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Safety and efficacy of weight training in recent breast cancer survivors to alter body composition, insulin, and insulin-like growth factor axis proteinsKathryn H Schmitz
Division of Clinical Epidemiology University of Pennsylvania 423 Guardian Drive, 9th Floor Blockley Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19072 215 898 0901
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:1672-80. 2005..This randomized controlled trial assessed the safety and effects of twice-weekly weight training among recent breast cancer survivors. Outcomes included body size and biomarkers hypothesized to link exercise and breast cancer risk...- Controlled physical activity trials in cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysisKathryn H Schmitz
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, 423 Guardian Drive, 9th Floor Blockley Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19072, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:1588-95. 2005.... 
Changes in the Body Image and Relationship Scale following a one-year strength training trial for breast cancer survivors with or at risk for lymphedemaRebecca M Speck
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 423 Guardian Drive, Blockley Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6021, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 121:421-30. 2010..Evidence suggests the intervention was beneficial regardless of prior diagnosis of lymphedema. Strength and QOL improvements did not mediate the observed intervention effects...- Weight lifting for women at risk for breast cancer-related lymphedema: a randomized trialKathryn H Schmitz
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Abramson Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6021, USA
JAMA 304:2699-705. 2010..Clinical guidelines for breast cancer survivors without lymphedema advise against upper body exercise, preventing them from obtaining established health benefits of weight lifting... - Prevalence of breast cancer treatment sequelae over 6 years of follow-up: the Pulling Through StudyKathryn H Schmitz
Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Abramson Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 6021, USA
Cancer 118:2217-25. 2012..Prior studies have been limited to single issues and lacked long-term follow-up. The Pulling Through Study provides data on prevalence of adverse effects in breast cancer survivors followed over 6 years... 
Physical Activity and Lymphedema (the PAL trial): assessing the safety of progressive strength training in breast cancer survivorsKathryn H Schmitz
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6021, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 30:233-45. 2009..The purpose of this report is to provide detail regarding the study design, statistical design, and protocol of the PAL trial...- Weight lifting in women with breast-cancer-related lymphedemaKathryn H Schmitz
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
N Engl J Med 361:664-73. 2009..Weight lifting has generally been proscribed for women with breast-cancer-related lymphedema, preventing them from obtaining the well-established health benefits of weight lifting, including increases in bone density... - An update of controlled physical activity trials in cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysisRebecca M Speck
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
J Cancer Surviv 4:87-100. 2010..This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluates the extent to which physical activity during and post treatment is appropriate and effective across the cancer control continuum... - Prospective surveillance and management of cardiac toxicity and health in breast cancer survivorsKathryn H Schmitz
Abramson Cancer Center, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Cancer 118:2270-6. 2012.... - Risks and benefits of physical activity among breast cancer survivors who have completed treatmentKathryn H Schmitz
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6021, USA
Womens Health (Lond Engl) 6:221-38. 2010.... - Effect of physical activity on menopausal symptoms among urban womenDeborah B Nelson
Department of Public Health, College of Health Professions, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 40:50-8. 2008..To determine whether physical activity, measured by expended kilocalories per week (kcal.wk), decreases the risk of menopausal symptoms among African American and Caucasian women... - A joint latent variable model approach to item reduction and validationSteffanie M Halberstadt
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Biostatistics 13:48-60. 2012..We present this paper as an illustration of the advantages of joint latent variable models and as an example of the applicability of these models for biomedical research... - The body image and relationships scale: development and validation of a measure of body image in female breast cancer survivorsJulia M Hormes
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6021, USA
J Clin Oncol 26:1269-74. 2008.... - Geographic recruitment of breast cancer survivors into community-based exercise interventionsAmy Rogerino
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6021, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 41:1413-20. 2009..The purpose of this article is to report various methods used to recruit breast cancer survivors into an exercise intervention that attempts to address both of these challenges... - Effect of team sport participation on genetic predisposition to adolescent smoking progressionJanet Audrain-McGovern
Tobacco Use Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, PA 19104, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 63:433-41. 2006..There is much to be learned about why some adolescents progress to a regular smoking habit and others do not... - Balancing lymphedema risk: exercise versus deconditioning for breast cancer survivorsKathryn H Schmitz
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Abramson Cancer Center, Philadelphia, 19104 6021, United States
Exerc Sport Sci Rev 38:17-24. 2010..This may lead to deconditioning and, ironically, the very outcome women seek to avoid. Recently published studies run counter to these guidelines... - Strength training and adiposity in premenopausal women: strong, healthy, and empowered studyKathryn H Schmitz
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 86:566-72. 2007..5-1 kg yearly, most of which is fat. Because few midlife women participate in strength training, this mode of activity may be a novel intervention for preventing age-associated fat increases in this population... - Exercise for secondary prevention of breast cancer: moving from evidence to changing clinical practiceKathryn H Schmitz
