Browsing Research Articles (Physiology) by Author "Fletcher, Lizelle"

Browsing Research Articles (Physiology) by Author "Fletcher, Lizelle"

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  • Cardiovascular health screening among South African students 
    Du Toit, Peet J.; Kruger, Ernst H.; Govender, Catherine; Henning, E.; Kleynhans, Michael; Wood, Paola Silvia; De Villiers, Nico P.; Van Rooyen, J.M.; Fletcher, Lizelle; Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia) (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2012-03)
    Stress is an unavoidable part of everyday life due to the demands and stressors associated with modern lifestyle. Health risks provoked by this increasingly prevalent condition lead to cardiovascular disease, which ultimately ...
  • Doping in sport : attitudes, beliefs and knowledge of competitive high-school athletes in Gauteng Province 
    Nolte, Kim; Steyn, B.J.M. (Barend Johannes Marthinus); Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst); Fletcher, Lizelle (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014)
    OBJECTIVE. To determine the attitudes, beliefs and knowledge of talented young athletes residing in Gauteng regarding prohibited performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) and anti-doping rules and regulations. METHODS. This was ...
  • The effect of sport specific exercises on the visual skills of rugby players 
    Du Toit, Peet J.; Janse van Vuuren, P.; Le Roux, S.; Henning, E.; Kleynhans, Michael; Terblanche, H.C.; Crafford, Dalene; Grobbelaar, C.W. (Craig); Wood, Paola Silvia; Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia); Fletcher, Lizelle (World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 2012)
    INTRODUCTION: Visual performance is an important factor in sport excellence. Visual involvement in a sport varies according to environmental demands associated with that sport. These environmental demands are matched by a ...
  • Effects of a 6-month exercise programme on disease activity, physical and functional parameters in patients with ankylosing spondylitis : randomised controlled trial 
    Nolte, Kim; Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Fletcher, Lizelle (OASIS, 2021-06)
    BACKGROUND : Respiratory morbidity is common in children with neuromuscular diseases (NMD) owing to chronic hypoventilation and impaired cough. Optimal, cost-effective respiratory management requires implementation of ...
  • 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 ...
  • Uitwerking van ’n intensiewe afrigtingsprogram op die kardiostresindeks 
    Du Toit, Peet J.; Gibson, Alan ST. Clair; Wood, Paola Silvia; Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia); Grimes, Kristopher R.; Tope, Avinash M.; Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Van Rooyen, Johannes M.; Mckune, Andrew; Nortje, Evangeline; Fletcher, Lizelle; Ferreira, Ronel; Joubert, Annie M.; Stander, Andre (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2014-11-13)
    Rekrute in die gewapende magte word met talle stressors gekonfronteer, onder meer ’n strawwe opleidingsprogram wat ’n impak op hul fisiologiese funksionering kan hê. Die kardiostresindeks (KSI) is ’n nie-indringende ...
  • Vergelyking tussen die kardiostres-indekse van ’n aktiewe en ’n sedentêre populasie 
    Du Toit, Peet J.; Wood, Paola Silvia; Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia); Nortje, Evangeline; Fletcher, Lizelle; Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst); Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst); Joubert, Annie M.; Ferreira, Ronel; Van Schoor, Albert-Neels; Joubert, Fourie; Gericke, Gerda J.; Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst); Kleynhans, Michael; Kennedy, Justin J. (AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-12)
    Die moderne leefwyse bring dikwels mee dat ons die belangrikheid van liggaamlike oefening uit die oog verloor. Ons toenemend passiewe leefwyse het gelei tot ’n aansienlike toename in die voorkoms van lewenstylsiektes soos ...