Steven N. Blair
University of South Carolina
892 Papers
6.9K Citations
Steven N. Blair is an academic researcher from University of South Carolina. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Physical fitness. The author has an hindex of 165, co-authored 879 publications. Previous affiliations of Steven N. Blair include Stanford University & University of Western Australia.
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Papers
Physical activity and self-reported, physician-diagnosed osteoarthritis: is physical activity a risk factor?
Yiling J. Cheng,Caroline A. Macera,Dorothy R. Davis,Barbara E. Ainsworth,Philip J. Troped,Steven N. Blair +5 more
TL;DR: High levels of physical activity (running 20 or more miles per week) were associated with osteoarthritis among men under age 50 after controlling for body mass index, smoking, and use of alcohol or caffeine, and no relationship was suggested among women or older men.
Assessment of habitual physical activity by a seven-day recall in a community survey and controlled experiments.
Steven N. Blair,William L. Haskell,Ping Ho,Ralph S. Paffenbarger,Karen Vranizan,John W. Farquhar,Peter D. Wood +6 more
TL;DR: The physical activity recall provides useful estimates of habitual physical activity for research in epidemiologic and health education studies, and changes in energy expenditure were associated with changes in maximal oxygen uptake and body fatness.
Physical activity and diabetes prevention.
TL;DR: The hypothesis is that the most proximal behavioral cause of insulin resistance is physical inactivity, and several streams of scientific research have demonstrated a role for physical activity in the etiology and prevention of diabetes and its related morbidity.
Identifying accelerometer nonwear and wear time in older adults.
Brent Hutto,Virginia J. Howard,Steven N. Blair,Natalie Colabianchi,John E. Vena,David Rhodes,Steven P. Hooker +6 more
TL;DR: Utilization of at least 120 minutes of consecutive zero counts will provide dependable population-based estimates of wear and nonwear time, and time spent being sedentary and active in older adults wearing the Actical™ activity monitor.
Is physical activity or physical fitness more important in defining health benefits
TL;DR: There is good consensus across studies with most showing an inverse dose-response gradient across both activity and fitness categories for morbidity from coronary heart disease, stroke, cardiovascular disease, or cancer; and for CVD, cancer, or all-cause mortality.