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Kinesiology Senior Paper
KINE 4780- Exercise Science Research is the capstone experience for students in the Exercise Science major. This class involves students in the development of a research proposal including the introduction, review of literature, methods, experimental design and statistics. senior paper
 
The objectives of the course are to write a research proposal (three sections: introduction, review of literature, methods), and to present the research proposal in a poster presentation format.
 
At the end of each semester, the department holds a public forum in which students display their posters as they would at a scientific meeting; greeting guests and explaining their research. Faculty and students from all majors attend.
 
senior paper viewingSample titles from previous semesters include:
  • - Effects of aquatic therapy on walking and daily functioning in adult women with Multiple Sclerosis

    - Eating disorder intervention in ballet dancers: A comparison of nutritional therapy and cognitve behavioral therapy

    - Effects of early implementation of aquatic exercise on decreasing pain and increasing mobility in women newly diagnosed with rheumatoid athritis

    - The combined effects of sex hormones and knee laxity on ACL injuries in high school and college female soccer athletes

    - Effects of music therapy on physical benefits of a rehabilitation program in stroke patients

    - Early screening and education for adolescent ballet dancers for harmful psychological factors affecting injury and identity

    - The ergonomic advantage of sidearm positioning on draw time in military and police personnel

    - Effects of ultrasound treatment on patellofemoral tendonitis in young female athletes

    - Can mental imagery reduce anxiety during gymnastics performance?

    - Conversation on cruise control: Are drivers' phone conversations safer when using cruise control?

     
     
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