Senior Theses

Every Carthage student is required to submit a senior thesis or capstone project to demonstrate their mastery of their chosen area of study. Here are some projects by exercise and sport science students.

• “Identifying risk factors associated with burnout in college athletes”
• “Educational programming for families of persons living with rare diseases”
• “The effects of a combined yoga and meditation session on self-reported physical and mental quality of life”
• “Acute effects of upper body strength training on 3-point shooting performance”
• “Changes in sprint performance during a preseason training period”
• “Postactivation potentiation in NCAA Division III football players”
• “Annual changes in sprint performance in NCAA Division III track and field”
• “Annual changes in vertical jump performance in NCAA Division III women’s volleyball players”
• “Relationships between strength among Division III football players”
• “Elevation training mask and endurance”
• “Strength differences from 2015 to 2017 Football”
• “Stress among yoga and HIIT participants”
• “The comparison of weekly volume load, position, body weight and 1 repetition maximums in Division III football players”
• “Does power balance wristband improve flexibility and sprint performance?”
• “Strength training effect on vertical jump and isometric pull in collegiate Division III football players”
• “Effects of stress on swimmings taper and performance among Division III swimmers”
• “Comparison between body measurements and event for track and field”
• “Exercise and its effect on perceived stress levels on college students”
• “The effects of caffeine and pre-workout on athletic performance amongst Division III college football players”
• “The relationship between sprint performance and anthropometrics in Division III collegiate track athletes”
• “Athlete’s Edge: a vision training study”
• “An exploration of time and day on muscular endurance and vertical jump height”
• “Accuracy of equations on predicting power based upon weight and jump height”
• “Effects of short-term high-intensity interval training on pre- and post-body fat percentage and lean mass”
• “The effectiveness of summer soccer camp training in increasing speed in young players”
• “Burnout in female athletes”
• “Which major football lift correlates most with sprint speed?”
• “The effects of pre-workout on basketball down and back sprints”
• “The relationship between power and dynamic warm-up”
• “Whole body vibrations impact on maximal countermovement jump height”
• “Bilateral strength asymmetry following femoroacetabular impingement injury of a collegiate football player”
• “The relationship between spring and vertical jump performance”
• “Bilateral strength asymmetry changes following ACL injury”
• “The impact of rest periods on repeated sprint performance”
• “How does repeated sprint ability correlate with fatigue?”
• “Physical therapy improves auality of life”
• “Impact of spring break on a strength endurance phase of resistance training among Division III women’s soccer players”
• “Relationship between lean body mass and performance variables in NCAA Division III football players”
• “A collection of statistical models used to analyze if people’s exercise category level affects their stress levels in college”