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Þórdís Lilja Gísladóttir - Professor

Þórdís Lilja Gísladóttir

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School of Education

Þórdís Lilja Gísladóttir

Professor

Professor

Location
Saga
Phone
525-5540 6647776
Email
thg [at] hi.is

Unit
Faculty of Health Promotion, Sport and Leisure Studies

Published works

2026

Alignment of physical education curricula with physical literacy across Europe: an observational mapping study with country-level predictorsThe Lancet Regional Health - Europe
The effect of sport event participation on well-beingEuropean Sport Management Quarterly
Relationships between countermovement jump-derived variables, eccentric hamstring strength, and agility performance in elite female basketball playersSportlogia

2025

The Youth Fitness International Test (YFIT) battery for monitoring and surveillance among children and adolescentsJournal of Sport and Health Science
Exploring the link between runners’ involvement and well-being using the psychological continuum modelJournal of Leisure Research
Drop jump performance differences between ACL-injured and healthy semi-professional male soccer playersFrontiers in Sports and Active Living
Biomechanical and Performance Differences Between Elite and NonElite Football Referees
Changes in Prevalence of Flat Feet Among Schoolchildren Over a ThreeYear Period in Reykjavik
Tengsl líkamlegrar afkastagetu við gönguhraða og orkunotkun við göngu hjá einstaklingum með sykursýki af tegund 2
Samanburður á lífaflfræði göngu og líkamlegri afkastagetu fólks með og án sykursýki af tegund 2
Age-related biomechanical variations in vertical jumping and sprinting performance among basketball playersFrontiers in Sports and Active Living
Compatibility of physical education curricula with physical literacy across 40 European countriesJournal of Curriculum Studies
Association between self-selected and maximum walking speed, strength, balance and gait characteristics among males with type 2 diabetesECSS Rimini 2025
Aquatic Education for School ChildrenJournal for Research in Arts and Sports Education
Samanburður á lífaflfræði göngu og líkamlegri afkastagetu fólks með og án sykursýki af tegund 2Menntakvika 2025
Tengsl líkamlegrar afkastagetu við gönguhraða og orkunotkun við göngu hjá einstaklingum með sykursýki af tegund 2Menntakvika 2025
Differences in gait characteristics, strength and balance between males with and without type 2 diabetes
Associations between physical performance and gait in Type 2 diabetesHealth Journey Conference / Ráðstefna Heilsuferðalagsins

2024

Compliance
The relationship between agility, linear sprinting, and vertical jumping performance in U-14 and professional senior team sports playersFrontiers in Sports and Active Living
Amateur sport athlete development
Comparison of Vertical Jump Force–Time Metrics Between ACL-Injured and Healthy Semi-Professional Male and Female Soccer PlayersSports
Sex-Specific Differences in Vertical Jump Force–Time Metrics in Youth Basketball PlayersBiomechanics (Switzerland)
Foreign players
Barriers
Gender imprinting
Sustainable development perspectives in Nordic physical education curriculaCurriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education
Sleep and physical activity characteristics in university students during the COVID-19 pandemicSleep Epidemiology

2023

Can hand grip force be a predictor of motor competence?ECSS PARIS 2023
The Relationship Between Motor Competence, Body Composition, Handgrip Strength and Sports Participation Among Icelandic AdolescentsCollegium Antropologicum
Distribution of flat feet among children in one compulsory school in Reykjavík: Implications for physical education classesMenntakvika 2023
Tengsl styrks við hreyfifærni unglingaMenntakvika 2023
Kinematic profile of elite high jumpers - what distinguishes good from great high jumpers?ECSS PARIS 2023
Changes in health-related lifestyle choices of university students before and during the COVID-19 pandemicPLoS ONE
How Does Status of Longitudinal Arch of Feet Affect Sports Performances in Basketball Players in Iceland?Collegium Antropologicum
European fitness landscape for children and adolescentsBritish Journal of Sports Medicine

2022

Health-Related Physical Fitness in Adolescents from Spain, Estonia and IcelandSports
European Fitness Landscape in Children and Adolescents: updated reference values, fitness maps, and country rankings based on nearly 8 million data points from 34 countries gathered by the FitBack networkBritish Journal of Sports Medicine
Correlation between Clark angle and Performances in Icelandic Female Basketball PlayersInnovative Technologies in Sport and Physical Activity
Hreyfing íslenskra grunnskólanemaNetla

2021

Health and well-being of university students before and during COVID-19 pandemicPLoS ONE
Compliance
Schoolyard affordances for physical activitySustainability (Switzerland)
Gender Imprinting
Sleep quality and duration in european adolescents (The adoleshealth study)Children
Amateur sport athlete development

2020

Adherencia a la Dieta Mediterránea, Motivos para la Práctica de Ejercicio Físico y Composición Corporal en Adolescentes IslandesesRetos

2019

Motor Competence in Adolescents: Exploring Association with Physical FitnessSports
Association between Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Physical Fitness with Body Composition Parameters in 1717 European Adolescents: The AdolesHealth StudyNutrients
Evaluation of Physical Fitness, Body Composition, and Adherence to Mediterranean Diet in Adolescents from Estonia: The AdolesHealth StudyInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Motor competence in adolescentsSports

2018

Healthy Lifestyle: Relationship between Mediterranean Diet, Body Composition and Physical Fitness in 13 to 16-Years Old Icelandic StudentsInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

2015

The relationship between motor competence and physical fitness is weaker in the 15–16 yr. adolescent age group than in younger age groups (4–5 yr. and 11–12 yr.)Perceptual and Motor Skills

2014

Motor competence and physical fitness in adolescentsPediatric Physical Therapy

2013

Physical fitness measures among adolescents with high and low motor competenceSAGE Open
The effect of adolescents' sports clubs participation on self-reported mental and physical conditions and future expectationsJournal of Sports Sciences

Keywords for Specialisation:

Health and well-being of children and adolescents

The economic value of sports

Motor competence

Physical fitness

Nordplus cooperation on physical education

Sports training

Physical Education