The benefits of strength training on musculoskeletal system health: practical applications for interdisciplinary care

L Maestroni, P Read, C Bishop, K Papadopoulos… - Sports Medicine, 2020 - Springer
Global health organizations have provided recommendations regarding exercise for the
general population. Strength training has been included in several position statements due …

Untap** the health enhancing potential of vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity (VILPA): rationale, sco** review, and a 4-pillar research framework

E Stamatakis, BH Huang, C Maher… - Sports Medicine, 2021 - Springer
Recently revised public health guidelines acknowledge the health benefits of regular
intermittent bouts of vigorous intensity incidental physical activity done as part of daily living …

Vigorous physical activity, incident heart disease, and cancer: how little is enough?

MN Ahmadi, PJ Clare, PT Katzmarzyk… - European Heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Aims Vigorous physical activity (VPA) is a time-efficient way to achieve recommended
physical activity levels. There is a very limited understanding of the minimal and optimal …

Association of physical activity intensity with mortality: a national cohort study of 403 681 US adults

Y Wang, J Nie, G Ferrari, JP Rey-Lopez… - JAMA internal …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance It is unclear whether, for the same amount of total physical activity, a higher
proportion of vigorous physical activity (VPA) to total physical activity is associated with a …

Association of wearable device-measured vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity with mortality

E Stamatakis, MN Ahmadi, JMR Gill… - Nature Medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Wearable devices can capture unexplored movement patterns such as brief bursts of
vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity (VILPA) that is embedded into everyday life …

Physical activity, diet quality and all-cause cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality: a prospective study of 346 627 UK Biobank participants

D Ding, J Van Buskirk, B Nguyen… - British journal of sports …, 2022 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objectives To examine independent and interactive associations of physical activity and diet
with all-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and physical activity, diet and adiposity-related …

Prospective associations of different combinations of aerobic and muscle-strengthening activity with all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality

R López-Bueno, M Ahmadi, E Stamatakis… - JAMA internal …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Studies examining the associations of different combinations of intensity-specific
aerobic and muscle strengthening activity (MSA) with all-cause and cause-specific mortality …

Prospective Associations of Accelerometer‐Assessed Physical Activity with Mortality and Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease among Adults with Hypertension: the …

B del Pozo Cruz, M Ahmadi, E Inan‐Eroglu… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Despite the well‐established capacity of physical activity to reduce blood
pressure, the associations between physical activity with cardiovascular disease (CVD) …

Do vigorous-intensity and moderate-intensity physical activities reduce mortality to the same extent? A systematic review and meta-analysis

JPR Lopez, A Sabag, MM Juan… - BMJ open sport & …, 2020 - bmjopensem.bmj.com
Objective To examine whether vigorous-intensity physical activity confers additional
reductions on all-cause and cause-specific mortality compared with moderate-intensity …

Can incidental physical activity offset the deleterious associations of sedentary behaviour with major adverse cardiovascular events?

NA Koemel, MN Ahmadi, RK Biswas… - European Journal of …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Aims Incidental physical activity as part of daily living may offer feasibility advantages over
traditional exercise. We examined the joint associations of incidental physical activity and …