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Dr. Karen Dennis

Instructor
University Assessment Services
Office
Student Fitness Center & McCormick - SFC 151F
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Current Courses

353.001Basic Electrocardiography & Clinical Exercise Testing

208.001Dynamics Of United States Contemporary Health Issues

113.001Personal Fitness

113.004Personal Fitness

298.001Professional Practice :Exercise Science & Fitness

398.001Professional Practice: Internship Exercise Science

378.001Seminar In Professional Practice - Physical Education

113.001Personal Fitness

EDD Education

Illinois State University
Normal, IL

MS Family and Consumer Sciences

Illinois State University
Normal, IL

MS Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

Illinois State University
Normal, IL

Other Nursing

Mennonite College of Nursing
Bloomington, IL

Fulbright Scholar Program

United States Department of State
2019

Abstract

Curtis, B., Brown, D., Laurson, K., Dennis, K., & Weemer, M. Comparison Between Blood Lipids And CVD Health Risk Appraisals In College-Age Students. Medicine \& Science in Sports \& Exercise 53.8S (2021): 194.
Dennis, K., Wolfe, A., Zinn, C., DiSerio, A., & Kibler, A. A 16-week Program Of Physical Activity And Stress Management Education And Their Effect On Heart Rate Variability. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 53.5 Supplement (2021): Abstract 2654.
Phifer, Brown, D., Laurson, K., Williams, S., Jones, E., Dennis, K., Smith, M., & Swenson, R. Incidental cardiac arrhythmia identification with consumer grade heart rate monitors: A case study. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 52.7S (2020): 201.
Walleck, B., Brown, D., Dennis, K., & Laurson, K. Sprint speed and musculoskeletal fitness test performance in youth. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 52.7S (2020): 59-60.
Smudde, M., Laurson, K., Brown, D., & Dennis, K. Physical activity guideline adherence and physical fitness: The NHANES national youth fitness survey. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 50.S5 (2018): 528.

Book, Authored

Dennis, K. The Effectiveness of an Online Fitness Course. Lap Lambert Academic Publishing (2014)

Journal Article

Phifer, N., Brown, D., Laurson, K., Dennis, K., Munn, J., Johnson, L., Smith, M., & Swenson, R. Incidental Cardiac Arrhythmia Identification with Consumer Grade Heart Rate Monitors: A Case Study.. Current sports medicine reports 20.5 (2021): 255-258.
Dennis, K., & Wolfe, A. The Relationship Between Physical Activity Intensity and Heart Rate Variability. PROKOSHEV VG , BABKIN VV , BATOTSYRENOVA Т.Е. , GADALOV AV , KOLYASKIN T.Yu. , UVAROV VA (EDs), ВСЕРОССИЙСКИЙ ФИЗКУЛЬТУРНО- СПОРТИВНЫЙ КОМПЛЕКС «ГОТОВ К ТРУДУ И ОБОРОНЕ (ГТО)» И МАССОВЫЙ СПОРТ В СИСТЕМЕ ЗДОРОВОГО ОБРАЗА ЖИЗНИ НАСЕЛЕНИЯ ALL-RUSSIAN PHYSICAL AND SPORT COMPLEX "READY TO WORK AND DEFENSE (TRP)" AND MASS SPORTS IN THE SYSTEM OF HEALTHY LIFESTYLE OF POPULATION Materials of the international scientific-practical conference. Electronic edition. Vladimir State University (2016): 264.
Laurson, K., Brown, D., Cullen, R., & Dennis, K. Heart rates of high school physical education students during team sports, individual sports, and fitness activities.. Research quarterly for exercise and sport 79.1 (2008): 85-91.

Presentations

A 16-week Program of Physical Activity and Stress Management Education and their Effect on Heart Rate Variability. ACSM Annual Meeting. ACSM. (2021)
Comparison between blood lipids and CVD health risk appraisals in college-age students. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. ACSM. (2021)
Comparison between blood lipids and CVD health risk appraisals in college-aged students. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Conference. (2021)
Rapid migration from traditional or hybrid to fully virtual education in the age of the coronavirus pandemic: challenges, experiences and views of college and university students. INSPIRE XXVI International e-conference. BCS e-learning Specialist Group. (2021)
Study Habits, Communication Levels, and Teaching Modality Preferences Before and During Coronavirus Pandemic – A Comparative Analysis of United States and Russian University Students. INSPIRE XXVI International e-conference. BCS e-learning specialist group. (2021)
AN EXAMINATION OF BASIC BIOMETRIC VARIABLES AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON HEART RATE VARIABILITY. Undergraduate Research Symposium. Illinois State University. (2020)
HEART RATE VARIABILITY: A 16-WEEK EXAMINATION OF STRESS MANAGEMENT EDUCATION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON HRV. XIV Annual International Conference for Students and Young Researchers. RUSSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION, SPORT, YOUTH AND TOURISM (SCOLIPE). (2020)
Incidental cardiac arrhythmia identification with consumer grade heart rate monitors: A case study. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Conference. American College of Sports Medicine. (2020)
Sprint speed and musculoskeletal fitness test performance in youth. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Conference. American College of Sports Medicine. (2020)
Sprint speed and musculoskeletal fitness test performance in youth. Illinois State University Research Symposium. Illinois State University. (2020)