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A cross-cultural comparison of health behaviors between Saudi and British adolescents living in urban areas: gender by country analyses

scientific article published on 03 December 2013

A new waist-to-height ratio predicts abdominal adiposity in adults

scientific article published on 25 July 2018

A systematic review on workplace interventions to manage chronic musculoskeletal conditions

scientific article published on 20 August 2018

Accelerometer-based physical activity levels, fundamental movement skills and weight status in British preschool children from a deprived area

scientific article published on 07 May 2019

Acute Hormonal Response to Kettlebell Swing Exercise Differs Depending on Load, Even When Total Work Is Normalized

scientific article published on 28 September 2018

Acute caffeine ingestion enhances strength performance and reduces perceived exertion and muscle pain perception during resistance exercise.

scientific article published on 5 December 2011

Age-related degeneration of the lumbar paravertebral muscles: Systematic review and three-level meta-regression

scientific article published on 30 January 2020

Ambulatory physical activity levels of white and South Asian children in Central England.

scientific article published on 9 January 2012

An Evaluation of Prediction Equations for the 6 Minute Walk Test in Healthy European Adults Aged 50-85 Years

scientific article published on 29 September 2015

An exercise-induced improvement in isolated skeletal muscle contractility does not affect the performance-enhancing benefit of 70 µmol l-1 caffeine treatment

scientific article published on 05 November 2018

An integrated curriculum approach to increasing habitual physical activity in deprived South Asian children

scientific article published on 25 August 2015

Anthropometric and lifestyle characteristics of active and inactive Saudi and British adolescents.

scientific article published on 17 June 2014

Are the Multidimensional Body Self-Relations Questionnaire Scales stable or transient?

scientific article published on 4 March 2015

Arm-crank training improves postural stability and physical functioning in older people

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Assessment of the ergogenic effect of caffeine supplementation on mood, anticipation timing, and muscular strength in older adults

scientific article published on 29 August 2013

Association between Compliance with the 24-Hour Movement Guidelines and Fundamental Movement Skills in Preschoolers: A Network Perspective

scientific article published on 28 July 2020

Association between body mass index, physical activity and motor competence in children: moderation analysis by different environmental contexts

scientific article published on 02 July 2020

Association between cardiorespiratory fitness and cardiometabolic risk factors in Brazilianchildren and adolescents: the mediating role of obesity parameters

scientific article published on 28 October 2020

Associations between body mass index, waist circumference and body shape index with resting blood pressure in Portuguese adolescents

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Autonomous motivation mediates the relation between goals for physical activity and physical activity behavior in adolescents

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Body dissatisfaction, body fat and physical activity in British children

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Body esteem and body fat in British school children from different ethnic groups

scientific article published on 01 September 2004

Body fatness and physical activity levels of young children.

scientific article published in January 2007

Brief report: understanding intention to be physically active and physical activity behaviour in adolescents from a low socio-economic status background: an application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour

scientific article published on 5 August 2011

Calibration and Cross-Validation of Accelerometery for Estimating Movement Skills in Children Aged 8-12 Years

scientific article published on 13 May 2020

Calibration of GENEActiv accelerometer wrist cut-points for the assessment of physical activity intensity of preschool aged children.

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Can waist circumference provide a new "third" dimension to BMI when predicting percentage body fat in children? Insights using allometric modelling

scientific article published on 27 December 2018

Cardiorespiratory fitness and activity explains the obesity-deprivation relationship in children

scientific article published on 6 January 2017

Changes in kinematics and arm-leg coordination during a 100-m breaststroke swim.

scientific article published on 16 September 2016

Coincidence Anticipation Timing Performance during an Acute Bout of Brisk Walking in Older Adults: Effect of Stimulus Speed

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Comparisons between inverted body mass index and body mass index as proxies for body fatness and risk factors for metabolic risk and cardiorespiratory fitness in Portuguese adolescents.

scientific article published on 27 June 2012

Comparisons in ambulatory physical activity in children from the United Kingdom and Belgium

scientific article published on 13 August 2014

Construct validity of the resistance training skills battery in children aged 7-10 years.

