Physical Activity Researcher

Caring for Coaches - Dr Colum Cronin (Pt2) - Meaningful Sport Series

Care research in sport coaching has expanded in the last few years, but so far, most studies have explored care for athletes. However, also coaches face pressures in their work and benefit from caring relationships. Too often, coaches experience low levels of well-being, lack of work-life balance, lack of support, and disengage from coaching.
In this second part of our conversation, Dr Colum Cronin gives an update on a new research project he is conducting with his colleagues on care for coaches. While the project is on-going, we get to hear some initial findings as well as Colum's thoughts on what might be some avenues for supporting the development of caring relationships in the world of sport coaching.
Towards the end of the episode, we discuss the forthcoming Special Issue on care in coaching in Sport Coaching Review. Articles within the SI, published ahead of print, include Breaking through? Exploring care in the early life of elite Swedish athletes (Kjær et al. 2022) and “It looks like he cares, but he doesn’t.”: athletes’ experiences of “good” and “bad” care in women’s football (Lewis et al., 2022). Updates on the SI and the journal can be found on Twitter @SportsCoachingR 
Dr Colum Cronin is Senior Lecturer in Sport Coaching and Physical Education at Liverpool John Moores University and serves as an associate editor for Sports Coaching Review. He is the co-editor of the book Care in Sport Coaching: Pedagogical Cases (together with Kathleen Armour).
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Found the episode interesting? Our previous conversation focused on care in coaching can be accessed here.
 

Generating Domain-Specific Physical Activity Data Using Accelerometers and GPS - ProPASS Event - Prof Jasper Schipperijn

Audio of the ProPASS' 4th Annual Meeting 27-28 April 2022
Generating domain-specific physical activity data using accelerometers and GPS- Prof Jasper Schipperijn
Setting up and expanding large international consortia of wearable devices data.
Physical Activity Researcher Podcast, ProPASS, and ISPAH collaborate to be able to bring you the events and webinars content in easy-to-consume audio format to your favourite podcast app.
The video recording is now available the Members Area of the ISPAH Website.
 
 

Children’s Physical Activity Research Design Ideas You Can Steal! - Jaakko Alasaarela (Pt2)

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3 Innovations to Measure Sleep and Circadian Rhythm - Dr Olli Tikkanen

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Care in Sport Coaching: New Developments - Dr Colum Cronin (Pt1) - Meaningful Sport Series

Caring relationships in sport coaching have moral and pedagogical value. Researchers have increasingly centralised this idea and explored how coaches develop caring relationships. In this episode, Dr Colum Cronin gives an update on how caring research in coaching has evolved in the last couple of years. Following up on Colum's earlier visit in the podcast, we focus on recent updates in sport coaching research including (1) the new focus on athletes' perspectives on caring and (2) caring for coaches. We also discuss key theoretical ideas on caring that have informed research in the sport domain.
Dr Colum Cronin is Senior Lecturer in Sport Coaching and Physical Education at Liverpool John Moores University and serves as an associate editor for Sports Coaching Review. He is the co-editor of the book Care in Sport Coaching: Pedagogical Cases (together with Kathleen Armour).
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Found the episode interesting? Our previous conversation focused on care in coaching can be accessed here.
Also, keep an eye on the forthcoming Special Issue on care in coaching in Sport Coaching Review. Articles within the SI, published ahead of print, include Breaking through? Exploring care in the early life of elite Swedish athletes (Kjær et al. 2022) and “It looks like he cares, but he doesn’t.”: athletes’ experiences of “good” and “bad” care in women’s football (Lewis et al., 2022).
 

From Device Data to Guidelines to Population Behaviour Change - ProPASS Event - Prof Karen Milton

Audio of the ProPASS' 4th Annual Meeting 27-28 April 2022 
From device data to guidelines to population behaviour change- Dr Karen Milton
Setting up and expanding large international consortia of wearable devices data.
Physical Activity Researcher Podcast, ProPASS, and ISPAH collaborate to be able to bring you the events and webinars content in easy-to-consume audio format to your favourite podcast app.
The video recording is now available the Members Area of the ISPAH Website.

