Strength outcomes in fixed Vs functional training (Spennewyn K) http://www.scribd.com/doc/2528580/Spennewyn-2008-Strength-Outcomes-in-Fixed-Versus-Free-Form-Resistance-Equipment

Link to the Keiser Institute on Aging for senior fitness related research

Link to NIHSenior Health site

Medline Plus

WBV Studies Link http://www.2ndwindexercise.com/fitu/research_articles.htmReport on physical activity and older adults
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Strength training helps seniors control diabetes
Diabetes Care 2002;25:1729-1736

Resistance training can help elderly get stronger
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2002;50:1100-1107

High-intensity resistance exercise training is a feasible and effective means of counteracting muscle weakness and physical frailty in very elderly people. New England Journal of Medicine

Strength training: a rationale for current guidelines for adult fitness programs.   Physician and Sportsmedicine

 

Barlow CE, LaMonte MJ, FitzGerald SJ, Kampert JB, Perrin JL, Blair SN.  Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is an Independent Predictor of Hypertension Incidence among Initially Normotensive Healthy Women. Am J Epidemiol. 2006;163:142-150. PubMed ID Number:  16293717 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids= 16293717&query_hl=2&itool=pubmed_DocSum

Galper DI, Trivedi MH, Barlow CE, Dunn AL, Kampert JB.   Inverse Association between Physical Inactivity and Mental Health in Men and Women.   Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2006;38:173-178. PubMed ID Number:    16394971 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids= 16394971&query_hl=0&itool=pubmed_docsum

Ardern CI, Katzmarzyk PT, Janssen I, Church TS, Blair SN.  Revised Adult Treatment Panel III Guidelines and cardiovascular disease mortality in men attending a preventive medical clinic. Circulation. 2005;112:1481-1488. PubMed ID Number:  16129792 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids= 16129792&query_hl=53&itool=pubmed_docsum

Ashmore JA, Emery CF, Hauck ER, MacIntyre NR.  Marital adjustment among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who are participating in pulmonary rehabilitation.   Heart Lung. 2005;34:270-278. PubMed ID Number:   16027648 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids= 16027648&query_hl=55&itool=pubmed_docsum

Church TS, Willis MS, Priest EL, LaMonte MJ, Earnest CP, Wilkinson WJ,  Wilson DA, Giroir BP.  Obesity, macrophage migration inhibitory factor, and weight loss.   Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2005;29:675-681. PubMed ID Number:  15795748 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids= 15795748&query_hl=58&itool=pubmed_docsum

Dunn AL , Trivedi MH, Kampert JB, Clark CG, Chambliss HO.   Exercise treatment for depression: Efficacy and dose response.   Am J Prev Med 2005; 28:1-8. PubMed ID Number:  15626549 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids= 15626549&query_hl=40&itool=pubmed_docsum

Earnest,CP, Jordan ,AN, Safir,M, Weaver,E, Church,TS.   Cholesterol-lowering effects of bovine serum immunoglobulin in participants with mild hypercholesterolemia.   Am J Clin Nutr. 2005;81:792-798. PubMed ID Number:  15817854 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids= 15817854&query_hl=60&itool=pubmed_docsum

Eisenmann JC, Wickel EE, Welk GJ, Blair SN.  Relationship between adolescent fitness and fatness and cardiovascular disease risk factors in adulthood: The Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study (ACLS).   Am Heart J. 2005;149:46-53. PubMed ID Number:  15660033 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids= 15660033&query_hl=43&itool=pubmed_docsum

Esteve-Lanao J, San Juan AF, Earnest CP, Foster C, Lucia A.   How do endurance runners actually train? Relationship with competition performance.   Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2005;37:496-504. PubMed ID Number:  15741850 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids= 15741850&query_hl=45&itool=pubmed_docsum

Foster C, Hoyos J, Earnest C, Lucia A.  Regulation of energy expenditure during prolonged athletic competition.   Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2005;37:670-675. PubMed ID Number:  15809568 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids= 15809568&query_hl=49&itool=pubmed_docsum

