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118
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Citations
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World Ranking
3802
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Overview

Barbara E. Ainsworth is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of medicine, with a significant concentration in physiology and public health. Their work spans various subfields including general health professions, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, as well as complementary and alternative medicine.

The scientist's main topics of research include physical activity and health, obesity related to physical activity and diet, cardiovascular and exercise physiology, health and lifestyle studies, nutrition and health in aging, mobile health and mHealth applications, and children's physical and motor development.

Barbara E. Ainsworth has contributed extensively to academic journals, especially the Journal of Sport and Health Science, where they have published around twenty papers. Other frequent publication venues include Circulation, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, British Journal of Sports Medicine, and UNC Libraries.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): The need to maintain regular physical activity while taking precautions, 2020, Journal of Sport and Health Science
  • 2024 Adult Compendium of Physical Activities: A third update of the energy costs of human activities, 2024, Journal of Sport and Health Science
  • Effects of different exercise training modes on muscle strength and physical performance in older people with sarcopenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, BMC Geriatrics
  • Physical activity and health in Chinese children and adolescents: expert consensus statement (2020), 2020, British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Returning Chinese school-aged children and adolescents to physical activity in the wake of COVID-19: Actions and precautions, 2020, Journal of Sport and Health Science

Collaborators frequently working alongside Barbara E. Ainsworth include Stephen D. Herrmann, Minghui Quan, Yongming Li, Peijie Chen, and Zhenghua Cai. These coauthors have contributed to multiple publications in the areas of physical activity, health, and exercise science.

Best Publications

  • International physical activity questionnaire: 12-country reliability and validity

    Cora L Craig;Alison L Marshall;Michael Sjöström;Adrian E Bauman

  • Compendium of physical activities: an update of activity codes and MET intensities.

    Barbara E. Ainsworth;William L. Haskell;Melicia C. Whitt;Melinda L. Irwin

  • 2011 Compendium of Physical Activities: a second update of codes and MET values.

    Barbara E. Ainsworth;William L. Haskell;Stephen D. Herrmann;Nathanael Meckes

  • Compendium of physical activities: classification of energy costs of human physical activities.

    Barbara E. Ainsworth;William L. Haskell;Arthur S Leon;David R Jacobs

  • A simultaneous evaluation of 10 commonly used physical activity questionnaires

    David R. Jacobs;Barbara E. Ainsworth;Barbara E. Ainsworth;Terryl J. Hartman;Terryl J. Hartman;Arthur S. Leon;Arthur S. Leon

  • American Cancer Society Guidelines on Nutrition and Physical Activity for Cancer Prevention: Reducing the Risk of Cancer with Healthy Food Choices and Physical Activity

    Lawrence H. Kushi;Tim Byers;Colleen Doyle;Elisa V. Bandera

  • The International Prevalence Study on Physical Activity: results from 20 countries

    Adrian Bauman;Fiona Bull;Fiona Bull;Tien Chey;Cora L Craig

  • Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): The need to maintain regular physical activity while taking precautions

    Peijie Chen;Lijuan Mao;George P. Nassis;Peter Harmer

  • Guide to the Assessment of Physical Activity: Clinical and Research Applications A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Scott J. Strath;Leonard A. Kaminsky;Barbara E. Ainsworth;Ulf Ekelund

  • Race/ethnicity, social class and their relation to physical inactivity during leisure time: results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994.

    Carlos J Crespo;Ellen Smit;Ross E Andersen;Olivia Carter-Pokras

  • Accuracy of five electronic pedometers for measuring distance walked.

    David R. Bassett;Barbara E. Ainsworth;Sue R. Leggett;Clara A. Mathien

  • Physical Activity Patterns in a Diverse Population of Women

    B. Sternfeld;B.E. Ainsworth;C.P. Quesenberry

  • The Descriptive Epidemiology of Sitting: A 20-Country Comparison Using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)

    Adrian Bauman;Barbara E. Ainsworth;James F. Sallis;Maria Hagstromer

  • Sources of variance in daily physical activity levels as measured by an accelerometer.

    Charles E. Matthews;Barbara E. Ainsworth;Raymond W. Thompson;David R. Bassett

  • Validity of four motion sensors in measuring moderate intensity physical activity

    David R. Bassett;Barbara E. Ainsworth;Ann M. Swartz;Scott J. Strath

  • Development of a compendium of energy expenditures for youth.

    Kate Ridley;Barbara E Ainsworth;Tim S Olds

  • Estimation of energy expenditure using CSA accelerometers at hip and wrist sites.

    Ann M. Swartz;Scott J. Strath;David R. Bassett;William L. O'brien

  • Validation of the COSMED K4 b2 portable metabolic system.

    J. E. McLaughlin;G. A. King;E. T. Howley;D. R. Bassett

  • Neighborhood Environments and Physical Activity Among Adults in 11 Countries

    James F. Sallis;Heather R. Bowles;Adrian Bauman;Barbara E. Ainsworth

  • Race/ethnicity, social class and their relation to physical inactivity during leisure time: results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994 - evidence from the Alameda County Study

    Carlos J. Crespo;Ellen Smit;Ross E. Andersen;Olivia Carter-Pokras

Frequent Co-Authors

Catrine Tudor-Locke
Catrine Tudor-Locke University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Caroline A. Macera
Caroline A. Macera San Diego State University
Arthur S. Leon
Arthur S. Leon University of Minnesota
Melinda L. Irwin
Melinda L. Irwin Yale University
James F. Sallis
James F. Sallis University of California, San Diego
Harold W. Kohl
Harold W. Kohl The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Karla A. Henderson
Karla A. Henderson North Carolina State University
Michael Belyea
Michael Belyea Arizona State University
David R. Jacobs
David R. Jacobs University of Minnesota
Sara Wilcox
Sara Wilcox University of South Carolina

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