Health Sciences Faculty Articles
Submissions from 2026
Exploring How the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacted the Coach–Athlete Relationship for Travel Sport Coaches: A Qualitative Study, Keith I. McShan and E. Whitney G. Moore
A qualitative study exploring how black football coaches experience quality coach-athlete relationships, Keith I. McShan and Laura Salem
Exploring students’ certainty of assumptions and evidence evaluation about socioscientific issue systems, Cody R. Smith, Asghar P. Gill, Caitlin K. Kirby, Amanda E. Sorensen, and Jenny M. Dauer
Current Practices of Lesson Planning in Physical Education Teacher Education Programs, Xiuye Xie, Emi Tsuda, Edward Olsen, James Wyant, Leanne Watson, and Lauren Machamer
Submissions from 2025
Musculoskeletal Health, Quality, and Injury Profiles in Collegiate Track and Field and Cross-Country Athletes, Taylor K. Dinyer-McNeely, Allen L. Redinger, Shawn M. F. Allen, Sloane A. Montgomery, Nicholas J. Spokely, Olivia K. Anderson, Colin I. Green, Michael A. Trevino, and Breanne S. Baker
Acute Effects Of Serial And Integrated Concurrent Exercise On Circulating Micrornas -126 And -222, Ryan A. Gordon, Matthew F. Brisebois, Emily L. Zumbro, Matthew L. Sokoloski, Anthony A. Duplanty, Shanil Juma, George A. King, Gena Guerin, Isaac Rowland, Brittany Sokoloski, and Brandon R. Rigby
Muscular Performance Is Not Significantly Altered Throughout Phases of the Menstrual Cycle or a Hormonal Contraceptive Cycle in Collegiate Softball Players, Shelby L. Houchlei, Sarah N. Wood, Sarah E. Peters, Shane K. Miller, Taylor K. Dinyer-McNeely, and Ryan A. Gordon
High School Student-Athlete Perspectives on Coach Behaviors: Insights Beyond the Xs and Os, Keith I. McShan and Samantha Bates
Experienced weight stigma in higher education: impact on academic choices, extracurricular participation, and well-being in students, Hillary L. Roberts, Daniela Novotny, CaSandra Stanbrough, Amanda M. Keys, and Wendy Jackson
CRISPR in Yeast, Randi J. Ulbricht
Implementing Practice-Based Physical Education Teacher Education Pedagogies, Xiuye Xie, Fatih Dervent, Phillip Ward, Emi Tsuda, José A. Santiago, Bomna Ko, Insook Kim, Peter Iserbyt, and Erhan Devrilmez
Student-Teaching Triad in Physical Education: A Scoping Review of Literature, Xiuye Xie, Xiaoping Fan, and Tanjian Liang
Submissions from 2024
Early life thermal conditioning alters heat-shock protein expression in response to an adult thermal stressor, John Finger, Alexander J. Hoffman, Andreas N. Kavazis, and Haruka Wada
Evaluation of the Performance of a Card Game to Introduce Students to Interprofessional Collaboration: A Randomized 2-Group Comparison Study, Stacy E. Goddard, Antony R. Joseph, Valerie M. Wright, Susan M. Watkins, and Daniel D. Mast
The Effect of Interprofessional Education on Student Readiness for Collaborative Practice, Stacy E. Goddard, Susan Watkins, Antony R. Joseph, Valerie Wright, and Judy Neubrander
Acute Effects of Serial and Integrated Concurrent Exercise on Circulating microRNAs-126 and-222 in Sedentary Adults, Ryan A. Gordon, Matthew F. Brisebois, Emily L. Zumbro, Matthew L. Sokoloski, Anthony A. Duplanty, Shanil Juma, and Brandon R. Rigby
Skeletal muscle fitness and physiology as determinants of firefighter performance and safety: a narrative review, Ryan A. Gordon, Matthew L. Sokoloski, Emily L. Zumbro, Chris J. Irvine, Michael Oldham, and Natalie Morgan
Social Media–Based Professional Learning Communities for Physical Educators: Opportunities and Challenges, Xiuye Xie and Yung-Ju Chen
Learning Tasks for Teaching Tennis Serve at a Beginning Level, Xiuye Xie and Junyoung Kim
Quality Supervision of Preservice Teachers in Field Experiences: Strategies and Practices for PETE Programs, Xiuye Xie, Junyoung Kim, Yilin Li, Yung-Ju Chen, Xiaoping Fan, and Tanjian Liang
