|  | Feature: “ICSEMIS Researchers Award” | No.56 May 2009 |
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Introduction |
In this Special Feature, ICSSPE presents some of the award winners from the ICSEMIS Convention in Guangzhou, China, last year. The ICSEMIS Researchers Awards were divided into four categories: Oral, Poster, Young Investigator Oral and Young Investigator Poster. The winners were: Awards - Oral Biophysical Lars-Eric Thornell, Umeå University, Sweden New aspects on myofibrillar remodeling in human muscle after eccentric exercise Shi Zhou, Southern Cross University, Australia Thigh anthropometric changes in response to six weeks of voluntary and electromyostimulation-superimposed voluntary training in young men Psychological Ian Henry Loughborough University, UK Gender, Islam and women’s leadership in the Olympic movement Vassil Girginov Brunel University, UK The framing of the idea of volunteering in Olympic and Chinese discourses Awards - Poster Biophysical Lu Wang Chengdu Sport University, China The effect of exercise preconditioning on apoptosis of hippocampus neurons induced by exhaustive exercise in rats Yue Zhou Beijing Sport University, China Effects on eccentric exercise on sarcolemma fluidity variation and Na+-K+-ATPase activity Psychological Liu Pu Shandong Normal University, China Health methodology in the ancient Chinese Han Dynasty reflected in bamboo slips entitled “Yin Shu” Mirja Hirvensalo University of Jyvaskyla, Finland Factors associated with depressed mood and mobility limitation in older people Young Investigators - Oral Biophysical Emma Beckman University of Queensland, Australia Evaluating the validity of activity limitation tests for use in Paralympic classification Psychosocial Huai-Yun Ruan University of Franche Comte, France Comparative study on the PE teachers’ professional identity: the cross interpretation of swimming lessons in France/China Young Investigators - Poster Biophysical Rana Fayaz Milani The University of Tehran, Iran The relationship between aerobic power and repeated-sprint ability (RSA) in professional women basketball players PsychosocialL Monika Piatkowska University of Physical Education, Poland Participation of Polish youth in various areas of physical activity We were delighted to be able to collect research summaries from each category and they cover very diverse subjects: Vassil Girginov and Cynthia Zhuang’s introduce “The Framing of the Idea of Volunteering in Olympic and Chinese Discourses”; a team around Dr. Mirja Hirvensalo searched on “Factors Underlying the Association between Depressed Mood and Mobility Limitation in Customer-oriented Counselling Study for Physical Activity in Older People”; Lars-Eric Thornell summarised “New Aspectson Myofibrillar Remodelling in Human Muscle after Eccentric Exercise”. Emma M. Beckman and Sean M. Tweedy researched “Towards Evidence Based Classification – the Need for Tests of Activity Limitation and Preliminary Findings” and Monika Piątkowska introduces the „Participation of Polish Youth in Various Areas of Physical Activity“. Thank you very much to all authors for preparing these summaries for us. icsspe.org/index.php?m=15 Introduction