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 423 Guardian Drive, 8th floor Blockley, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 4:476-80. 2011..On the basis of cardiac rehabilitation, a model is proposed to integrate exercise prescription into breast cancer survivor clinical care, with referral to community-based programs for most women... - Exercise effect on oxidative stress is independent of change in estrogen metabolismKathryn H Schmitz
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:220-3. 2008..The purpose of the study is to determine the effect of 15 weeks of aerobic exercise on lipid peroxidation, endogenous estrogens, and body composition in young, healthy eumenorrheic women... - The intersection of cancer and aging: establishing the need for breast cancer rehabilitationKathryn H Schmitz
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 921 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:866-72. 2007.... - A two-year randomized trial of obesity treatment in primary care practiceThomas A Wadden
Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
N Engl J Med 365:1969-79. 2011..This randomized trial compared weight loss during a 2-year period in response to three lifestyle interventions, all delivered by PCPs in collaboration with auxiliary health professionals (lifestyle coaches) in their practices... - Assessment and outcomes of HealthPartners 10,000 Steps program in an academic work siteRebecca M Speck
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Health Promot Pract 11:741-50. 2010..Results suggest elements of feasibility and acceptability but limited potential for physical activity behavior change. Future studies should assess pre-enrollment ADS and barriers to retaining participants... - Association of IGF axis hormones with waist-to-hip ratio varies by physical activityKathryn H Schmitz
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 903 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6021, USA
In Vivo 25:245-50. 2011..Reports of the relationship between adiposity and IGF-axis hormones vary widely. This study hypothesized that physical activity levels modify the association of IGF axis hormones with adiposity... - Association of physical activity with reproductive hormones: the Penn Ovarian Aging StudyKathryn H Schmitz
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, 423 Guardian Drive, 921 Blockley Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:2042-7. 2007..Few studies have examined associations of physical activity on hormone levels. None have examined the potential effect of the menopausal transition on the associations between physical activity and reproductive hormone levels... - Safety of weightlifting among women with or at risk for breast cancer-related lymphedema: musculoskeletal injuries and health care use in a weightlifting rehabilitation trialJustin C Brown
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology and Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Oncologist 17:1120-8. 2012.... - But I like PE: factors associated with enjoyment of physical education class in middle school girlsDaheia J Barr-Anderson
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Res Q Exerc Sport 79:18-27. 2008..Findings suggest that efforts to enhance girls' self-efficacy and perceived benefits and to provide a supportive PE class environment that promotes gender equality can potentially increase PE class enjoyment among young girls... - Barriers and motivators for strength training among women of color and Caucasian womenMaureen O'Dougherty
Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, 1334 Eckles Avenue, St Paul, MN 55108, USA
Women Health 47:41-62. 2008..Major impediments to adherence included competing obligations and related scheduling difficulties; life transitions; and declining or insufficient social motivators... - Physical activity in young adults and incident hypertension over 15 years of follow-up: the CARDIA studyEmily D Parker
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454, USA
Am J Public Health 97:703-9. 2007..We sought to examine the relation between physical activity and incident hypertension in young adults over 15 years of follow-up in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study... - Travel by walking before and after school and physical activity among adolescent girlsBrit I Saksvig
Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland, College Park 20742, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 161:153-8. 2007..To examine how "travel by walking" before and after school contributes to total physical activity of adolescent girls... - Differences in resting metabolic rate between white and African-American young adultsTeresa A Sharp
Center for Human Nutrition, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA
Obes Res 10:726-32. 2002..A reported lower resting metabolic rate (RMR) in African-American women than in white women could explain the higher prevalence of obesity in the former group. Little information is available on RMR in African-American men... - Effects of a 9-month strength training intervention on insulin, insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I, IGF-binding protein (IGFBP)-1, and IGFBP-3 in 30-50-year-old womenKathryn H Schmitz
University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 11:1597-604. 2002..Strength training produced favorable changes in several proposed cancer risk factors. The importance of these changes to long-term cancer prognosis, diagnosis, and/or recurrence remains to be determined... - Improvements in heart health behaviors and reduction in coronary artery disease risk factors in urban teenaged girls through a school-based intervention: the PATH programMarcia Bayne-Smith
Department of Urban Studies, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing 11367, USA
Am J Public Health 94:1538-43. 2004..We sought to assess the effects of a school-based intervention program on cardiovascular disease risk factors in urban girls... - Reliability and validity of a brief questionnaire to assess television viewing and computer use by middle school childrenKathryn H Schmitz
University of Minnesota, 1300 S 2nd St, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
J Sch Health 74:370-7. 2004.... - Effects of weight training on quality of life in recent breast cancer survivors: the Weight Training for Breast Cancer Survivors (WTBS) studyTetsuya Ohira
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Cancer 106:2076-83. 2006..23; P <.05) and psychosocial global score (r = 0.24; P <.05). CONCLUSION: Twice-weekly weight training for recent breast cancer survivors may result in improved QOL, in part via changes in body composition and strength... - Functional limitations in elderly female cancer survivorsCarol Sweeney
Health Research Center, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 98:521-9. 2006..The elderly population, including many who are long-term cancer survivors, is increasing. Aspects of quality of life in elderly cancer survivors are not well understood... - Randomized controlled trial of weight training and lymphedema in breast cancer survivorsRehana L Ahmed