Transnational Research: The Benefits of Collaboration, Xiuye Xie, Phillip Ward, Fatih Dervent, Erhan Devrilmez, Yaohui He, Peter Iserbyt, Insook Kim, Bomna Ko, José A. Santiago, Emi Tsuda, and Xiaozan Wang
Submissions from 2023
Lessons learned about online engagement and implementation of an intuitive eating programme for university employees, Jaime Gnau, Melinda G. Novik, Daniela Novotny, and Sara M. Powell
Motivation to Join and Adhere to SilverSneakers Among Older Adults, Stacy E. Goddard, Barbara Bushman, and Michael Chamberlin
Systematic Review of the Coach–Athlete Relationship From the Coaches’ Perspective, Keith I. McShan and E. Whitney G. Moore
Effectiveness of a Teaching Kitchen Intervention on Dietary Intake, Cooking Self-Efficacy, and Psychosocial Health, Daniela Novotny, Stephanie N. Urich, and Hillary L. Roberts
Teaching Assistant Responses to COVID-19: Investigating Relationships Between Stress, Self-Efficacy, and Approaches to Teaching, Cody R. Smith, Deepika Menon, Annette Wierzbicki, and Jenny Dauer
Exploring STEM Teaching Assistants’ Self-Efficacy and Its Relation to Approaches to Teaching, Cody R. Smith, Deepika Menon, Annette Wierzbicki, and Jenny M. Dauer
Sex-specific effect of P2Y2 purinergic receptor on glucose metabolism during acute inflammation, Randi J. Ulbricht, Christian A. Rivas, Hailee Marino, Erin Snyder, Dana James, Jamila Makhloufi, Nathan Johnson, Scott Zimmerman, and Jianjie Wang
Understanding Physical Education Teachers’ Help-Seeking Behaviors in a Facebook Professional Learning Community, Xiuye Xie and Yung-Ju Chen
Practice-Based Teacher Education in Physical Education, Xiuye Xie, Phillip Ward, Fatih Dervent, Erhan Devrilmez, Peter Iserbyt, Insook Kim, Bomna Ko, José A. Santiago, and Emi Tsuda
Faculty Perspectives Using Practice-Based Teacher Education in Physical Education, Xiuye Xie, Phillip Ward, Fatih Dervent, Insook Kim, Bomna Ko, Emi Tsuda, José A. Santiago, Peter Iserbyt, and Erhan Devrilmez
Submissions from 2022
Facilitating Preservice Teachers’ Learning through an Online Professional Learning Community, Xiuye Xie
Effects of Situated Game Teaching Through Set Plays on Soccer Tactical Knowledge Among Turkish Secondary School Students, Xiuye Xie, Fatih Dervent, Erhan Devrilmez, Nazım Nayır, and Weidong Li
Developing Preservice Teachers’ Adaptive Competence Using Repeated Rehearsals, Opportunities to Reflect, and Lesson Plan Modifications, Xiuye Xie, Phillip Ward, Won Seok Chey, Leslie Dillon, Scott Trainer, and Kyuil Cho
Submissions from 2021
Smartphone Thermal Imaging in the Detection of Testicular Ischemia, J. Patrick Brooks, Jake M. Brooks, and Tora Seals
Alzheimer's disease and physical activity, Barbara A. Bushman and Madison E. Pullen
Responses and Impacts of COVID-19 on East Africa’s Tourism Industry, Peter M. Ezra, Bernard M. Kitheka, Edwin Sabuhoro, Geoffrey K. Riungu, Agnes Sirima, and Annah K. Amani
Understanding Motivation for Physical Activity Charity Event Participation, Kimberly S. Fasczewski, Paige N. Bramblett, Sara M. Powell, Jennifer D. Thornton-Brooks, and Nolasco R. Stevens
External Training Load Monitoring and the Impact on Training Load Management in Collegiate Male Soccer Players, Jacob R. Gdovin, Riley Galloway, Lorenzo S. Tomasiello, Michael Seabolt, and Robert Booker
Overlap Intensity: An ImageJ Macro for Analyzing the HIV-1 In Situ Uncoating Assay, Zachary Ingram, Hannah Matheney, Emma Wise, Courtney Weatherford, and Amy E. Hulme
Nurses' Resilience in the Face of Coronavirus (COVID-19): An International View, Soojung Jo; Sule Kurt; Jo Anne Bennett; Kala Mayer; Keenan A. Pituch; Vicki Simpson; Jeanie Skibiski; Etsuko Takagi; Mehtap Metin Karaaslan; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.