Friedman KE, Reichmann SK, Costanzo PR, Zelli A, Ashmore JA, Musante, GJ.   Weight stigmatization and ideological beliefs: relation to psychological functioning in obese adults.   Obes Res. 2005;13:907-916. PubMed ID Number:  15919845 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids= 15919845&query_hl=62&itool=pubmed_docsum

Katzmarzyk PT, Church TS, Janssen I, Ross R, Blair SN.   Metabolic syndrome, obesity, and mortality: Impact of cardiorespiratory fitness.   Diabetes Care. 2005;28:391-397. PubMed ID Number:  15677798 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids= 15677798&query_hl=51&itool=pubmed_docsum

LaMonte MJ, FitzGerald SJ, Church TS, Barlow CE; Radford NB, Levine BD, Pippin JJ, Gibbons LW, Blair SN, Nichaman MZ.   Coronary artery calcium score and coronary heart disease events in a large cohort of asymptomatic men and women.   Am J Epidemiol. 2005;162:421-429. PubMed ID Number:  16076829 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids= 16076829&query_hl=64&itool=pubmed_docsum

LaMonte MJ, Barlow CE, Jurca R, Kampert JB, Church TS, Blair SN.  Cardiorespiratory fitness is inversely associated with the incidence of metabolic syndrome: a prospective study of men and women.   Circulation. 2005;112:505-512.  PubMed ID Number:  16009797 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids= 16009797&query_hl=64&itool=pubmed_docsum

LaMonte MJ, Blair SN, Church TS.  Physical activity and diabetes prevention.   J Appl Physiol. 2005;99:1205-1213. PubMed ID Number:  16103523 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids= 16103523&query_hl=64&itool=pubmed_docsum

Lee S, Kuk JL, Katzmarzyk PT, Blair SN, Church TS, Ross R.   Cardiorespiratory fitness attenuates metabolic risk independent of abdominal subcutaneous and visceral fat in men.   Diabetes Care. 2005;28:895-901. PubMed ID Number:  15793192 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids= 15793192&query_hl=69&itool=pubmed_docsum

Meyer T, Lucia A, Earnest CP, Kindermann W.    A conceptual framework for performance diagnosis and training prescription from submaximal parameters - theory and application.  Int J Sports Med. 2005;26:1-11. PubMed ID Number:  15702455 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids= 15702455&query_hl=72&itool=pubmed_docsum

Jordan AN, Jurca R, Abraham EH, Salikhova A, Mann JK, Morss GM, Church TS, Lucia A, and Earnest CP. Effects of Oral ATP Supplementation on Anaerobic Power and Muscular Strength. Med Sci Sports Exerc 36 (6):983-990, 2004. PubMed ID Number: 15179168 Abstract http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids= 15179168&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsum

Morss GM, Jordan AN, Skinner JS, Dunn AL, Church TS, Earnest CP, Kampert JB, Jurca R, Blair SN. Dose Response to Exercise in Women aged 45-75 yr (DREW): design and rationale. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2004;36(2):336-44. PubMed ID Number: 14767260 Abstract http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids= 14767260&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsum

 

Church TS, Cheng YJ, Earnest CP, Barlow CE, Gibbons LW, Priest EL, Blair SN.  Exercise capacity and body composition as predictors of mortality among men w/diabetes.   Diabetes Care. 2004 Jan:27(1):83-8. PubMed ID Number:  14693971 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14693971&query_hl=20&itool=pubmed_docsum

Di Pietro L, Dziura J, Blair SN.   Estimated change in physical activity level (PAL) and prediction of 5-year weight change in men: the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study.   Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2004;28(12):1541-7. PubMed ID Number:  15543159 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15543159&query_hl=25&itool=pubmed_docsum

Earnest CP, Morss GM, Wyatt F, Jordan AN, Colson S, Lucia A, Church TS, Fitzgerald V, Autrey L, Jurca R, Lucia A.   Effects of a commercial herbal-based formula on exercise performance in cyclists.   Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2004;36(3):504-509. PubMed ID Number:  15076794 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15076794&query_hl=38&itool=pubmed_docsum

Farrell SW, Cheng YJ, and  Blair SN.  Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome across cardiorespiratory fitness levels in women.  Obes Res 12 (5):824-830, 2004. PubMed ID Number:  15166303 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15166303&query_hl=27&itool=pubmed_docsum

FitzGerald SJ, Barlow CE, Kampert J, Morrow JR, Jr., Jackson AW, Blair SN.   Muscular fitness and all-cause mortality:  prospective observations.   J of Physical Activity and Health, 2004:1; 7-18.

