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| Ann M SwartzSummaryAffiliation: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Country: USA Publications
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How many days of monitoring predict physical activity and sedentary behaviour in older adults?Teresa L Hart
Department of Health Sciences, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:62. 2011..The purpose of this study was to examine the number of days needed to predict habitual PA and sedentary behaviour across pedometer, accelerometer, and physical activity log (PA log) data in older adults...
Increasing daily walking improves glucose tolerance in overweight womenAnn M Swartz
Department of Health and Exercise Science, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 2700, USA
Prev Med 37:356-62. 2003..The purpose of this study was to determine whether a recommendation to accumulate 10,000 steps/day for 8 weeks was effective at improving glucose tolerance in overweight, inactive women...- Energy expenditure of interruptions to sedentary behaviorAnn M Swartz
Physical Activity and Health Research Laboratory, Department of Human Movement Sciences, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Enderis Hall Room 453, PO Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201 0413, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:69. 2011.... 
Glucose control and walking in a multiethnic sample of older adultsAnn M Swartz
Department of Human Movement Sciences, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisc, USA
Gerontology 53:454-61. 2007..Although walking is the most commonly reported physical activity by older adults, there is a paucity of data determining the relationship between objectively determined walking behavior and glucose dynamics in older adults...- Prediction of body fat in older adults by time spent in sedentary behaviorAnn M Swartz
Dept of Human Movement Sciences, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA
J Aging Phys Act 20:332-44. 2012..4% of the variance in abdominal fat, and 28.0% of the variance in WC. SB, PA, and age accounted for 27.1% of the variance in BMI. Time spent in SB should be considered when designing obesity interventions for adults 50 yr old and over... - Comparison of the IPAQ-Short Form and accelerometry predictions of physical activity in older adultsElizabeth K Grimm
Department of Human Movement Sciences, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA
J Aging Phys Act 20:64-79. 2012..05) were found. There was 40-46% agreement between measures for meeting PA recommendations. The IPAQ appears not to be a good indicator of individual older adult PA behavior but is better suited for larger population-based samples... - A pilot randomized controlled trial evaluating motivationally matched pedometer feedback to increase physical activity behavior in older adultsScott J Strath
Dept of Human Movement Sciences, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA
J Phys Act Health 8:S267-74. 2011..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of combining individualized motivational messaging with pedometer walking step targets to increase PA in previously inactive and insufficiently active older adults... - Estimating absolute and relative physical activity intensity across age via accelerometry in adultsNora E Miller
Dept of Human Movement Sciences, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, USA
J Aging Phys Act 18:158-70. 2010..absolute terms across age revealed substantial differences in PAI ACC count ranges. Further work is warranted to increase the applicability ofACC use relative to PAI differences associated with physiological changes with age... - Accuracy of uploadable pedometers in laboratory, overground, and free-living conditions in young and older adultsChristopher J Dondzila
Physical Activity and Health Research Laboratory, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, P, O, Box 413, Milwaukee, WI, 53201, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 9:143. 2012..abstract:.. - Prediction of body fat in older adults by time spent in sedentary behaviorAnn M Swartz
Dept of Human Movement Sciences, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
J Aging Phys Act 20:332-44. 2012..4% of the variance in abdominal fat, and 28.0% of the variance in WC. SB, PA, and age accounted for 27.1% of the variance in BMI. Time spent in SB should be considered when designing obesity interventions for adults 50 yr old and over... - Assessment of physical activity by telephone interview versus objective monitoringScott J Strath
Department of Health and Exercise Science, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 35:2112-8. 2003..To compare different methods of quantifying time in physical activity (PA)... - Measured and perceived environmental characteristics are related to accelerometer defined physical activity in older adultsScott J Strath
Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 9:40. 2012..Accordingly, the aim of this study was to examine measured and perceived environmental associations with physical activity of older adults residing across different neighborhood types... - Comparison of the college alumnus questionnaire physical activity index with objective monitoringScott J Strath
Department of Health and Exercise Science, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
Ann Epidemiol 14:409-15. 2004..Two methods of measuring physical activity (PA) were compared over a consecutive 7-day period among 25 adults (12 men and 13 women)... - Objective physical activity accumulation in bouts and nonbouts and relation to markers of obesity in US adultsScott J Strath
Department of Human Movement Sciences, The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Enderis Hall Room 435, PO Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201 0413, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 5:A131. 2008..The objective of this study was to compare the effects of physical activity in bouts (> or = 10 minutes) to the effects of physical activity in nonbouts (<10 minutes) on markers of obesity... - Objectively assessed physical activity and sedentary behaviour does not differ between children and adolescents with and without a congenital heart defect: a pilot examinationLauren A Ewalt
Physical Activity and Health Research Laboratory, Department of Human Movement Sciences, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
Cardiol Young 22:34-41. 2012..To objectively evaluate and describe physical activity levels in children with a stable congenital heart defect and compare those levels with children who do not have a congenital heart defect... - Validity of the simultaneous heart rate-motion sensor technique for measuring energy expenditureScott J Strath
Department of Exercise Science and Sport Management, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 2700, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 34:888-94. 2002..In addition, we examined the validity of the flex heart rate (FlexHR) method to estimate EE... - Evaluation of a foot-to-foot bioelectrical impedance analyser in highly active, moderately active and less active young menAnn M Swartz
Department of Exercise Science and Sport Management, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
Br J Nutr 88:205-10. 2002..With careful selection of activity mode, there was no statistical difference between % BF determined by HW and the BIA, but the range of individual error scores was large... - Physical activity measurement in older adults: relationships with mental healthSarah J Parker
Dept of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
J Aging Phys Act 16:369-80. 2008..Relationships between PA and mental health might depend on the PA measure used... - Visual threat detection during moderate- and high-intensity exerciseMorgan R Shields
Department of Human Movement Sciences, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI, USA
Emotion 11:572-81. 2011..001). These results suggest that exercise at a moderate and high intensity may enhance the efficiency of visual detection of both threatening and nonthreatening targets... - A preliminary study of one year of pedometer self-monitoringCatrine Tudor-Locke
Department of Exercise and Wellness, Arizona Statte University, Mesa, AZ 85212, USA
Ann Behav Med 28:158-62. 2004..Long-term pedometer monitoring has not been attempted... - A meta-analysis of pedometer-based walking interventions and weight lossCaroline R Richardson
Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA
Ann Fam Med 6:69-77. 2008..This does not mean, however, that the association between higher step counts and lower weight is causal or that encouraging sedentary individuals to increase step counts helps them lose weight...