Teaching Tennis Footwork Techniques in School Physical Education, Junyoung Kim and Xiuye Xie
Grey to green: Tracing the path to environmental transformation and regeneration of a major industrial city, Bernard M. Kitheka, Elizabeth D. Baldwin, and Robert B. Powell
A conceptual model of perceived motor skill competence, successful practice trials, and motor skill performance in physical education, Mingda Li, Weidong Li, Junyoung Kim, Ping Xiang, Fei Xin, and Yan Tang
Disordered Eating Attitudes and Behaviors of Dietetics Students, Daniela Novotny, Eric Matthews, and Sara M. Powell
Exploring Beliefs and Preferences for Reducing Sedentary Behavior Among Adults With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis or Knee Replacement, Sara M. Powell, Chelsea A. Larsen, Siobhan M. Phillips, and Christine A. Pellegrini
The Tennis Common Content Knowledge Measure Validation, Emi Tsuda, Phillip Ward, Junyoung Kim, Yaohui He, Debra Sazama, and Ali Brian
Microvascular Sex- and Age- Dependent Phosphodiesterase Expression, Jianjie Wang, Murtaza M. Kazmi, and Virginia H. Huxley
Preservice physical education teacher's development of adaptive competence, Xiuye Xie, Phillip Ward, Daekyun Oh, Yilin Li, Obidiah Atkinson, Kyuil Cho, and Mijoo Kim
Submissions from 2020
Exercise for Prevention of Chronic Diseases, Barbara A. Bushman
Metabolic Calculations in Action: Part 1, Barbara A. Bushman
Metabolic Calculations in Action Part 2, Barbara A. Bushman
Keep on: Staying active to promote well-being during the golden years, Barbara Bushman and Stacy Goddard
Part Three of Three-Part Series: Colorectal Surgery Review for Primary Care Providers, Rakesh Hegde, John M. Trombold, J. Patrick Brooks, and José M. Dominguez
Characterization of HIV-1 uncoating in human microglial cell lines, Zachary Ingram, Melanie Taylor, Glister Okland, Richard Martin, and Amy E. Hulme
Alterations in energy system contribution following upper body sprint interval training, Michael La Monica, David H. Fukuda, Tristan M. Starling-Smith, Nicholas W. Clark, and Valeria LG Panissa
Progression of combat sport activities for youth athletes, Jose Morales, David H. Fukuda, Cristina Curto, Misaki Iteya, Hiroshi Kubota, Emanuela Pierantozzi, and Michael La Monica
Minimal Effects of Moderate Normobaric Hypoxia on the Upper Body Work-Time Relationship in Recreationally Active Women, Tristan M. Starling-Smith, Michael B. La Monica, Jeffrey R. Stout, and David H. Fukuda
Exercise training results in lower amyloid plaque load and greater cognitive function in an intensity dependent manner in the tg2576 mouse model of alzheimer’s disease, Riya Thomas, Scott D. Zimmerman, Kayla M. Yuede, John R. Cirrito, Leon M. Tai, Benjamin F. Timson, and Carla M. Yuede
More than one way to be a giant: Convergence and disparity in the hip joints of saurischian dinosaurs, Henry P. Tsai, Kevin M. Middleton, John R. Hutchinson, and Casey M. Holliday
Improving Endotracheal Cuff Inflation Pressures: An Evidence-Based Project in a Military Medical Center, Michael A. Turner, Monika Feeney, and Jacob L. Deeds
Simple, Reliable Isolation, Purification and Cultivation of Murine Skeletal Muscle Microvascular Endothelial Cells, Jianjie Wang, Joseph Harvey, Richard C. Garrad, Virginia H. Huxley, Laurie Erb, and Gary Weisman