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Cross validation of ROC generated thresholds for field assessed aerobic fitness related to weight status and cardiovascular disease risk in Portuguese young people

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Cross-validation of Actigraph derived accelerometer cut-points for assessment of sedentary behaviour and physical activity in children aged 8-11 years

scientific article published on 27 January 2020

Cross-validation of pedometer-determined cut-points for healthy weight in British children from White and South Asian backgrounds.

scientific article published on 6 February 2014

Does Perception of Motor Competence Mediate Associations between Motor Competence and Physical Activity in Early Years Children?

scientific article published in April 2019

Does a physiological concentration of taurine increase acute muscle power output, time to fatigue, and recovery in isolated mouse soleus (slow) muscle with or without the presence of caffeine?

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Dose-response between pedometer assessed physical activity, functional fitness, and fatness in healthy adults aged 50-80 years

scientific article published on 20 June 2016

Dual task performance in older adults: Examining visual discrimination performance whilst treadmill walking at preferred and non-preferred speeds

scientific article published on 12 January 2016

Dynamic Postural Control in Children: Do the Arms Lend the Legs a Helping Hand?

scientific article published on 01 January 2018

Early effects of ageing on the mechanical performance of isolated locomotory (EDL) and respiratory (diaphragm) skeletal muscle using the work-loop technique.

scientific article published on 2 July 2014

Effect of Carbohydrate and Caffeine Ingestion on Badminton Performance

scientific article published on 26 May 2015

Effect of caffeine ingestion on torque and muscle activity during resistance exercise in men

scientific article published on 14 July 2014

Effects of a 6-week circuit training intervention on body esteem and body mass index in British primary school children.

scientific article published on 17 May 2009

Effects of exercise intensity on anticipation timing performance during a cycling task at moderate and vigorous intensities in children aged 7-11 years

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Effects of external loads on postural sway during quiet stance in adults aged 20-80 years.

scientific article published on 21 August 2017

Effects of increasing and decreasing physiological arousal on anticipation timing performance during competition and practice

scientific article published on 3 December 2014

Effects of movement velocity and training frequency of resistance exercise on functional performance in older adults: a randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 17 July 2018

Efficacy of anthropometric measures for identifying cardiovascular disease risk in adolescents: review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 12 April 2018

Environmental and school influences on physical activity in South Asian children from low socio-economic backgrounds: A qualitative study.

scientific article published on 21 November 2013

Estimating Physical Activity in Children Aged 8-11 Years Using Accelerometry: Contributions From Fundamental Movement Skills and Different Accelerometer Placements

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Evaluating the effects of caffeine and sodium bicarbonate, ingested individually or in combination, and a taste-matched placebo on high-intensity cycling capacity in healthy males.

scientific article published on 17 March 2016

Examining Relative Age Effects in Fundamental Skill Proficiency in British Children Aged 6-11 Years

scientific article published on 14 May 2014

Examining accelerometer validity for estimating physical activity in pre-schoolers during free-living activity

scientific article published on 02 July 2019

Examining the utility of thresholds for aerobic fitness related to resting blood pressure and BMI in Portuguese children.

scientific article published on 8 September 2014

Exercise intensity-dependent effects of arm and leg-cycling on cognitive performance

scientific article published on 21 October 2019

Functional movement is negatively associated with weight status and positively associated with physical activity in british primary school children.

scientific article published on 26 March 2012

Fundamental Motor Skills of Children in Deprived Areas of England: A Focus on Age, Gender and Ethnicity

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Fundamental Movement Skills of Children Living in England: The Role of Ethnicity and Native English Language.

scientific article published in January 2017

Fundamental movement skills and weight status in British primary school children

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Improvement of Lower-Body Resistance-Exercise Performance With Blood-Flow Restriction Following Acute Caffeine Intake

scientific article published on 03 January 2019

Influence of familiarization on a backward, overhead medicine ball explosive power test

scientific article published on 01 October 2005

Inverted BMI rather than BMI is a better predictor of DEXA determined body fatness in children

scientific article published on 8 January 2014

Investigating the Age-Related Association between Perceived Motor Competence and Actual Motor Competence in Adolescence

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

Is the Ergogenicity of Caffeine Affected by Increasing Age? The Direct Effect of a Physiological Concentration of Caffeine on the Power Output of Maximally Stimulated EDL and Diaphragm Muscle Isolated from the Mouse.

scientific article published on January 2017

Isolated effects of caffeine and sodium bicarbonate ingestion on performance in the Yo-Yo test: A systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 21 August 2019

Low fundamental movement skill proficiency is associated with high BMI and body fatness in girls but not boys aged 6-11 years old.

scientific article published on 21 November 2016

Low socio-economic environmental determinants of children's physical activity in Coventry, UK: A Qualitative study in parents

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Match play demands of 11 versus 11 professional football using Global Positioning System tracking: Variations across common playing formations.

