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Gaynor Parfitt is a researcher affiliated with the University of South Australia in Australia. Their work primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a particular focus on subfields such as Physiology, General Health Professions, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Geriatrics and Gerontology, and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

The main topics Parfitt's research addresses include:

  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Sports Performance and Training
  • Cardiovascular and Exercise Physiology
  • Sport Psychology and Performance
  • Children's Physical and Motor Development

Recent publications by Parfitt feature several studies across various aspects of physical activity and health. These include:

  • "The Use of Virtual Reality to Influence Motivation, Affect, Enjoyment, and Engagement During Exercise: A Scoping Review" (2020) published in Frontiers in Virtual Reality
  • "Physical Activity Intensity Cut-Points for Wrist-Worn GENEActiv in Older Adults" (2021) published in Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
  • "Efficacy of theory-informed workplace physical activity interventions: a systematic literature review with meta-analyses" (2020) published in Health Psychology Review
  • "The Use of Ratings of Perceived Exertion in Children and Adolescents: A Scoping Review" (2020) published in Sports Medicine
  • "Effect of an ongoing pharmacist service to reduce medicine-induced deterioration and adverse reactions in aged-care facilities (nursing homes): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial (the ReMInDAR trial)" (2022) published in Age and Ageing

In terms of collaborations, Parfitt frequently coauthors with several researchers, including:

  • Dannielle Post
  • Roger Eston
  • Elizabeth E. Roughead
  • Megan Corlis
  • Rebecca Bilton

Their publications are often found in journals such as:

  • European Journal of Applied Physiology
  • PLoS ONE
  • PeerJ
  • Health Promotion Journal of Australia
  • Frontiers in Virtual Reality

Best Publications

  • The pleasure and displeasure people feel when they exercise at different intensities: decennial update and progress towards a tripartite rationale for exercise intensity prescription.

    Panteleimon Ekkekakis;Gaynor Parfitt;Steven J. Petruzzello

  • A catastrophe model of anxiety and performance

    Lew Hardy;Gaynor Parfitt

  • Calibration of the GENEA accelerometer for assessment of physical activity intensity in children

    Lisa R.S. Phillips;Gaynor Parfitt;Alex V. Rowlands

  • The psychological and physiological responses of sedentary individuals to prescribed and preferred intensity exercise.

    Gaynor Parfitt;Elaine A. Rose;William M. Burgess

  • The relationship between children's habitual activity level and psychological well-being

    Gaynor Parfitt;Roger G Eston

  • A Quantitative Analysis and Qualitative Explanation of the Individual Differences in Affective Responses to Prescribed and Self-Selected Exercise Intensities

    Elaine A. Rose;Gaynor Parfitt

  • Invited Guest Editorial: Envisioning the next fifty years of research on the exercise–affect relationship

    Panteleimon Ekkekakis;Elaine A. Hargreaves;Gaynor Parfitt

  • Validity of Submaximal Step Tests to Estimate Maximal Oxygen Uptake in Healthy Adults

    Hunter Bennett;Gaynor Parfitt;Kade Davison;Roger Eston

  • The rating of perceived exertion during competitive running scales with time

    James Faulkner;Gaynor Parfitt;Roger Eston

  • The effect of antecedent fatiguing activity on the relationship between perceived exertion and physiological activity during a constant load exercise task.

    Roger Eston;James Faulkner;Alan St Clair Gibson;Tim Noakes

  • Prediction of maximal oxygen uptake from the ratings of perceived exertion and heart rate during a perceptually-regulated sub-maximal exercise test in active and sedentary participants

    James Faulkner;Gaynor Parfitt;Roger Eston

  • Good health—Is it worth it? Mood states, physical well‐being, job satisfaction and absenteeism in members and non‐members of a British corporate health and fitness club

    Amanda J. Daley;Gaynor Parfitt

  • Children's physical activity and psychological health: the relevance of intensity

    Gaynor Parfitt;Toby Pavey;Ann V Rowlands

  • The Use of Virtual Reality to Influence Motivation, Affect, Enjoyment, and Engagement During Exercise: A Scoping Review

    Brendan Mouatt;Ashleigh E. Smith;Maddison L. Mellow;Gaynor Parfitt

  • THE EXERCISE INTENSITY-AFFECT RELATIONSHIP: EVIDENCE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR EXERCISE BEHAVIOR

    Gaynor Parfitt;Sophie Hughes

  • The validity of predicting maximal oxygen uptake from a perceptually-regulated graded exercise test

    Roger G. Eston;Kevin L. Lamb;Gaynor Parfitt;Nicholas King

  • Performance catastrophes in sport: A test of the hysteresis hypothesis

    Lew Hardy;Gaynor Parfitt;John Pates

  • Exercise experience influences affective and motivational outcomes of prescribed and self-selected intensity exercise.

    E. A. Rose;G. Parfitt

  • The Effect of Prescribed and Preferred Intensity Exercise on Psychological Affect and the Influence of Baseline Measures of Affect

    Gaynor Parfitt;Elaine A. Rose;David Markland

  • The validity of predicting maximal oxygen uptake from perceptually regulated graded exercise tests of different durations.

    Roger G. Eston;James A. Faulkner;Elizabeth A. Mason;Gaynor Parfitt

  • Exercise causality orientations, behavioural regulation for exercise and stage of change for exercise: exploring their relationships

    Elaine A. Rose;Gaynor Parfitt;Sian Williams

  • Psychological Affect at Different Ratings of Perceived Exertion in High-and Low-Active Women: A Study Using a Production Protocol:

    Gaynor Parfitt;Roger Eston;Declan Connolly

Frequent Co-Authors

Lew Hardy
Lew Hardy Bangor University
Panteleimon Ekkekakis
Panteleimon Ekkekakis Iowa State University
Julie Bernhardt
Julie Bernhardt Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
David Markland
David Markland Bangor University
Susan A. Jebb
Susan A. Jebb University of Oxford
Stuart J. Fairclough
Stuart J. Fairclough Edge Hill University
Michael W. Beets
Michael W. Beets University of South Carolina
Christopher J. Armitage
Christopher J. Armitage University of Manchester
Steven J. Petruzzello
Steven J. Petruzzello University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Felipe Barreto Schuch
Felipe Barreto Schuch Universidad Autónoma de Chile

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