LOUIS PÉRUSSE,1 GREGORY COLLIER,2 JACQUES GAGNON,1 ARTHUR S. LEON,3 D. C. RAO,4 JAMES S. SKINNER,5 JACK H. WILMORE,6 ANDRÉ NADEAU,7 PAUL Z. ZIMMET,8 AND CLAUDE BOUCHARD1 1Physical Activity Sciences Laboratory, Laval University, and 7Diabetes Research Unit, Laval University Medical Center, Québec, Canada G1K 7P4; 2School of Nutrition and Public Health, Deakin University, Geelong 3217, and 8Inter...

5 6 Boa Kim, Ji-Seok Kim, Yisang Yoon, Mayra C. Santiago, Michael D. Brown, and 7 Joon-Young Park 8 9 Department of Kinesiology, College of Health Professions and Social Work, Temple University, 10 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Georgia Health 11 Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia; and Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, College 12 of Applied H...

Mary M. Yoke, Ph.D., FACSM, M.A., M.M.,is a full-time faculty member at Indiana University, teaching on two campuses: the School for Health and Human Sciences IUPUI (Department of Kinesiology) Public in Bloomington Kinesiology Department Applied Science). Before her position Indiana, she was an adjunct professor Adelphi University 22 years, where authored or coauthored numerous group exercise r...

[Purpose] This study investigated the effect of floating toes on knee and trunk acceleration during walking in experimental setting. [Subjects and Methods] Twelve healthy volunteers walked barefoot at a preferred speed along a linear pathway under 2 conditions: normal gait (control) condition and floating toes (FT) condition. In the latter, weight bearing by the toes was avoided using kinesiolo...

Higher education is attracting enormous attention. Interest comes from all sectors, including governors, legislators, publishers, editors, citizens of all political persuasions, students, parents, and, of course, university colleagues and administrators. While interest is high, the associated outcomes have generated significant concerns, with many concluding that all is not well (Redican & Bafi...

Online-learning environment can substantially improve student learning and retention of key health concepts. In this case report, we describe our approach for the design of online learning modules to teach concepts in an undergraduate health science/kinesiology curriculum. This report describes our use of these concepts in two lower division and one upper division college courses at a major uni...

Virginia L. Johnsen, Darrell D. Belke, Curtis C. Hughey, Dustin S. Hittel, Russell T. Hepple, Lauren G. Koch, Steven L. Britton, and Jane Shearer Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Kinesiology & Physical Education, Department o...

Departamento de Biofísica e Biometria, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. Mestrado Profissional em Saúde, Medicina Laboratorial e Tecnologia Forense, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Médicas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de...