Physical Education and Learning

Edited by Gregory T. Papanikos

ISBN: 978-960-9549-38-7, 150 pages

First published in 2013 by ATINER

Price: Paperback: 30€ (It includes Shipping and Handling)

Electronic copy: 30€

Table of Contents

Physical Education and Learning: An Introduction Gregory T. Papanikos		I
1.	Pain Effect and Physical Activity Profiles of Hip Osteoarthritis Patients Vassilios G. Vardaxis and Laura Covill	1
2.	Trends in Physical Activity in the U.S. before and during the Current Financial Crisis Peter T. Baltrus, Elvan C. Daniels, Dominick H. Mack and Rakale Collins Quarells	13
3.	Differences in Perception of Body Image and Associated Psychophysiological Variables between Male and Female Athletes Fabiana Pomin, Milagro Ezquerro García-Noblejas and Itziar de Ozámiz	25
4.	The Effect of Pilates Exercises on Balance and Flexibility in the Figure Skaters Verda Akbal, Bergün Meriç Bingül, Mine Gökkaya, Menşure Aydın and Çiğdem Bulgan	37
5.	Panoptic Differential Training: Biodynamics Approach for Sprint Performance – A Wholistic Future Training Method Rajasekhar Kali Venkata	47
6.	The Effect of Special Olympic Programs on the Self-efficacy of Individuals with Down Syndrome Abdollah Ghasemi, Maryam Momeni, Alireza Elahiand Mahdi Falahati	55
7.	Incidence and Severity of Competition Injuries in Australian Taekwondo Athletes Reidar P. Lystad, Petra L. Graham and Rod Bonello	63
8.	Health Factors in Qatar and the Sport Science Program at Qatar University Ruben Tobias Goebel	73
9.	“Boxenomics”: How do Effort and Efficiency Vary during Amateur Boxing Tournaments? David Chaplin	81
10.	Training Effective Health and Physical Education Teachers. The Game is not over yet! Jean-François Desbiens, Carlo Spallanzani, Martin Roy, Sylvain Turcotte, Sèverine Lanoue and Jean-Sébastien Tourigny	91
11.	Music, Language and Sport. Are they Connected to One Another? Maria Rosaria D’Acierno	105
12.	Power of Play: A Primary School Intervention to Increase Physical Activity in NZ Children Leslie J. McGrath, Erica A. Hinckson and Will G. Hopkins	121