This custom ebook includes chapters from Introduction to Kinesiology, Sixth Edition, and Adapted Physical Activity Across the Life Span. It has been specifically designed for students taking the course Introduction to Kinesiology and Adapted Physical Activity (KIN 1003) at Université du Québec en Outaouais.

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Custom ebook for students taking the course Introduction to Kinesiology and Adapted Physical Activity (KIN 1003) at Université du Québec en Outaouais.

Introduction to Kinesiology
Duane V. Knudson and Timothy A. Brusseau
From Introduction to Kinesiology, Sixth Edition

Importance of the Physical Activity Experience
Timothy A. Brusseau and Duane V. Knudson
From Introduction to Kinesiology, Sixth Edition

Becoming a Physical Activity Professional
Duane V. Knudson and Timothy A. Brusseau
From Introduction to Kinesiology, Sixth Edition

Careers in Health and Fitness
Warren D. Franke
From Introduction to Kinesiology, Sixth Edition

Careers in Medicine and Allied Health
Chad Starkey
From Introduction to Kinesiology, Sixth Edition

Careers in Coaching and Sport Instruction
Joseph A. Luxbacher and Duane V. Knudson
From Introduction to Kinesiology, Sixth Edition

Careers in Sport Management
G. Clayton Stoldt and Mark C. Vermillion
From Introduction to Kinesiology, Sixth Edition

Physical Activity and Disability
From Adapted Physical Activity Across the Life Span

Professional Roles in Adapted Physical Activity
From Adapted Physical Activity Across the Life Span

Designing Life Span Programs
From Adapted Physical Activity Across the Life Span

Health-Related Fitness
From Adapted Physical Activity Across the Life Span

Leisure Activity
From Adapted Physical Activity Across the Life Span

Adapted Sport
From Adapted Physical Activity Across the Life Span

Duane V. Knudson, PhD, is a Regents’ and University Distinguished Professor in the department of health and human performance at Texas State University, where he teaches biomechanics. He earned his doctorate at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and has held tenured faculty positions at three universities. His research areas are in the biomechanics of tennis, stretching, qualitative movement diagnosis, and learning biomechanical concepts.

Knudson has authored over 150 peer-reviewed articles, 22 chapters, and three books: Fundamentals of Biomechanics, Qualitative Diagnosis of Human Movement, and Biomechanical Principles of Tennis Technique. He has received numerous state, regional, national, and international awards for his research and leadership. Knudson has been elected fellow of four scholarly societies, including the prestigious National Academy of Kinesiology. He has served as department chair, associate dean, and president of the American Kinesiology Association and as president of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports.

Timothy A. Brusseau, PhD, is an associate professor and the chair of health and kinesiology at the University of Utah. He earned his PhD at Arizona State University and previously served on the faculty at the State University of New York at Brockport. Brusseau is a national expert on youth physical activity, physical activity measurement, and school-based multicomponent physical activity interventions. He has more than 145 peer-reviewed publications and has made more than 180 conference and invited presentations on topics related to youth physical activity. He is coauthor of Dynamic Physical Education for Secondary School Students and associate editor of Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. He has received numerous awards for his teaching and research. He is currently on the board of directors of the American Kinesiology Association and is a fellow in the American College of Sports Medicine.

Carol Leitschuh, PhD, is a consultant. She is a former faculty member of the University of Minnesota (UMN) School of Kinesiology, where she taught in the doctoral, master’s, and bachelor’s degree programs. She coordinated the UMN master's program in developmental and adapted physical education, affiliated with the Center for Early Education and Development (CEED) and the Center for Neurobehavioral Development (CNBD). Dr. Leitschuh received an Initial Career Award from the Office of Special Education Programs. She developed a tool that monitored the early movement skills of infants and toddlers. Twice she was a visiting scholar of the Erasmus Mundus Program in Adapted Physical Activity in Europe. As a Fulbright Scholar in child development, she was in the Czech Republic. She received her PhD in human performance, focusing on movement studies in disability. She was awarded a postdoctoral research fellowship at Juniper Gardens Children’s Program at the University of Kansas.

Marquell Johnson, PhD, is a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire (UWEC) and is the director of rehabilitation science and the director of the physical activity and recreation for individuals with disabilities in the university’s P.R.I.D.E. and P.R.I.D.E.4Adults outreach programs. He received his PhD in nutrition and exercise science, focusing on movement studies in disability. He has received the Dr. Ron Satz Teacher/Scholar Award (2017); an Excellence in Mentoring in Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Award (2016); the UWEC Excellence in Service-Learning as a Faculty Mentor Award (2014); and numerous other awards. His teaching focuses on adapted physical activity and motor development, rehabilitation science, research methods, research and creative activities, physical activity and health behaviors of individuals with disabilities, and related areas.