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| Gerald J JeromeSummaryAffiliation: Towson University Country: USA Publications
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Physical activity participation by presence and type of functional deficits in older women: The Women's Health and Aging StudiesGerald J Jerome
Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 61:1171-6. 2006..This study sought to identify categories of functional deficits associated with activity levels and evaluated the potential for older women to increase their physical activity levels...
Physical activity levels of persons with mental illness attending psychiatric rehabilitation programsGerald J Jerome
Department of Kinesiology, Towson University, Towson, Maryland 21252, USA
Schizophr Res 108:252-7. 2009..Efforts are needed to increase physical activity sessions in this vulnerable population...
Reliability of RT3 accelerometers among overweight and obese adultsGerald J Jerome
Department of Kinesiology, Towson University, 8000 York Road, Towson, MD 21252, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 41:110-4. 2009..This study examined reliability of accelerometer-based estimates of physical activity levels of overweight and obese adults before and after a lifestyle weight loss program...
Comparative effectiveness of weight-loss interventions in clinical practiceLawrence J Appel
Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
N Engl J Med 365:1959-68. 2011..Obesity and its cardiovascular complications are extremely common medical problems, but evidence on how to accomplish weight loss in clinical practice is sparse...
Physical activity-related well-being in older adults: social cognitive influencesEdward McAuley
Department of Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 336 Freer Hall, 906 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Psychol Aging 20:295-302. 2005..Findings suggest the social cognitive context of the exercise experience may have influence on exercise-related well-being...
Dietary intake of adults with serious mental illnessSarah Stark Casagrande
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Psychiatr Rehabil J 35:137-40. 2011..Suboptimal diet may be related to the high prevalence of obesity and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in persons with serious mental illnesses, but few studies have characterized dietary intake in this population...
Randomized trial of achieving healthy lifestyles in psychiatric rehabilitation: the ACHIEVE trialSarah S Casagrande
Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
BMC Psychiatry 10:108. 2010..Participants randomized to the intervention arm of the study are hypothesized to have greater weight loss than the control group...
Depressive symptoms among older adults: long-term reduction after a physical activity interventionRobert W Motl
Department of Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
J Behav Med 28:385-94. 2005..This study supports the effectiveness of an exercise intervention for the sustained reduction of depressive symptoms among sedentary older adults and physical self-esteem as a potential mediator of this effect...
Predicting long-term maintenance of physical activity in older adultsEdward McAuley
Department of Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Prev Med 37:110-8. 2003..This study examined the utility of such variables in predicting the long-term exercise behavior of older adults...
Acute cardiovascular exercise and executive control functionCharles H Hillman
Department of Kinesiology, 213 Freer Hall, 906 South Goodwin Avenue, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Int J Psychophysiol 48:307-14. 2003....
Independent but coordinated trials: insights from the practice-based Opportunities for Weight Reduction Trials Collaborative Research GroupHsin Chieh Yeh
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Clin Trials 7:322-32. 2010..Still, efforts were made to coordinate and standardize several aspects of the trials. The three trials formed a collaborative group, the 'Practice-based Opportunities for Weight Reduction (POWER) Trials Collaborative Research Group.'..
Self-efficacy effects on feeling states in womenGerald J Jerome
Department of Kinesiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Int J Behav Med 9:139-54. 2002..The results support structuring exercise treatments in such a way that mastery experiences and positive feedback are maximized to enhance self-efficacy and improve subjective experiences...
Physical activity enhances long-term quality of life in older adults: efficacy, esteem, and affective influencesSteriani Elavsky
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Ann Behav Med 30:138-45. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: The findings lend support to the position that physical activity effects on QOL are in part mediated by intermediate psychological outcomes and that physical activity can have long-term effects on well-being...
Effects of aerobic fitness training on human cortical function: a proposalArthur F Kramer
Beckman Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA
J Mol Neurosci 19:227-31. 2002..We describe a research program which examines the influence of aerobic fitness training on the functional activity of the human using event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging, of humans in fitness interventions...