Current State and Future: Role of Physical Activity in Public Health - Prof. Russell Pate (Pt2)

Current State and Future: Role of Physical Activity in Public Health - Prof Russell Pate (Pt2)
Dr. Pate is Professor in the Department of Exercise Science in the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina. He has held several administrative positions including Chair, Department of Exercise Science; Associate Dean for Research, Arnold School of Public Health; and Vice Provost for Health Sciences.
Dr. Pate is an exercise physiologist with interests in physical activity and physical fitness in children and the health implications of physical activity. His research has been supported by NIH, CDC, the American Heart Association, and several private foundations and corporations.
He coordinated the effort that led to the development of the recommendation on Physical Activity and Public Health of the CDC and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) (1995).
He served on the 2005 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee, and an Institute of Medicine panel that developed guidelines on prevention of childhood obesity. He currently serves as Chair of the National Physical Activity Plan Alliance. In 2012, he received the Honor Award from the ACSM.
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Insights Coaching Youth | Doing an Internship in a Startup/Scaleup - MSc Jaakko Alasaarela (Pt1) - Practitioner’s Viewpoint

 
 
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Developing a more Meaningful Future for PE - Lee Sullivan (Pt2) - Meaningful Sport Series

In this second part of our conversation with Lee Sullivan, we explore what a more inclusive and meaningful future of PE could look like. If physical education is in crisis, how can we get out of that crisis? What seem to be the most promising developments that can be used to transform practice?
Lee Sullivan the Head of PE at Upton Court Grammar School. He is the author of Physical Education in Crisis?: Leading a Much-Needed Change in Physical Education and co-author of the Concept Curriculum. You can follow Lee on Twitter @Lee_Sullivan85. 
Questions explored in this second part of the podcast include: 
- What is physical literacy and how can it inform PE?
- What is concept curriculum? 
- Life skills: do they have a place in PE?
- Developing a professional philosophy in PE: finding valuable resources
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Resources mentioned in this episode include:
PE Scholar
Drowning in the Shallow (blog)
Meaningful PE (blog)
Found the episode interesting? Previous conversations around the same theme include R. Scott Kretchmar on the Pursuit of Modest Competence and Dr Stephanie Beni on Implementing Meaningful Physical Education.

SurPASS: Automating Device-Based Measurement in Cohort Studies - ProPASS Event - Prof Holtermann & Dr Gupta

SurPASS: Automating device-based measurement in cohort study research- Prof Andreas Holtermann & Dr Nidhi Gupta
Audio of the ProPASS' 4th Annual Meeting 27-28 April 2022
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SurPASS is a sister project to ProPASS. SurPASS aims to develop and evaluate an e-system for measuring daily physical behaviours (physical activity, sedentary behaviours, and sleep) at work and non-work time of working adults.
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The vision of the SurPASS project is to develop a system for measuring physical behaviours in large adult populations that:
accurately measures physical behaviours
has low participant burden (e.g. easy to use and high hygiene)
has low administrative burden (e.g. cheap in cost, automated analytics, low logistic burden, high data security, low expertise demands)
can be used in large-scale surveillances and cohorts
​can be used at national and international levels.
 
The system will consist of:
A SENS motion® patch-based tri-axial sensor for long-term monitoring of physical behaviours to be attached to the thigh. Such device can be sent to participants via postal mail and participants can attach the sensor themselves. The device can measure and store data for several weeks, and encrypt and transmit data to a secured server.
An app on participants' smartphone to initialise the measurements, provide a user guide, automatically upload data to a secured server, and provide visual feedback on the physical behaviours to the participants after the measurement period.
A web application for administrators for registering participants, managing sensors, and viewing and exporting data.
A secured server based on SENS motion® technology for automatically
importing encrypted data from a sensor (via app), decrypting it and storing it regularly
cleaning and analysing sensor data based on previously validated algorithms to identify physical behaviours.
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Physical Activity Researcher Podcast, ProPASS, and ISPAH collaborate to be able to bring you the events and webinars content in easy-to-consume audio format to your favourite podcast app.
The video recording is now available the Members Area of the ISPAH Website.

