Elizabeth C. J. Pike

TL;DR: The consensus is drawn from a wide range of research methodologies within epidemiology, medicine, physiology, neuroscience, psychology and sociology, recognising the strength and limitations of each of the methods.

TL;DR: This article critically evaluates the extent to which non-orthodox care is an authentic ‘alternative’ to traditional medical approaches, and the contention that such treatment facilitates the continued presentation of self as both ‘athlete’ and ‘female’ at a time when these identities are challenged by the injury or illness experience.

TL;DR: This paper explored the face-to-face social interaction of a fictional introductory rock-climbing course and found that participants and instructors on a practical skill development weekend are involved in the complex endeavour of projecting and sustaining impressions for each other.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors draw on the stories of Masters swimmers, all aged over 60, identifying the enabling and constraining factors influencing their involvement in this sport, and suggest that swimming facilitates the development of a socially desirable identity, and is used as a form of resistance to the stigma of an ageing body.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic election as a starting point to reveal how sport has been used as a strategy of foreign policy to improve the country's soft power.