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Mental fatigue negatively influences manual dexterity and anticipation timing but not repeated high-intensity exercise performance in trained adults

scientific article published in January 2015

Modeling the dose-response rate/associations between VO2max and self-reported Physical Activity Questionnaire in children and adolescents

scientific article published on 09 May 2019

Movement velocity during high- and low-velocity resistance exercise protocols in older adults.

scientific article published on 27 September 2017

Muscle activity of the upper and lower rectus abdominis during exercises performed on and off a Swiss ball

scientific article published on 26 February 2009

Obesity, physical activity and sedentary behavior amongst British and Saudi youth: a cross-cultural study

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Objectively measured patterns of physical activity in primary school children in Coventry: the influence of ethnicity.

scientific article published on 20 April 2013

Optimal Body Size and Limb Length Ratios Associated with 100-m Personal-Best Swim Speeds

scientific article published in August 2015

Optimal Loading for Force Production in the Straight Bar Deadlift: Force-Time Characteristics in Strength-Trained Adults

scientific article published on 25 January 2019

Overweight and reduced heart rate variability in British children: an exploratory study

scientific article published on 23 September 2012

Peak power prediction in junior basketballers: comparing linear and allometric models

scientific article published in March 2013

Peak-power estimation equations in 12- to 16-year old children: comparing linear with allometric models.

scientific article published on 12 July 2013

Pedometer determined physical activity levels in primary school children from central England

scientific article published on 2 February 2007

Perceived exertion is related to muscle activity during leg extension exercise

scientific article published in July 2006

Perceptions of the built environment in relation to physical activity and weight status in british adolescents from central England

scientific article published on 12 November 2012

Physical activity patterns of ethnic children from low socio-economic environments within the UK.

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Physical activity, motor competence and movement and gait quality: A principal component analysis

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Placebo effects of caffeine on maximal voluntary concentric force of the knee flexors and extensors

scientific article published on 28 January 2016

Pre-cooling moderately enhances visual discrimination during exercise in the heat.

scientific article published on 23 March 2016

Prediction of habitual physical activity level and weight status from fundamental movement skill level

scientific article published on 19 May 2014

Preventive antibiotic treatment of calves: emergence of dysbiosis causing propagation of obese state-associated and mobile multidrug resistance-carrying bacteria

scientific article published on 30 October 2019

Profiling movement behaviours in pre-school children: A self-organised map approach

scientific article published on 07 November 2019

Relationship Among Changes in Sedentary Time, Physical Activity, and Body Mass Index in Young Schoolchildren: A 3-Year Longitudinal Study

scientific article published on 27 February 2018

Response to: Is inverted BMI really better than BMI in predicting body fatness in children?

scientific article published on 30 July 2014

Scaling children's waist circumference for differences in body size.

scientific article published on 12 July 2017

Scaling waist girth for differences in body size reveals a new improved index associated with cardiometabolic risk.

scientific article published on 10 October 2016

Self-Perceived and Actual Motor Competence in Young British Children

scientific article published in January 2018

Sequencing effects of object control and locomotor skill during Integrated Neuromuscular Training in 6-7 year old children.

scientific article published on 14 February 2018

Socio-demographic differences in Colombian children's muscular fitness: Does scaling for differences in body size present a challenge to conventional thinking?

scientific article published on 06 April 2018

South Asian Children Have Increased Body Fat in Comparison to White Children at the Same Body Mass Index

scientific article published on 22 November 2017

Step based physical activity guidelines for preschool-aged children

scientific article published on 18 November 2014

The Age-Related Association of Movement in Irish Adolescent Youth.

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The Effectiveness of a Primary School Based Badminton Intervention on Children's Fundamental Movement Skills

scientific article published on 21 January 2020

The Effects of Caffeine Ingestion on Measures of Rowing Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

scientific article published on 08 February 2020

The Effects of Combined Movement and Storytelling Intervention on Motor Skills in South Asian and White Children Aged 5-6 Years Living in the United Kingdom

scientific article published on 13 May 2020

The Prevalence of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviours Relative to Obesity among Adolescents from Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia: Rural versus Urban Variations

scientific article published on 23 January 2012

The acute effect of a caffeine-containing energy drink on mood state, readiness to invest effort, and resistance exercise to failure

scientific article published in October 2012

The acute physiological effects of high- and low-velocity resistance exercise in older adults

scientific article published on 03 October 2017

The association between cardiovascular disease risk and parental educational level in Portuguese children.

