Theses and dissertations in Exercise Physiology intimately involve the major professor and thesis director since the student is usually working on a phases of the professor's research. The idea, research design, methodology, data collection are shared by both the student and the professor. Although the student's name always appears first on the presented or published work, the professor is intimately and extensively involved in all phases of the study and usually assumes the major responsibility for writing and publishing the paper.
Wolski, Edmund (Thesis, 1961) "An Investigation of Serum Cholesterol Levels in Middle-Aged Men During a Thirty- two Week Exercise Program."
Ribisl, Paul (Thesis, 1962) "An Investigation of the Effects of Dehydration upon Selected Physiological Variables."
Barnard, R. James (Thesis, 1963) "The Effect of Dextro Amphetamine Sulfate on Maximal Physical Performance".
Davis, Ortho L. (Thesis, 1964) "Effects of Football on Changes in Muscle Strength."
Rebella, R. Ira (Thesis, 1964) "An Investigation of Factors Affecting Maximal Aerobic Work."
Anderson, Frank E. (Thesis, 1965) "Post-exercise Serum Cholesterol Levels in Middle-aged Men."
Girdano, Daniel A. (Thesis, 1965) "Physiological Effects of Cooling upon Recovery from Fatigue."
Figley, Grace (Thesis, 1966) "The Effects of Select Physical Activities on Density, Volume Weight and Composition."
Mastrione, Mario J. (Thesis, 1966) "The Physiological Adaptation to Daily Work in a Hot Environment."
Cohen , Janis D. (Thesis, 1967) "The Effects of Athletic Training on Response to Hypoxia and Hypercapnia."
Fisher, Robert I. (Thesis, 1968) "The Effects of Heavy Resistance Exercise upon the Reaction Time, Movement Time, and Impact Force Exerted in the Shoulder Block."
McFarland, Robert L. (Thesis, 1969) "A Comparison of the Effects of Continued and Intermittent Running on the Cardiovascular Fitness of Adult Men."
Miller, Jacquelyn C. (Thesis, 1969) "Energy, Time, and Motion Study of Housework."
Day, William C. (Thesis, 1969) "Repeatability of Cardiac Output Determinations During Exercise."
Gettman, Larry R. (Dissertation, 1971) "Influence of Body Weight and Physical Condition on Bicycle Treadmill Submaximal Work."
Pollifrone, Pat (Thesis, 1971) "Comparison of Selected Fitness Tests and Serum Cholesterol Levels Between Handball Players and Fitness Program Participants."
Zuti, William B. (Thesis, 1971) "A Comparison of Hydrostatic Weighing with Other Methods of Determining Body Fat."
Zuti, William B. (Dissertation, 1972) "The Effects of Diet and Exercise in Body Composition of Adult Women During Weight Reduction."
Eisenman, Patricia A. (Thesis, 1972) "Correlation Between Body Build and the Mean Electrical Axis of the Heart in the College-aged Female."
Puhl, Jacqueline L. (Dissertation, 1972) "Application of Liquid Crystal Thermography to Exercise Thermoregulation."
Eisenman, Patricia A. (Dissertation, 1973) "The Comparison of Effects of Training and Aerobic Capacity in Girls and Young Women."
Bjurstrom, Larry A. (Dissertation, 1973) "The Relationship of Selected Serum Non Protein Nitrogen Parameters and the Onset of Physiological Fatigue in Man."
Brown, Janice M. (Thesis, 1973) "The Development of Prediction Equations of the Percent of Body Fat in Three Female Populations."
Butts, Nancy K. (Dissertation, 1974) "The Effect of Smoking Withdrawal on the Physiological Adaptation to Training and Exercise of Chronic Smokers."
Schwane,James A. (Dissertation, 1974) "The Effects of Exercise on Serum Lactate Dehydrogenase Isoenzymes and Other Selected Serum Enzymes."
Lawson, David L. (Dissertation, 1975) "Physiological Parameters Limiting Performance in Middle Distance and Sprint Running."
Van Handle, Peter J. (Dissertation, 1975) "Glucose Uptake and Utilization of Exogenous Glucose During Endurance Exercise."
McSwegin, Patricia (Dissertation, 1976) "A Comparison of Maximum Oxygen Uptake Values in Tethered Swimming, Free Swimming, and Treadmill Running."
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Stafford, Marsha (Thesis, 1977) "Effect of a Twelve-week Progressive Weight Training Program on the Strength, Size, and Body Composition of College Women."
Rogers, Marc (Thesis, 1979) "Exercise Induced Changes in the Resting Metabolism of Adult Men."
Buono, Michael (Thesis, 1979) "The Energy Cost of Performing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation."
Bernstein, Michael (Thesis, 1979) "Maintenance of Cardiorespiratory Endurance by Running in Deep Water."
Patterson, Susan (Thesis, 1979) "A Comparison of Procedures for Measuring Residual Volume During Underwater Weighing."
