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An evaluation of the clinical utility of the modified FABER’s test: Can it discriminate for low back pain of sacroiliac joint origin?
Background:
Innominate kinematic anomalies resulting in non-specific low back pain (LBP) of sacroiliac joints (SIJ) origin have been well recognized in the literature. While the complex anatomical orientation and position ...
Cardiovascular health and physical activity in prostate cancer survivors compared to non-cancer age matched controls
Background: In New Zealand, prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men and the third most common cause of male cancer deaths. Better detection, diagnosis, and treatment have improved the five-year prostate ...
The Effect of Low Back Pain on Hip Range of Motion and Gluteus Medius Function in Field Hockey Players
Low back pain is a highly disabling musculoskeletal condition that often does not have a specific diagnosis. Low back pain has a high incidence rate in athletes who participate in sports that involve repetitive rotation ...
Work Experiences of Breast Cancer Survivors in New Zealand
Advances in breast cancer diagnosis, treatment and increased public awareness have contributed to increased survival rates over the last 10 years (Soeberg, Blakely, Sarfat, Tobias, Costilla, Carter & Atkinson, 2012). More ...
Sons of Samoa: The Corporeal Economy of American Samoa Gridiron Football
The United States territory of American Samoa produces more National Football League (NFL) gridiron players per capita than any other place in the world, and it is estimated that a young boy born to Samoan parents is as ...
Circuit Resistance Training and Cardiovascular Health in Breast Cancer Survivors
Due to better detection and treatment, five-year breast cancer survival rates have improved; however, more women are likely to die of cardiovascular disease (CVD) than their cancer. Physical activity (PA) is an effective ...
Acculturation, Stress and Coping with Cross-Cultural Transition amongst International Rugby Players
As a result of globalisation, the cross-cultural movement of people, product, and process has dramatically increased over the past few decades. For example, in 2010 there were 325 New Zealand rugby players plying their ...
Transnational Migration and Identity Negotiation: Sport and Leisure in the Lives of South Korean Immigrants to New Zealand
Despite the fact that sport and leisure, as part of the new migratory flow based on lifestyle, has increasingly been of concern to scholars, there has been little empirical research examining the phenomena. Drawing upon ...
Grappling with The 'Way of Gentleness': An Examination of Capital in New Zealand Judo
A global diffusion of interest in martial arts and combat sports has increased the profile of combative physical cultures (CPC) in Western society. As a result, Asian physical cultural practices are becoming increasingly ...
Dancing Greekness: Folk Dance and National Identity in Greece
This study examines the role of folk dance in constructing national identity in Greece. It illustrates the contribution of folk dance in shaping ethnic identity in the independence movement in early 19th century Greece and ...