Development and evaluation of a social cognitive theory-based instrument to assess correlations for physical activity among people with spinal cord injury.

Background: People with spinal cord injury (SCI) are more susceptible to sedentary lifestyles because of the displacement of physical functioning and the copious barriers. Benefits of physical activity for people with SCI include physical fitness, functional capacity, social integration and psychological well-being.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to develop and test a social cognitive theory-based instrument aimed to predict physical activity among people with SCI.

Knowledge of eating disorders among collegiate administrators, coaches, and auxiliary dancers.

Knowledge of eating disorders, confidence in knowledge, and attendance of eating disorder educational programs were assessed among NCAA Division I and II university administrators (n = 61), coaches (n = 44), and dancers (n = 53). A questionnaire assessed knowledge in 5 domains: etiology, signs and symptoms, management and treatment, risk factors, and prevention and education. Overall, dancers' knowledge and previous attendance were significantly lower than administrators' and coaches'.

Attitude and knowledge changes in collegiate dancers following a short-term, team-centered prevention program on eating disorders.

Eating knowledge, nutritional knowledge, and psychological changes among female collegiate dancers were examined before and after a 4-wk. team-centered program on sport nutrition, exercise, and disordered eating consequences. Collegiate female dancers from two NCAA Division I institutions participated in a control (n = 19; M age = 19.

Body image, anthropometric measures, and eating-disorder prevalence in auxiliary unit members.

Context: Medical professionals have recognized eating disorders and related problems in competitive athletes. Auxiliary members (color guard, dance, majorettes) experience the same appearance-related pressures observed in sports commonly associated with eating disorders.

Objective: To estimate eating-disorder prevalence based on associated eating-disorder characteristics and behaviors in female auxiliary members and to compare perceived and ideal body images and anthropometric measurements between at-risk and not-at-risk participants for eating-disorder characteristics and behaviors.

Physical activity and osteoporotic fracture among older women.

Objective: To determine the importance of physical activity in the occurrence of osteoporotic fracture and to examine the impact of exercise frequency on osteoporotic fracture among a national sample of women aged 50 years and older.

Design And Setting: This study involved female participants in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), Phase 1.

Subjects: The sample consisted of 2,325 women aged 50 years and older who were interviewed for Phase 1 of NHANES III.

An assessment of learning styles among undergraduate athletic training students.

Objective: Increased attention has been directed toward assessing and improving academic quality in athletic training education. The educational process has been assessed from a global level, but little is known about how athletic training students learn. The purpose of this investigation was to assess the learning styles of undergraduate athletic training students.

Predictors of Success on the NATABOC Certification Examination.

Objective: To determine the degree to which a selected number of variables could predict success on the first attempt at the National Athletic Trainers' Association Board of Certification Examination.

Design And Setting: Data were obtained from the student records of subjects who were enrolled in the same undergraduate athletic training education program for a minimum of two years, maintained a minimum GPA of 2.5 on a 4.

Critical-Thinking Predisposition Among Undergraduate Athletic Training Students.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the tendency of undergraduate athletic training students to think critically, to assess their likelihood of using specific components of critical thinking, and to study the effect of selected demographic and educational variables on critical-thinking tendencies in this sample of students. DESIGN AND SETTING: Data were collected before regularly scheduled athletic training classes at the beginning of the spring semester. SUBJECTS: Ninety-one students enrolled in 3 Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs-accredited undergraduate athletic training education programs in the southeast.

A Compositional Analysis of a Common Acetic Acid Solution With Practical Implications for Ingestion.

OBJECTIVE: Acetic acid solutions, such as pickle juice (PJ), have gained anecdotal popularity among certified athletic trainers and other sports medicine professionals as remedies for exercise-associated muscle cramps. The aims of this study were 2-fold: (1) to report compositional analyses of 2 common types of PJ and (2) to discuss implications for ingestion following current National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) fluid-replacement guidelines. DESIGN AND SETTING: Biochemical laboratory analyses of 2 PJ sample types.