Holmes, Michael (Thesis, 1979) "The Validity of Estimating Percent Body Fat in Vivo from Body Density as Determined by Underwater Weighing."
Esser, Karyn (Thesis, 1981) "A Comparison of the Anaerobic Threshold in Swimming and Running."
Hackney, Jean (Thesis, 1982) "Reasons for Participant Drop-out from Exercise Programs."
Combs, Mike (Thesis, 1982) "The Validity and Reliability of the Linear Relationship Between Heart Rate and Workload."
Ross, Ruth (Thesis, 1982) "The Effects of Electrical Stimulation in a Training Program for Muscle Strength."
Kadlubek, Vaune (Thesis, 1982) "Physical Characteristics of Elite Female Water Polo Players."
LeMarr, John (Thesis, 1983) "The Cardiovascular Effects of Inversion."
Hill, Erin (Thesis, 1984) "Skinfold Percentile Norms and Fat Patterning Trends in Youth Ages 11-15."
Putnam, Bern (Thesis, 1984) "Evaluation of a New Portable Monitor."
Muth, James (Thesis, 1984) "The Effects of Diet and Exercise on Adult Males."
Schubert, Heather Ann (Thesis, 1985) "The Effect of Hand Weights During An Aerobic Exercise Program on Maximum Oxygen Uptake and Muscular Strength and Endurance."
Pinocci, Michael J. (Thesis, 1987) "Effects of Exercise on Post Exercise Recovery Metabolism."
Donahue, Joseph (Thesis, 1987) "The Comparison of Four Different Methods of Predicting Percent Fat."
Farley, Ilene (Thesis, 1988) "Physical Characteristics of Ironman Triathletes."
Hohl, Lisa M. (Thesis, 1988) "The Development of a Prediction Equation to Determine Either Density or Percent Body Fat in Males over Sixty Years of Age."
Lindsey, Anne (Thesis, 1988) "Maximum Oxygen Uptake Predicted from Submaximal Tests.
MacDonald, Joan K (Thesis, 1988) "Physical Fitness Level of Type II Diabetics."
Dursthoff, Peggy. (Thesis, 1989) "The Effect of Leg Coverage on the Thermoregulation of Swimmers in Warm and Cold Water"
Dale, Victoria. (Thesis, 1989) with co-director Carol Rae "The Life of Billie Holliday".
Iverson, Susan. (Thesis, 1989) "The Effects of Various Types of Exercise on Type II Diabetes".
Shaw, Ramona. (Thesis, 1989) with co-director Carole Rae. "A Choreographed Dance Performance".
Baggs, Darryl. (Thesis, 1990) "The Thermoneutral Zone in Young Men".
Risucci, Lisa. (Thesis, 1990) "The Effect of Amino Acids on Strength, Hypertrophy, and Body Composition in Male Power Lifters".
Diener, Maria. (Thesis 1992) "Validity and Reliability of a 1 minute 1/2 Sit-up Test".
Kelley, Beth. (Thesis 1992) "Body Composition of Men over 60 Years of Age".
McCollum. Pat (Thesis 1992) "Validity of Perceived Fitness in Adult Men and Women".
Tucky, Kris. (Thesis 1993) "A Reliability and Validity for Muscle Strength Testing".
Shaulis, Dahn. (Thesis 1993) "Physical Characteristics and Functional Fitness of Senior Olympians"
Smith, Doug (Thesis 1994) "The Effect of Slide Board Training on Selected Physiological Parameters."
Dacuma, Nicole (Thesis 1995) "Validation of the Workload Guide for the Submaximal Cycle Ergometer Test"
Prince, Kami (Thesis 1996) "A Comparison between Strength Gained by Electrical Stimulation and Traditional Concentric Strength Training"
Shalev, Sarit (Thesis 1995) "Reaction Time, Movement Time, and Agility of Competitive Tennis Players Compared to Competitive Athletes in Other Sports"
Miller, Nickele (Thesis 1996) "Development of a physical abilities test for fire fighters at the Nevada Test Site that is job related and non-discriminatory". Chair of committee
Santos, Anthony (Thesis 1996) "The Relationship Between Post exercise recovery Heart Rate and Maximum Oxygen Uptake". Chair of committee
Heimberger, Katie (Thesis 1997) "The Effect of Lean Body Mass, Percent Body Fat, and Physical Fitness Level on Resting metabolic Rate". Chair of committee
Brown, Robin (Thesis 1998) "Effectiveness of Lift-assisted Training in Developing Female Upper Body Strength". Chair of Committee
Burns, Jeffery (Thesis 1999) "Validity of Skinfolds, Bio-Impedance and Infrared when Compared to Underwater Weighing". Chair of Committee.
Inderlied, Lori (Thesis 1999) "The Effect of Bios Life, a Non-prescription Cholesterol Lowering Substance and a Combination of Bios Life and Exercise on serum lipids". Chair of committee.
Padilla, Jennifer (Thesis 2001"Effect of estimated residual volume on percent body fat results from the density buoy".