Publications by authors named "Mary C Stenson"

Seifert Gonzales, AM and Stenson, MC. Physiological demands of competitive collegiate dance. J Strength Cond Res 38(9): e503-e509, 2024-Competitive collegiate dance combines elements of gymnastics and acrobatics with more traditional styles, such as ballet, jazz, and modern dance.

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The COVID-19 pandemic required an emergency shift to remote teaching. Despite their limited previous experience with online or hybrid teaching, our cohort of kinesiology faculty ( = 112) had high confidence in their ability to deliver quality educational experiences for their students during the pandemic. With support from their institutions, technology departments, and teaching and learning centers, faculty developed new skills and organizational strategies.

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  • * Among lab-based faculty, only 40% had access to students and labs, and 55% could conduct in-person research, with notable declines seen particularly among tenure-track and newer faculty (69.6% of those with 5 or fewer years of experience reported productivity drops).
  • * The study highlighted safety, social distancing, and adjusted procedures as major concerns, suggesting a need for improved support systems and strategies to address workload discrepancies among faculty.
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Significant disruptions in higher education course delivery occurred during the coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic. The implementation of emergency remote teaching (ERT) offered exercise science faculty a safe method to continue educating students in courses generally taught face-to-face. The purpose of this investigation was to explore faculty perceptions of their ERT efforts with respect to student successes, challenges, and faculty expectations.

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To identify the effects of guided mindfulness meditation on anxiety and stress in pre-healthcare college students. : Students ( = 33, age 19-22 years) were tested between September and November of 2017. : Students completed 5-12 minutes of meditation 6 days/week for 8 weeks.

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Cold water immersion (CWI) is used by endurance athletes to speed recovery between exercise bouts, but little evidence is available on the effects of CWI on subsequent endurance performance. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of CWI following an acute bout of interval training on 5000 m run performance 24 hrs after interval training, perceived muscle soreness (PMS), range of motion (ROM), thigh circumference (TC), and perceived exertion (RPE). Nine endurance-trained males completed 2 trials, each consisting of an interval training session of 8 repetitions of 1200 m at a running pace equal to 75% of VOpeak, either a control or CWI treatment, and a timed 5000 m run 24 hrs post interval training session.

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