This seminar is co-hosted by the School of Kinesiology and the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, funded by the Dean’s Office International Visiting Research Fellowship. Click the link to learn more. Outdoor swimming as a social and climate resilience infrastructure of care Abstract: The compounding, cascading impacts of the changing climate on our everyday lives […]
Title: The Impact of Varying Resistance Challenge at Long vs Short Muscle Lengths Supervisor: Dr. Cameron Mitchell Committee members: Dr. James McKendry, Dr. Jesse Charlton Abstract: The research to date on the roles of ROM and resistance profile on hypertrophy had largely ignored the lateral (LD) and posterior (PD) deltoid, pectoralis major (PM) and gluteus […]
Title: Determining the effects of load, movement intent, and movement velocity on neuromuscular body-weight performance and load–velocity characteristics in resistance-trained individuals Supervisor: Dr. Cameron Mitchell Committee members: Dr. Jesse Charlton, Dr. Marc Klimstra, Dr. Mary Claire Geneau Abstract: Muscular power is important for explosive athletic performance, yet the relative contributions of resistance-training load, movement intent, […]
Title: Postural Constraints Alter the Motor Costs of Visual Orienting Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Nicola J. Hodges Committee members: Dr. Romeo Chua, Dr. Alan Kingstone Chair: Dr. Jesse Charlton Abstract: Visual exploration in naturalistic environments is an active, embodied process that requires coordinated movement of the eyes, head, and body. Because these movements incur physical effort, […]