Physiology of Fitness
Final Project
-Identify a topic of research you have an interest in ( Tennis Elbow Injury)
-All topics must be approved by me first and foremost
-Find at least 3 scholarly articles pertaining to your topic (at least 1 must be a novel research article)
-Use Purdue Owl to ensure your citations (both in-text and works cited page) are in proper APA format
-Use your journal analysis worksheets as a guide to help you break down the original research articles
-You may use other scholarly source material (Case study, Graduate Thesis, Textbook); however you may not use popular sources
The Final project is an 8+ page paper (12 point, Times New Roman, double spaced)
Introduction should introduce the topic/question at hand and give a brief overview.Give some historical/cultural/societal context regarding the topic.
Why the topic is important to athletes/practitioners/society as a whole.
Next tell us what the current body of literature says about the topic at hand (this aligns with the review papers you summarized).Make sure you properly cite your sources both in-text and in your works cited page.This section should not contain any of your thoughts or opinions, it should strictly go over the research.
Next go into the experimental research articles you chose and go over the articles.What question was the experiment attempting to answer?What methods did they use?What did they find?What new questions may have come out of those findings?What flaws/problems in the methodology did they encounter, did they acknowledge these flaws or problems?
Finally, tie it all together in the conclusion.What did you learn or take away from researching this topic?Where and how do you see this research being applied?
What questions regarding this topic would you like to see researched more in the future?
-What can we do to prevent tennis elbow?
-Do we have any exercises do prevent the tennis elbow?
-Do we have supplements?