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
J Clin Oncol 24:2765-72. 2006..These results herald the need to start reevaluating common clinical guidelines that breast cancer survivors avoid upper body resistance activity for fear of increasing risk of lymphedema... - Vascular structure and function in women: relationship with body mass indexThomas P Olson
Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Am J Prev Med 30:487-92. 2006..The purpose of the present study was to compare endothelial function in lean (body mass index [BMI]=18.0-24.9 kg/m2); overweight (BMI=25-29.9 kg/m2); and obese (BMI>30 kg/m2), healthy, eumenorrheic women... - Associations of body size and composition with physical activity in adolescent girlsTimothy G Lohman
Department of Physiology and Department of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 38:1175-81. 2006..To examine whether components of body composition (size, fat mass, and fat-free mass) were related to physical activity... - The association of physical activity with lung cancer incidence in a cohort of older women: the Iowa Women's Health StudyPenny Sinner
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454-1015, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:2359-63. 2006..63 (95% CI, 0.43-0.92) in former smokers, but was not significant in never smokers. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that physical activity might reduce the risk of lung cancer in women who are current or former smokers... - Lack of association of physical activity and obesity with incident pancreatic cancer in elderly womenPenny J Sinner
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Suite 300, 1300 South Second Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454-1015, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:1571-3. 2005 - Physical activities in adolescent girls: variability in energy expenditureKarin A Pfeiffer
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
Am J Prev Med 31:328-31. 2006..The purpose of this study was to describe the variability in energy expenditure for selected physical activities among adolescent girls... - Tennis, anyone? On the value of sustainable, vigorous physical activity and long-term studiesDavid R Jacobs
Am J Med 112:733-4. 2002 - Interactions between insulin, body fat, and insulin-like growth factor axis proteinsRehana L Ahmed
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:593-7. 2007..The etiology of hormonally related cancers, such as breast and colon, has been linked to hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance, the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) axis, and obesity... - Moderate resistance training and vascular health in overweight womenThomas P Olson
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 38:1558-64. 2006..Thus, the aim of this study was to examine the effects of 1 yr of resistance training (RT) on vascular structure and function in overweight but otherwise healthy eumenorrheic women... - School-level intraclass correlation for physical activity in adolescent girlsDavid M Murray
Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152 3230, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:876-82. 2004..As a result, we conducted a substudy to estimate the school-level ICC for intensity-weighted minutes of MVPA measured using an accelerometer... - Weekend and weekday patterns of physical activity in overweight and normal-weight adolescent girlsMargarita S Treuth
Center for Human Nutrition, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:1782-8. 2007..To describe the patterns (specifically comparing weekdays and weekends classified by intensities) of physical activity (PA) measured by accelerometry in adolescent girls... - Physical inactivity: direct cost to a health planNancy A Garrett
Health Services Analysis and Reporting, HealthPartners, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440, USA
Am J Prev Med 27:304-9. 2004..The purpose of this study was to estimate the total medical expenditures attributable to physical inactivity patterns among members of a large health plan, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota... - The relationship of weight-related perceptions, goals, and behaviors with fruit and vegetable consumption in young adolescentsAlana A Nystrom
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Prev Med 40:203-8. 2005..These data support the inclusion of gender-specific intervention components related to weight-related perceptions, goals, and behaviors... - School-level intraclass correlation for physical activity in sixth grade girlsDavid M Murray
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, 43210, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 38:926-36. 2006..We report the school-level intraclass correlation (ICC) for MVPA from the TAAG baseline survey of sixth grade girls and describe the relationship between the schedule of data collection and the ICC... - Comparison of two approaches to structured physical activity surveys for adolescentsRobert G McMurray
Department of Exercise and Sport Science, CB 8700, Fetzer Gym, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 8700, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:2135-43. 2004.... - Predicting energy expenditure from accelerometry counts in adolescent girlsKathryn H Schmitz
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 37:155-61. 2005..We concurrently assessed energy expenditure and accelerometer counts during physical activities on adolescent girls to develop an equation to predict energy expenditure... - Objectively measured physical activity in sixth-grade girlsRussell R Pate
Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160:1262-8. 2006..To describe the objectively measured physical activity characteristics of a diverse sample of sixth-grade girls, to examine influences on physical activity, and to report compliance with physical activity guidelines... - Psychosocial correlates of physical activity and sedentary leisure habits in young adolescents: the Teens Eating for Energy and Nutrition at School studyKathryn H Schmitz
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454-1015, USA
Prev Med 34:266-78. 2002..Development of effective programs to increase PA and/or decrease SLH in young adolescents should be based on a clear understanding of the determinants of these behaviors... - The metabolic syndrome and risk of incident colorectal cancerRehana L Ahmed
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454-1015, USA
Cancer 107:28-36. 2006..Evidence is growing that the metabolic syndrome may be a marker for a physiologic milieu of growth that encourages tumor initiation, promotion, and/or progression... - Preventing overestimation of pixels in computed tomography assessment of visceral fatAaron M Potretzke
Endocrine Research Unit, 5-194 Joseph, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Obes Res 12:1698-701. 2004....