Rationale behind Selection of System for Sedentary Behaviour and Physical Activity Measurements - Prof Ashokan Arumugam (Pt2)

Ashokan Arumugam is an Assistant Professor of Physiotherapy at the College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
He is an Orthopedic Manual Physiotherapist with a special interest in physical activity analysis in sedentary and diseased populations, biomechanical analyses of the lower limbs, and neuroplastic changes in individuals with and without musculoskeletal ligament injuries.
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This podcast episode is sponsored by Fibion Inc. | The New Gold Standard for Sedentary Behaviour and Physical Activity Monitoring
Learn more about Fibion: fibion.com/research
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Is Physical Education in Crisis? Lee Sullivan (Pt1) - Meaningful Sport Series

This episode continues exploring the contested role and meanings of physical education. Can we claim that physical education is in crisis? Does it serve only few of the children while marginalising others? If this is the case, what would a more meaningful future look like?
I am delighted to explore these questions with Lee Sullivan. Lee is the Head of PE at Upton Court Grammar School. He is the author of Physical Education in Crisis?: Leading a Much-Needed Change in Physical Education and co-author of the Concept Curriculum. You can follow Lee on Twitter @Lee_Sullivan85. 
Questions explored in this podcast include: 
- What are the problems with traditional ways of delivering PE?
- Does sport (still) have some role in PE?
- How can we deliver meaningful competition in PE?
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Found the episode interesting? Previous conversations around the same theme include R. Scott Kretchmar on the Pursuit of Modest Competence and Dr Stephanie Beni on Implementing Meaningful Physical Education.
 

Nijmegen Exercise Study | The E3N-E4N cohort - ProPASS Event - Drs Esmee Bakker & Gianluca Severi

Audio of the ProPASS' 4th Annual Meeting 27-28 April 2022,
Nijmegen Exercise Study-Dr. Esmee Bakker
The E3N-E4N cohort-Dr. Gianluca Severi
Setting up and expanding large international consortia of wearable devices data.
Physical Activity Researcher Podcast, ProPASS, and ISPAH collaborate to be able to bring you the events and webinars content in easy-to-consume audio format to your favourite podcast app.
The video recording is now available the Members Area of the ISPAH Website.

Physical Activity with Osteoarthritis - Prof. David Hunter (Pt2)

Physical Activity with Osteoarthritis - Prof David Hunter (Pt2)
Professor Hunter is a rheumatology clinician researcher whose main research focus has been clinical and translational research in osteoarthritis (OA). He is the Florance and Cope Chair of Rheumatology and Professor of Medicine at University of Sydney and the Royal North Shore Hospital.
He is ranked as the worlds leading expert in osteoarthritis on Expertscape.com since 2014. He is on the editorial board for Arthritis and Rheumatology, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, Arthritis Care and Research and part of the review committee for OA for the American College of Rheumatology, EULAR and OARSI scientific meetings.
Dr Hunter has over 500 peer reviewed publications in international journals, numerous book chapters, is the section editor for UpToDate Osteoarthritis and has co-authored a number of books, including books on self management strategies for the lay public.
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This podcast episode is sponsored by Fibion Inc. | The New Gold Standard for Sedentary Behaviour and Physical Activity Monitoring
Learn more about Fibion: fibion.com/research
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Collect, store and manage SB and PA data easily and remotely -
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What’s New in Sleep, Sedentary Behaviour and Activity Tracking - Dr Olli Tikkanen

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This podcast episode is sponsored by Fibion Inc. | The New Gold Standard for Sedentary Behaviour and Physical Activity Monitoring
Learn more about Fibion: fibion.com/research
https://sleepmeasurements.fibion.com
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Collect, store and manage SB and PA data easily and remotely -
Discover new Fibion SENS Motion: https://sens.fibion.com/

How does Life Purpose Shape Coaches’ Approach to Athlete Development? Dr Mariya Yukhymenko (Pt2) - Meaningful Sport Series

In this second part of our conversation with Dr Mariya Yukhymenko, we continue exploring the questions about purpose in life and sport. Sport can be thought to serve many purposes, including achievements, broader personal development, and life skill development. How do broader purpose orientations shape how sport coaches approach coaching and athlete development? What are some of the key differences between the ways sport is practised in Ukraine (the home country of the guest) and the USA? And finally, how can counsellors and other practitioners including sport psychologists work with supporting purpose in students, coaches or athletes?
Dr Mariya Yukhymenko is an Associate Professor at California State University, Fresno. Her expertise lies in educational and sport psychology, and quantitative research methodology. She has published widely in and outside of sport on topics including identity, purpose, passion and ethical behaviour.
To find out more, see the articles mentioned in the conversation:
Development and validation of the Coaching Athlete Purpose Scale (CAPS)
The role of coaching identity and life purpose orientations in holistic athlete development
A framework for cultivating purpose as a pedagogy of care
 
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Liked this episode? You might also find the conversation with Dr Ayse Yemiscigil on Purpose in Life, Physical Activity and Sport interesting.

