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 counselling in sports medicine: a call to action
TL;DR: A key message for the sports medicine community is the importance of serving as a positive PA role model, and physically active physicians are more likely to counsel patients to be active.
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Protective role of resting heart rate on all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality.
Arpit Saxena,Dawn M. Minton,Duck-chul Lee,Xuemei Sui,Raja Fayad,Carl J. Lavie,Carl J. Lavie,Steven N. Blair +7 more
- 01 Dec 2013
TL;DR: Lower cardiorespiratory fitness levels and higher RHRs are linked to greater CVD and all-cause mortality.
A prospective study of sedentary behavior in a large cohort of youth.
Jonathan A. Mitchell,Russell R. Pate,Marsha Dowda,Calum Mattocks,Chris Riddoch,Andy R Ness,Steven N. Blair +6 more
TL;DR: Sedentary behavior increased with age, at the expense of light physical activity, and time spent in continuous sedentary behavior lasting ≥ 30 min increased by 121% from age 12 to 16.
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An Epidemiological Perspective on the Causes of Running Injuries.
TL;DR: A review of three epidemiological studies shows that the only reasonably well-established cause of running injuries is the number of miles run per week.
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Activity Counseling Trial (ACT) : rationale, design, and methods
Steven N. Blair,William B. Applegate,Andrea L. Dunn,Walter H. Ettinger,William L. Haskell,Abby C. King,Timothy M. Morgan,Joanna H. Shih,Denise G. Simons-Morton +8 more
TL;DR: The Activity Counseling Trial (ACT) is the first large-scale behavioral intervention study of physical activity counseling in a clinical setting, includes a generalizable sample of adult men and women and of clinicalSetting, and examines long-term effects.
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