Browsing by UP Author "Du Toit, Peet J."

Browsing by UP Author "Du Toit, Peet J."

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  • The FitTrack Index as fitness indicator : a pilot study 
    Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia); Audrey; Janse van Rensburg; Botha, R.P.G. (Roelf Petrus Gerhardus); Wood, Paola Silvia; Nolte, Kim; Fletcher, Lizelle; Du Toit, Peet J.; Pepper, Michael Sean; Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst) (Elsevier, 2016-12)
    BACKGROUND : The FitTrack Index is a web-based programme developed in South Africa and widely used by athletes to indicate their fitness. A need exists for a self-managed, noninvasive tool to evaluate and categorise ...
  • Gesondheidstoetsing op rekrute om hul huidige stand van welstand te bepaal 
    Lawson, J.; Kleynhans, Michael; Grobbelaar, E.; Du Toit, Peet J. (AOSIS Open Journals, 2013)
    Through the evaluation of the wellbeing of recruits, a preventative life style approach can be re-enforced, lowering the risk of various diseases and conditions. This study was conducted in order to determine the current ...
  • Influence of basic military training on visual skills 
    Du Toit, Peet J.; Wood, Paola Silvia; Henning, E.; Broodryk, T.; Fourie, Jacques; Grant, Rina; Nolte, Kim; Crafford, Dalene; Kleynhans, Michael; Terblanche, H.C.; Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst); Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Van Schoor, Albert-Neels; Fletcher, Lizelle; Ferreira, J. (2012-06-30)
    Studies have shown that visual skills can be subjected to exertion during exercise, thus implying that entrainment of vision is possible through interaction with the environment. It has been established that by simply ...
  • Influence of exhaustion on metabolism and visual motor performance of professional cricket players 
    Du Toit, Peet J.; Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst); De Wet, K.B.; Van Vuuren, Bernard J.; Van Heerden, Hendrik J.; Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2006-03)
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  • The influence of probiotic supplementation on selected athletic performance-related blood markers in men 
    Grobbelaar, C.W. (Craig); Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia); Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Collins, Robert Matthew; Du Toit, Peet J.; Wood, Paola Silvia (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2012-03)
    It has been speculated that probiotics can improve athletic performance. Significant increases in haemoglobin concentration and oxygen consumption have also been shown to follow the ingestion of lactic acid bacteria in ...
  • Influence of sports vision techniques on adult male rugby players 
    Du Toit, Peet J.; Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst); Fowler, K.F.; Govender, Catherine; Clark, James R. (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2010-09)
    Sport has become increasingly competitive and this places enormous pressure on sportsmen to perform at their absolute best. For athletes to achieve their greatest potentials, aspects of sport such as reaction time and ...
  • Influence of two sports vision training techniques on visual skills performance of university students 
    Du Toit, Peet J.; Jansen van Rensburg, Audrey; Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia); Mahomed, A.F.; Nortje, Evangeline; Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst); Wood, Paola Silvia; Stander, Andre; Ferreira, J.; Fletcher, Lizelle; Kleynhans, M.; Coetzee, N. (LAM Publications Limited, 2016-06)
    Vision is an essential sense and crucial throughout a student’s academic career. Reading and writing during formal studies require a basic level of visual skills. Training of visual skills to students may improve the way ...
  • Initial assessment of well-being in South African armed services personnel 
    Du Toit, Peet J.; Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst); Govender, Catherine; Lawson, J.; Kleynhans, Michael; Grobbelaar, C.W. (Craig); Terblanche, H.C.; Wood, Paola Silvia; Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia); Hay, L. (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2012-03)
    As professionals in law enforcement and defence (armed services) function under high pressure, the maintenance of overall health should be emphasized and closely monitored in training facilities. The aim of this research ...
  • Invloed van ‘n intensiewe opleidingsprogram op die Kardio Stres-indeks 
    Claassen, Tammy; Henning, E.; Kleynhans, Michael; Grobbelaar, C.W. (Craig); Du Toit, Peet J. (Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2012)
    Measurements were taken over 20 weeks from 200 armed service recruits, both males and females. There was a continuous overall decrease in the Cardio Stress Index (CSI). This study could help to establish the effects of ...
  • Kardiovaskuleregesondheidsrisiko onder universiteitstudente in Suid-Afrika 
    Du Toit, Peet J.; Rudolf, Elizabeth Cornelia; Joubert, Yvonne Trijntje; Coetzee, Nicoleen; Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst); Ferreira, Ronel; Nortje, Evangeline; Fraser, William John (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-05-29)
    Tradisioneel is individue se vermoëns, belangstellings en persoonlikhede tydens beroepsvoorligting en werwings- en keuringsprosesse geassesseer, terwyl slegs enkele studies op die liggaamlike gesondheid van tweedejaarstudente, ...
