Sökning: "mixed martial arts"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 21 uppsatser innehållade orden mixed martial arts.
1. Are athletes active in high-contact sports at risk of impaired executive functioning? A quasi-experimental study on competitive mixed martial arts (MMA) athletes.
Magister-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologiSammanfattning : The study of high-contact sport athletes and the implications of repetitive head injury (RHI) associated with these sports has been at the forefront of traumatic brain injury (TBI) research for the last decade. The present study represents a quasi-experimental study exploring whether an experimental group (N=39) consisting of amateur and professional competitive mixed martial arts (MMA) athletes differ in three operations of executive functioning ability (shifting, updating and inhibition) when compared to a control group (N=44) of non-contact sports athletes. LÄS MER
2. Effects of a MAC Intervention on Performance and Well-being in Martial Arts Competitors
Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för hälsa och välfärdSammanfattning : The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment (MAC) approach for a group of competitive martial artists (n=22) compared to a passive control group of competitive martial artists (n=21) on levels of sporting performance, sports mindfulness, experiential avoidance and sport anxiety. Participants were allocated to groups based on the ability to attend the MAC training modules, held either in Gothenburg or Stockholm and participants performed self-ratings based on a survey completed pre- and post-intervention. LÄS MER
3. “Beautiful Power Shield!” vs. “Explosive Superman Punch!” : A Comparative Analysis of Promotional Metadiscursive Language in eSports and Mixed Martial Arts Sports Commentaries
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på grundnivå, Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)Sammanfattning : Sports commentary is an essential part of live broadcasted sports as well as eSports and is a task that requires that the caster be verbally proficient and can maintain a high tempo when speaking, especially in more fast-paced sports. This study aims to analyze this promotional language sportscasters use by approaching it from the linguistic phenomenon of metadiscourse. LÄS MER
4. A Better Version of Yourself: Sweat, Smiles and Muay Thai Tourism
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologiSammanfattning : This ethnographic study investigates the functions of BestFighter Muay Thai and Mixed Martial Arts training camp in Koh Samui, Thailand, as a successful actor in a booming self-improvement economy. In this thesis I explore the entanglements with locality and power which enable what satisfied participants refer to as augmented experiences of self-improvement. LÄS MER
5. Elitutövares erfarenheter och upplevelser av skador, riskfaktorer för skador och skadeförebyggande träning inom kampsporten, Mixed martial arts
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/FysioterapiSammanfattning : .... LÄS MER
