effects on patient safety. It was of great importance to have self-awareness of one'sphysical conditions in order to avoid performing risky actions. When the physical ability wasinsufficient, methods such as mobility equipment and help from colleagues were used topreserve the patient safety. Conclusion: It is difficult for ambulance nurses to have a physicalability that meets all patient needs, thus the ambulance nurse was faced with situations wherethe patient care risked not being patient safe. In the case of time-critical patients, they thereforeneeded to weigh up whether the risk of injury during the patient care was less than delaying thetime at the scene in the event of serious injury or illness.