  • Korrelasie tussen kardio-stres en visuele vaardighede 
    Mthembu, N.; Terblanche, H.C.; Mahomed Ali, Faheema; Henning, E.; Kleynhans, Michael; Govender, Catherine; Grant, Rina; Wood, Paola Silvia; Du Toit, Peet J. (2012)
    Armed forces recruits were tested during a six month period of intense basic training. Data was collected at the start, after 12 weeks and 20 weeks. Means indicated significant decreases in cardio stress and increases ...
  • A morphological study of the shape of the corpus callosum in normal, schizophrenic and bipolar patients 
    Vermeulen, Christiaan Louis; Du Toit, Peet; Venter, Gerda; Human-Baron, Rene (Wiley, 2023-02)
    Abnormalities in the morphology of the corpus callosum have been found to be involved in cognitive impairments or abnormal behaviour in patients with mental disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The present ...
  • Novel in silico-designed estradiol analogues are cytotoxic to a multidrug-resistant cell line at nanomolar concentrations 
    Theron, Anne Elisabeth; Prudent, Renaud; Nolte, Elsie M.; Van den Bout, Jan Iman; Punchoo, Rivak; Marais, Sumari; Du Toit, Peet J.; Hlophe, Yvette Nkondo; Van Papendorp, D.H. (Dirk Hermanus), 1949-; Lafanechere, Laurence; Joubert, Annie M. (Springer, 2015-02)
    PURPOSE : 2-Methoxyestradiol (2ME) is a promising anticancer agent that disrupts the integrity and dynamics of the spindle network. In order to overcome the pharmacokinetic constraints of this compound, a panel of ...
  • Nutrition education practices of primary school teachers in a resource-constrained community in Gauteng, South Africa 
    Kupolati, Mojisola D.; Gericke, Gerda J.; MacIntyre, Una Elizabeth; Ferreira, Ronel; Fraser, William John; Du Toit, Peet J. (Routledge, 2016-04)
    We investigated the nutrition education (NE) practices of teachers of grade 4‒7 learners in 11 primary schools (85% of total number) of the Bronkhorstspruit district (Gauteng Province) to identify opportunities for improving ...
  • Postural variations in Cardio Stress Index scores 
    Persad, L. Bagwath; Govender, Catherine; Soma, Prashilla; Du Toit, Peet J.; Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst); Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia); Wood, Paola Silvia (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2012-03)
    Numerous factors influence heart rate variability, including age, exercise and posture. The Cardio Stress Index (CSI) is a transformed measure of heart rate variability that is determined via a miniature digital multi-channel ...
  • The Profile of Mood State (POMS) questionnaire as an indicator of overtraining syndrome (OTS) in endurance athletes 
    Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia); Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Collins, Robert Matthew; Wood, Paola Silvia; Du Toit, Peet J. (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2012-03)
    The overtraining syndrome (OTS) is largely a diagnosis of exclusion. The aim of this study was to investigate the compact Profile of Mood State (POMS) questionnaire as an early and accurate indicator for the diagnosis of ...
  • Schools as sites for social change : applying the TEARS principle 
    Du Toit, Peet J.; Ferreira, Ronel; Fraser, William John; Gericke, Gerda J.; Botha, Karien; Nortje, Evangeline; Kleynhans, Michael (Common Ground, 2015-09)
    In order to truly be innovative in education, it is sometimes necessary to break away from conventional practices while, at the same time, keeping the students’ best interests in mind. We support the notion that innovation ...
  • Sex differences in the nine-point Beighton hypermobility test scores 
    Du Toit, Peet J.; Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst); Terblanche, H.C.; Jansen van Rensburg, Dina C.; Govender, Catherine; Mercier, J.; Jay-Du Preez, T.; Kleynhans, Michael (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2011-12-01)
    Joint hypermobility syndromes are often misinterpreted and wrongly diagnosed. Widely accepted naming such as Heritable Disorder of Connective Tissue has been shown to manifest features that closely overlap with better known ...
  • Sport vision assessment in soccer players 
    Du Toit, Peet J.; Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst); Chamane, N.Z.; Campher, Jolene; Crafford, Dalene (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2009-12)
    Sport has become a very competitive business and focus has been placed on reaching ones full potential. Few aspects like hand-eye co-ordination and visual reaction time have been addressed in the past. Visual involvement ...
  • Towards gaining a competitive advantage : the relationship between burnout, job satisfaction, social support and mindfulness 
    Ismail, H. Abdool Karrim; Coetzee, Nicoleen; Du Toit, Peet J.; Rudolph, Elizabeth Cornelia; Joubert, Yvonne Trijntje (Journal of Contemporary Management, 2013)
    The prevalence of burnout has increased in the past 30 years. A review of the literature suggested that burnout could be prevented through the application of interpersonal as well as intrapersonal strategies. Interpersonal ...