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Overview

Claudio R. Nigg is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland and contributes to the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Physiology, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Applied Psychology, and Developmental and Educational Psychology.

The research primarily centers around topics including:

  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Children's Physical and Motor Development
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
  • Sports Performance and Training

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Claudio R. Nigg include:

  • "The association between physical activity with incident obesity, coronary heart disease, diabetes and hypertension in adults: a systematic review of longitudinal studies published after 2012" (2020, BMC Public Health)
  • "Ambulatory assessment for physical activity research: State of the science, best practices and future directions" (2020, Psychology of sport and exercise)
  • "Assessing physical activity through questionnaires - A consensus of best practices and future directions" (2020, Psychology of sport and exercise)
  • "There is more to stages of exercise than just exercise." (2024, PubMed)
  • "Assessing physical behavior through accelerometry - State of the science, best practices and future directions" (2020, Psychology of sport and exercise)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Claudio R. Nigg are:

  • Sascha Ketelhut (26 publications)
  • Alexander Wöll (15 publications)
  • Marco Giurgiu (11 publications)
  • Carina Nigg (9 publications)
  • Claudia Kubica (8 publications)

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • PubMed (18 publications)
  • Current Issues in Sport Science (CISS) (18 publications)
  • Psychology of sport and exercise (4 publications)
  • BMC Public Health (3 publications)
  • Frontiers in Sports and Active Living (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • Exercise and physical activity for older adults

    Wojtek Jan Chodzko-Zajko;David N. Proctor;Maria A. Fiatarone Singh;Christopher T. Minson

  • Multiple health behavior change research: an introduction and overview.

    Judith J. Prochaska;Bonnie Spring;Claudio R. Nigg

  • Physical Activity, Exercise, and Sedentary Behavior in College Students

    Janet Buckworth;Claudio Nigg

  • Theories of exercise behavior.

    Stuart Biddle;CR Nigg

  • Transtheoretical model: Examining adolescent exercise behavior

    Claudio R. Nigg;Kerry S. Courneya

  • Stages of Change Across Ten Health Risk Behaviors for Older Adults

    Claudio R. Nigg;Patricia M. Burbank;Cindy Padula;Robert Dufresne

  • Theory-comparison and multiple-behavior research: common themes advancing health behavior research

    Claudio R. Nigg;John P. Allegrante;Marcia Ory

  • Factorial validity and psychometric examination of the Exercise Dependence Scale-Revised.

    Danielle Symons Downs;Heather A. Hausenblas;Claudio R. Nigg

  • Barriers to exercise behavior among older adults: a focus-group study

    Faith D Lees;Phillip G Clarkr;Claudio R Nigg;Phillip Newman

  • Peer-delivered physical activity interventions: an overlooked opportunity for physical activity promotion.

    Kathleen A Martin Ginis;Claudio R Nigg;Alan L Smith

  • Interactive communication strategies: implications for population-based physical-activity promotion.

    Bess H Marcus;Claudio R Nigg;Deborah Riebe;LeighAnn H Forsyth

  • Advancing physical activity theory: a review and future directions.

    Ryan E. Rhodes;Claudio R. Nigg

  • A Theory of Physical Activity Maintenance

    Claudio R. Nigg;Belinda Borrelli;Jay Maddock;Rod K. Dishman

  • Future directions in physical activity intervention research: expanding our focus to sedentary behaviors, technology, and dissemination

    Beth A. Lewis;Melissa A. Napolitano;Matthew P. Buman;David M. Williams

  • The association between physical activity with incident obesity, coronary heart disease, diabetes and hypertension in adults: a systematic review of longitudinal studies published after 2012.

    Laura Cleven;Janina Krell-Roesch;Janina Krell-Roesch;Claudio R. Nigg;Claudio R. Nigg;Alexander Woll

  • Physical and mental health-related correlates of physical function in community dwelling older adults: a cross sectional study

    Carol Ewing Garber;Mary L Greaney;Deborah Riebe;Claudio R Nigg

  • Health-promoting and health-risk behaviors: theory-driven analyses of multiple health behavior change in three international samples.

    Sonia Lippke;Claudio R. Nigg;Jason E. Maddock

  • Testing a theoretical model of exercise behavior for older adults.

    Barbara Resnick;Claudio Nigg

  • A Research Agenda to Examine the Efficacy and Relevance of the Transtheoretical Model for Physical Activity Behavior.

    Claudio R. Nigg;Karly S. Geller;Rob W. Motl;Caroline C. Horwath

  • Long-term maintenance of exercise and healthy eating behaviors in overweight adults.

    Deborah Riebe;Bryan Blissmer;Geoffrey Greene;Marjorie Caldwell

  • Relationships among the theory of planned behavior, stages of change, and exercise behavior in older persons over a three year period

    Kerry S. Courneya;Claudio R. Nigg;Paul A. Estabrooks

Frequent Co-Authors

Lynne R. Wilkens
Lynne R. Wilkens University of Hawaii at Manoa
Joseph S. Rossi
Joseph S. Rossi University of Rhode Island
Gregory J. Norman
Gregory J. Norman Dexcom (United States)
Heather A. Hausenblas
Heather A. Hausenblas Jacksonville University
Sonia Lippke
Sonia Lippke Jacobs University
Paul A. Estabrooks
Paul A. Estabrooks University of Nebraska Medical Center
Wayne F. Velicer
Wayne F. Velicer University of Rhode Island
James O. Prochaska
James O. Prochaska University of Rhode Island
Ryan E. Rhodes
Ryan E. Rhodes University of Victoria
Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij Ghent University

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