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UMass Amherst public health researcher updates and validates the 'Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire'

A University of Massachusetts Amherst public health researcher has updated and validated the widely used Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire (PPAQ) to improve the measurement performance of this ...
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Concurrent validity and accuracy of the short-form of international physical activity questionnaire (SF-IPAQ) in a population of Spanish cancer survivors.

Survival in veterans with lung cancer: Cancer cachexia and the importance of weight. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2015 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a full text ...
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Association between physical activity and the time course of cancer recurrence in stage III colon cancer

Objective We determined if postoperative physical activity prevents or delays cancer recurrence in patients with stage III colon cancer. Methods This cohort study nested within a randomised trial ...
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Physical Activity Linked to Lower Mortality in Parkinson's Disease

Physical activity in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with increased longevity, new research suggests. In a new analysis, "physical activity and all-cause mortality had a ...
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Do associations of physical activity and sedentary behaviour with cardiovascular disease and mortality differ across socioeconomic groups? A prospective analysis of device ...

Objective To examine if individual-level and area-level socioeconomic status (SES) modifies the association of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), domain-specific physical activity and ...