Examining changes in bat swing kinematics in different areas of the strike zone in collegiate baseball players, Charles C. Williams, Paul T. Donahue, Samuel J. Wilson, James Grant Mouser, Christopher M. Hill, Lauren A. Luginsland, Jacob Gdovin, Chip Wade, and John C. Garner
More than a footwedge: Golf-specific footwear alters muscle activation patterns during standing balance, Samuel J. Wilson, Jacob R. Gdovin, Charles C. Williams, Paul T. Donahue, James G. Mouser, Jessica A. Mutchler, Jeffrey Simpson, Harish Chander, and John C. Garner
Preparing PETE Students for Developing Quality Instructional Objectives: Pedagogical Strategies in Sequence, Xiuye Xie and Junyoung Kim
Submissions from 2019
Deep Vein Thrombosis: Causes and Consequences, Barbara A. Bushman
Physical Activity and Depression, Barbara A. Bushman
Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans: The Relationship between Physical Activity and Health, Barbara A. Bushman
Impact of military type footwear and load carrying workload on postural stability, Harish Chander, Adam C. Knight, John C. Garner, Chip Wade, Daniel Carruth, Samuel J. Wilson, Jacob Gdovin, and Caleb C. Williams
Technology in university physical activity courses: A mini-ethnographic case study, Dannon G. Cox, Jennifer M. Krause, and Mark A. Smith
Factors leading to discrepancies in accumulated physical activity during school hours in elementary school students, Riley Galloway, Robert Booker, and Scott Owens
Impact of shoe and cleat type on youth baseball pitching biomechanics, Jacob R. Gdovin, Chip Wade, Charles C. Williams, Lauren A. Luginsland, Samuel J. Wilson, and John C. Garner
Stereological Investigation of the Rat Ventral Thalamic Nuclei Following Developmental Hyperserotonemia, Lyon H. Hough, Kalli Hill, Lindsay Staudt, Christine Grubb, and Ashley Green
Using mouse models to unlock the secrets of non-synonymous RNA editing, Hussain Jinnah and Randi J. Ulbricht
Romanticism in urban landscapes: parks, tourism, and the rebirth of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Bernard M. Kitheka, Elizabeth D. Baldwin, and Lincoln R. Larson
Examining work-to-rest ratios to optimize upper body sprint interval training, Michael B. La Monica, David H. Fukuda, Tristan M. Starling-Smith, Nicolas W. Clark, Jose Morales, Jay R. Hoffman, and Jeffrey Stout
Early Timeline of Lean Tissue Mass and Strength Improvements in Trained Men Following a High Volume/Frequency Resistance Training Program, Michael H. Thomas, Robert H. Ferguson, Steve P. Burns, and Natalie B. Allen
The Effects of Various Weighted Implements on Baseball Swing Kinematics in Collegiate Baseball Players, Charles C. Williams, Jacob R. Gdovin, Samuel J. Wilson, Vanessa L. Cazas-Moreno, John D. Eason, Elizabeth L. Hoke, Charles Allen, Chip Wade, and John C. Garner
Submissions from 2018
Developing the P (for Progression) in a FITT-VP Exercise Prescription, Barbara A. Bushman
Lifestyle Modifications to Promote Healthy Blood Pressure, Barbara A. Bushman
Maximizing Safety When Exercising in the Cold, Barbara A. Bushman
Evaluation of an exercise programme for post-bariatric surgery patients: views of participants, D L. Gill, K S. Fasczewski, E J. Reifsteck, S. M. Rothberger, and P G. Davis
