The purpose of this study was to examine performance characteristics of physically awkward children during the recovery portion of the sprinting stride, and compare them to those of non-awkward children. The dependent variables (length of functional phases, and length and method of power flow at the hip and knee joints) were calculated using the digitized coordinates of selected body landmarks from a high-speed camera film. Statistical analysis was used to interpret the dependent variables, as well as compare them across ability levels. / The results revealed no significant differences between ability levels in the dependent variables examined. The findings from this study allow for physically awkward children to be characterized as having abilities for success during the recovery of the sprinting stride. Identifying abilities represents an approach that focusses on a positive view into physical awkwardness, a view which has traditionally been negative. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.61051 |
| Date | January 1992 |
| Creators | Lawlor, Gregory |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Department of Physical Education.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001288670, proquestno: AAIMM74629, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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