scientific article published on December 2012

The association between functional movement and overweight and obesity in British primary school children

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The dose-response association between V̇O2peak and self-reported physical activity in children

scientific article published on 13 May 2020

The effect of a caffeinated energy drink on various psychological measures during submaximal cycling

scientific article published on 29 March 2013

The effect of a physiological concentration of caffeine on the endurance of maximally and submaximally stimulated mouse soleus muscle

scientific article published on 06 January 2013

The effect of acute caffeine ingestion on coincidence anticipation timing in younger and older adults.

scientific article published on 26 November 2013

The effect of acute caffeine ingestion on upper and lower body anaerobic exercise performance

scientific article published on 23 April 2019

The effect of acute caffeine ingestion on upper body anaerobic exercise and cognitive performance

scientific article published on 13 August 2018

The effect of badminton-specific exercise on badminton short-serve performance in competition and practice climates

scientific article published on 13 July 2016

The effect of caffeine ingestion on field hockey skill performance following physical fatigue

scientific article published in January 2012

The effect of caffeine ingestion on functional performance in older adults

scientific article published in December 2014

The effect of caffeine ingestion on mood state and bench press performance to failure

scientific article published in January 2011

The effect of differing intensities of acute cycling on preadolescent academic achievement

scientific article published on 3 June 2013

The effect of exercise intensity on cognitive performance during short duration treadmill running

scientific article published on June 2016

The effect of exercise intensity on coincidence anticipation performance at different stimulus speeds.

scientific article published on 20 December 2012

The effect of exercise intensity on postresistance exercise hypotension in trained men.

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The effect of green exercise on blood pressure, heart rate and mood state in primary school children.

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The effect of physiological concentrations of caffeine on the power output of maximally and submaximally stimulated mouse EDL (fast) and soleus (slow) muscle ⬇️

scientific article published on 06 October 2011

The effect of sodium bicarbonate ingestion on back squat and bench press exercise to failure

scientific article published on 01 May 2014

The effects of 10 weeks Integrated Neuromuscular Training on fundamental movement skills and physical self-efficacy in 6-7 year old children.

scientific article published on 23 March 2017

The effects of 8 weeks voluntary wheel running on the contractile performance of isolated locomotory (soleus) and respiratory (diaphragm) skeletal muscle during early ageing.

scientific article published on 17 August 2017

The effects of arm crank ergometry, cycle ergometry and treadmill walking on postural sway in healthy older females.

scientific article published on 23 October 2014

The effects of maximal and submaximal arm crank ergometry and cycle ergometry on postural sway

scientific article published on 08 April 2014

The emergence of age-related deterioration in dynamic, but not quiet standing balance abilities among healthy middle-aged adults

scientific article published on 27 August 2020

The impact of a school-based gardening intervention on intentions and behaviour related to fruit and vegetable consumption in children

scientific article published in June 2015

The impact of ethnicity on objectively measured physical activity in children.

scientific article published on 22 January 2013

The influence of age and weight status on cardiac autonomic control in healthy children: a review.

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The influence of cycling intensity upon cognitive response during inferred practice and competition conditions

scientific article published on 8 October 2016

The perceptual responses to high-velocity, low-load and low-velocity, high-load resistance exercise in older adults

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The relationship between pedometer-determined physical activity, body mass index and lean body mass index in children.

scientific article published in October 2010

The relationship between resting blood pressure, body mass index and lean body mass index in British children

scientific article published on 27 January 2011

The use of functional performance tests and simple anthropomorphic measures to screen for comorbidity in primary care

scientific article published on 07 July 2020

Twenty-four-hour movement behaviours and fundamental movement skills in preschool children: A compositional and isotemporal substitution analysis

scientific article published on 07 June 2020

Using Collective Intelligence to identify barriers to implementing and sustaining effective Fundamental Movement Skill interventions: A rationale and application example

scientific article published on 30 October 2020

Using accelerometry to classify physical activity intensity in older adults: What is the optimal wear-site?

scientific article published on 26 November 2019

Validation of the Phillips et al. GENEActiv accelerometer wrist cut-points in children aged 5–8 years old

scientific article published on 26 October 2016

What can isolated skeletal muscle experiments tell us about the effects of caffeine on exercise performance?

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What is needed to reduce the risk of anterior cruciate ligament injuries in children? – Hearing from experts

scientific article published in 2023

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