Jurca R, Church TS, Morss GM, Jordan AN, Earnest CP.   Eight weeks of moderate-intensity exercise training increases heart rate variability in sedentary postmenopausal women.  Am Heart J 147 (5):e21, 2004. PubMed ID Number:  15131556 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15131556&query_hl=31&itool=pubmed_docsum

Jurca R, LaMonte MJ, Church TS, Earnest CP, FitzGerald SJ, Barlow CE, Jordan AN, Kampert JB, Blair SN.   Associations of muscle strength and aerobic fitness with metabolic syndrome in men.   Med Sci Sports Exerc 2004 36(8):1301-1307. PubMed ID Number:  15292736 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15292736&query_hl=31&itool=pubmed_docsum

Katzmarzyk PT, Church TS, Blair SN.  Cardiorespiratory fitness attenuates the effects of the metabolic syndrome on all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in men.  Arch Intern Med. 2004 May 24;164(10):1092-7. PubMed ID Number:  15159266 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15159266&query_hl=34&itool=pubmed_docsum

Lucia A, San Juan AF, Montilla M, CaNete S, Santalla A, Earnest C, Perez M.   In professional road cyclists, low pedaling cadences are less efficient.  Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2004 Jun;36(6):1048-54. PubMed ID Number:  15179176  Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15179176&query_hl=36&itool=pubmed_docsum

Cheng YJ, Church TS, Kimball TE, Nichaman NZ, Levine BD, McGuire DK, Blair SN.   Comparison of coronary artery calcium detected by electron beam tomography in patients with to those without symptomatic coronary heart disease.  Am J Cardiol 2003;92:498-503.  PubMed ID Number:  12943866 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12943866&query_hl=12&itool=pubmed_docsum

Church TS, Earnest CP, Wood KA, Kampert JB.   Reduction of C-reactive protein levels through use of a multivitamin.  Am J Med. 2003 Dec 15;115(9):702-7.  PubMed ID Number:  14693322 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14693322&query_hl=14&itool=pubmed_docsum

Earnest CP, Wood KA, Church TS.    Complex multivitamin supplementation improves homocysteine and resistance to LDL-C oxidation.   J Am Coll Nutr. 2003 Oct;22(5):400-7. PubMed ID Number:  14559932 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14559932&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_docsum

Lucia, A., C. Earnest, M. Perez (2003).  Cancer-related fatigue: can exercise physiology assist oncologists? Lancet Oncol 4(10): 616-625. PubMed ID Number:  14554239 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14554239&query_hl=18&itool=pubmed_docsum

Church TS, Barlow CE, Earnest CP, Kampert JB, Priest EL, Blair SN.   Associations between cardiorespiratory fitness and C-reactive protein in men.   Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis Vascular Biology 2002;22:1869-1976.    PubMed ID Number:  12426218 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12426218&query_hl=8&itool=pubmed_docsum

Dunn , AL , Trivedi MH, Kampert JB, Clark CG, Chambliss HO:   The DOSE Study: a clinical trial to examine efficacy and dose response of exercise as treatment for depression.   Controlled Clinical Trials 2002; 23:584-603.   PubMed ID Number:  12392873 Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12392873&query_hl=5&itool=pubmed_docsum

Farrell SW, Braun L, Barlow CE, Cheng YJ, Blair SN:   The relation of body mass index, cardiorespiratory fitness, and all-cause mortality in women.   Obes Res 2002;10:417-423. PubMed ID Number:  12055316 Abstract : http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12055316&query_hl=10&itool=pubmed_docsum