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Basic Research

Research that develops fundamental knowledge without an immediate practical application.

Applied Research

Research intended to solve practical problems.

Scientific Method

Research question → literature search and review → hypothesis and research design → data collection and analysis → research evaluation.

Research Commissioners

Individuals or organizations that request or sponsor research.

Research Funding Sources

Government grants, commercial businesses, universities, foundations, and professional organizations.

David Kahn

Religiosity and physical activity participation in school children.

Eric Post

Youth sports volume.

Ashley Johnson

Physical activity promotion in rural children.

Jenny Green

Yoga, meditation, and digital technology on prenatal outcomes in Black women.

Mike Buono

Thermoregulatory responses to Bikram Yoga.

Mark Kern

Nutrition and exercise interventions on disease prevention, fitness, and performance; only crossover faculty.

Dan Cannon

Pulmonary function and disease.

Sean O'Connor

Balance retention and aging.

Frankie Wade

Biomechanical responses to balance disturbances in older adults.

Sasha Reschechtko

Grip reflexes and compensatory movement.

Daniel Goble

Concussion evaluation using portable sway detection; more objective than the BEST test.

Michelle Weber-Rawlins

Concussion reporting practices and effects in rugby players.

Physical Activity Participation Barriers

Sociology in health promotion research

Before School Run Club (Mahar)

Psychology in health promotion research

Resistance Exercise Outcomes and Protein Source

Exercise physiology in fitness research

Calcium Retention and Resistance Exercise (Kern)

Exercise physiology in disease prevention research

Exercise and Parkinson's Disease

Exercise physiology in rehabilitation research.

Stroke Rehabilitation Gaming Technology

Biomechanics in rehabilitation research

Learning Narrow Beam Walking (Domingo)

Motor learning in rehabilitation research

Pre-Season Shoulder Flexibility (Rauh)

Biomechanics in sports medicine research

Google

General search engine with weak scientific literature filters.

Google Scholar

Searches scholarly publications and institutional repositories.

PubMed

Biomedical and health science literature database with extensive filters.

PubMed Filters

Article type, study design, publication date, species, age, and sex.

SPORTDiscus

Sports, exercise, and physical activity research database.

CINAHL

Nursing and allied health research database.

PEDro

Physiotherapy and rehabilitation research database.

SDSU Library Subject Guides

Discipline-specific access to research databases and subscribed articles.

AND

Requires both search concepts; narrows results.

OR

Finds either or both search concepts; broadens results.

Quotation Marks

Search for an exact phrase.

Parentheses

Group related search terms and Boolean operators.

Truncation

Uses a symbol such as * to search related word endings.

Original Research Article

Reports a new study with its methods and findings.

Review Article

Summarizes previously published research.

Meta-Analysis

Statistically combines results from multiple studies.

Title

Identifies the research topic.

Abstract

Summary of the entire research article.

Introduction

Background, research gap, purpose, and hypothesis.

Methods

Subjects, treatments, measures, procedures, and statistics.

Results

Study findings presented through text, tables, and figures.

Discussion

Interpretation of study findings and comparison with previous research.

Conclusion

Main findings and implications of the study.

PICO

Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome; framework for developing a research question.

Experimental Research

Manipulates or administers a treatment to determine its effects.

Observational Research

Measures variables without administering a treatment.

Cross-Sectional Research

Measures relationships between variables at one point in time; cannot establish causation.

FDA

Food and Drug Administration; regulates food labeling and certain nutrition and health claims.

FTC

Federal Trade Commission; investigates false or unsubstantiated consumer advertising claims.

Marketing Red Flags

Unrealistic promises, unsupported claims, misleading dosages, and financial conflicts.

Evaluating Marketing Claims

Examine subject profile, dosing, magnitude of effect, and conflict of interest.