Improving the Assessment of Movement Behaviors in Our Cohorts - ProPASS Event - Drs Cabanas-Sanchez, Jopsen & Franzese

Audio of the ProPASS' 4th Annual Meeting 27-28 April 2022,
Improving the assessment of movement behaviors in our cohorts-Dr Veronica Cabanas-Sanchez
Lolland-Falster Health Study (LOFUS)- Dr Randi Jopsen
Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe- Dr. Fabio Franzese
 
Setting up and expanding large international consortia of wearable devices data.
Physical Activity Researcher Podcast, ProPASS, and ISPAH collaborate to be able to bring you the events and webinars content in easy-to-consume audio format to your favourite podcast app.
The video recording is now available the Members Area of the ISPAH Website.

Personalised Exercise Prescription - P3-EX algorithm - Prof Linda Pescatello (Pt2)

Dr. Pescatello is Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Connecticut (UConn). She holds joint appointments in the Departments of Allied Health Sciences, Nutritional Sciences, and Physiology and Neurobiology at UConn, and the Department of Community Medicine and Health Care at the UConn School of Medicine.
Her research focuses on exercise prescription to optimize health benefits — particularly among adults with hypertension and overweight and obesity — and on genetic and clinical determinants of the response of health-related phenotypes to exercise, particularly blood pressure and muscle strength.
Dr. Pescatello was an associate editor of the eighth edition of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, is Senior Editor of the ninth edition of the ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, and recently served as an expert panel and writing team member on an update of the ACSM’s exercise pre-participation health screening recommendations.
She has authored over 150 manuscripts, 4 books, and 16 book chapters, and has had numerous grants funded by UConn, the American Heart Association, the National Dairy Council, NIH, and USDA. Dr. Pescatello has served in multiple leadership roles for ACSM.
Twitter handles of institutions:
@UConnCAHNR, @UConnResearch, @UConn
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This podcast episode is sponsored by Fibion Inc. | The New Gold Standard for Sedentary Behaviour and Physical Activity Monitoring
Learn more about Fibion: fibion.com/research
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Collect, store and manage SB and PA data easily and remotely -
Discover new Fibion SENS Motion: https://sens.fibion.com/

How to Use Biofeedback to Prevent Injuries? - Kurt Schütte (Pt4) – Practitioner’s Viewpoint

How Fatigue Reveals Problems in Running Technique?
How to Use Biofeedback to Prevent Injuries?
 
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Book a free demo with PhD CEO Kurt Shütte:
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He is passionately committed to building decision-support tools in the health and sports technology sectors using a multidisciplinary cocktail of research, innovation, data science, and entrepreneurship.

Researching Life Purpose, Sport and Work - Dr Mariya Yukhymenko (Pt1) - Meaningful Sport Series

Having sense of purpose has been long recognised to play a vital role in human life. How can researchers conceptualise and study purpose? How does it influence career development - in work and sport - and how we respond to adversity?
I am delighted to discuss these and topics with Dr Mariya Yukhymenko, an Associate Professor at California State University, Fresno. Her expertise lies in educational and sport psychology, and quantitative research methodology. She has published widely in and outside of sport on topics including identity, purpose, passion and ethical behaviour. We first explore her broader research areas, and then focus on understanding what purpose is and how Dr Yukhymenko's research has advanced our knowledge in the area of life purpose and its relation to work and sport.
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Liked this episode? You might also find the conversation with Dr Ayse Yemiscigil on Purpose in Life, Physical Activity and Sport interesting.
 

International Society for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour and ProPASS Partnership - Drs Annemarie Koster & Bronwyn Clark

Audio of the ProPASS' 4th Annual Meeting 27-28 April 2022, International Society for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour and ProPASS Partnership - Drs Annemarie Koster & Bronwyn Clark
Setting up and expanding large international consortia of wearable devices data.
Physical Activity Researcher Podcast, ProPASS, and ISPAH collaborate to be able to bring you the events and webinars content in easy-to-consume audio format to your favourite podcast app.
The video recording is now available the Members Area of the ISPAH Website.