Disaster Preparedness Knowledge, Beliefs, Risk-Perceptions, and Mitigating Factors of Disaster Preparedness Behaviors of Undergraduate Students at a Large Midwest University, Stacy E. Goddard, Meg Sheppard, Kip R. Thompson, and Lynda Konecny
Sex differences influencing micro- and macrovascular endothelial phenotype in vitro, Virginia H. Huxley, Scott S. Kemp, Christine Schramm, Steve Sieveking, Susan Bingaman, Yang Yu, Isabella Zaniletti, Kevin Stockard, and Jianjie Wang
Effects of normobaric hypoxia on upper body critical power and anaerobic working capacity, Michael B. La Monica, David H. Fukuda, Tristan M. Starling-Smith, Ran Wang, Jay R. Hoffman, and Jeffrey R. Stout
Use of Physical Activity Monitors in Rheumatic Populations, C. A. Pellegrini, Sara M. Powell, N. Mook, K. DeVivo, and L Ehrlich-Jones
Go with the FLOW: Implementation of a psychological skills intervention in an exercise program for post-bariatric surgery patients, Sara M. Powell, Kimberley S. Fasczewski, Diane L. Gill, and Paul G. Davis
Distinct Effects of Repeated-Sprint Training in Normobaric Hypoxia and β-Alanine Supplementation, Ran Wang, David H. Fukuda, Jay R. Hoffman, Michael B. La Monica, Tristan M. Starling-Smith, Jeffrey R. Stout, Jie Kang, and Yang Hu
The Influence of an Acute Bout of Whole Body Vibration on Human Postural Control Responses, Samuel J. Wilson, Charles C. Williams, Jacob R. Gdovin, John D. Eason, Lauren A. Luginsland, Christopher M. Hill, Harish Chander, Chip Wade, and John C. Garner
Interactions Between Stress and Physical Activity on Alzheimer's Disease Pathology, Carla M. Yuede, Benjamin F. Timson, Jane C. Hettinger, Kayla M. Yuede, Hannah M. Edwards, Justin E. Lawson, Scott D. Zimmerman, and John R. Cirrito
Submissions from 2017
Transforming growth factor-β1/Smad3- independent epithelial-mesenchymal transition in type I collagen glomerulopathy, Amanda C. Brodeur, Anna M. Roberts-Pilgrim, Kimberlee L. Thompson, Craig L. Franklin, and Charlotte L. Phillips
Promoting physical activity for youth, Barbara A. Bushman
Understanding and using the dietary guidelines for Americans, Barbara A. Bushman
Physical activity for youth all year long, Barbara A. Bushman and Emma C. Gist
Physical activity motivation and benefits in people with multiple sclerosis, Kimberly S. Fasczewski, Diane L. Gill, and Sara M. Powell
Why do they do it? Assessing self-report physical activity behavior and quality of life in individuals with multiple sclerosis, K. S. Fasczewski, Sara Powell, and D. L. Gill
Labeling of neuronal morphology using custom diolistic techniques, Lyon H. Hough and Michael E. Brown
ZnO nanoparticles protect RNA from degradation better than DNA, Jayden McCall, Joshua J. Smith, Kelsey N. Marquardt, Katelin R. Knight, Hunter Bane, Alice Barber, and Robert K. DeLong
Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle-Poly I:C RNA Complexes: Implication as Therapeutics against Experimental Melanoma, Meghana Ramani, Miranda C. Mudge, R. Tyler Morris, Yuntao Zhang, Stanislaw A. Warcholek, Miranda N. Hurst, Jim E. Riviere, and Robert K. DeLong
Submissions from 2016
Finding the Balance Between Overload and Recovery, Barbara A. Bushman
