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
Associations of cardiorespiratory fitness and parental history of diabetes with risk of type 2 diabetes
Kara Goodrich,Shannon K. Crowley,Duck-chul Lee,Xuemei S. Sui,Steven P. Hooker,Steven N. Blair +5 more
TL;DR: While high CRF did not fully attenuate the risk of diabetes associated with parental diabetes, being fit reduces diabetes risk regardless of parental history.
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A Lifestyle Physical Activity Intervention for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
David B. Coultas,Bradford E. Jackson,Rennie Russo,Jennifer Peoples,John Sloan,Karan Singh,Jamile Ashmore,Steven N. Blair,Minyong Uhm,Sejong Bae +9 more
- 01 Jan 2016
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted a randomized trial among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)caredforinprimarycareandpulmonaryclinics, and found no overall statistical or clinically significant change in the dyspnea domain in either group.
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Enhancing adherence in clinical exercise trials.
TL;DR: It is me that exercise rates in the general population have not changed appreciably over the past two or three decades, and from this perspective, there has been little improvement in exercise adherence.
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Exercise's effect on mobility disability in older adults with and without obesity: The LIFE study randomized clinical trial
Stephen B. Kritchevsky,Laura C. Lovato,Elizabeth P. Handing,Steven N. Blair,Anda Botoseneanu,Jack M. Guralnik,Christine K. Liu,Abby C. King,Anthony P. Marsh,Marco Pahor,W. Jack Rejeski,Bonnie Spring,Todd M. Manini +12 more
TL;DR: This study tested the homogeneity of the effect of a physical activity intervention on major mobility disability across baseline obesity classifications in the Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders (LIFE) Study.