Dr Alex Rowlands

School of Allied Health and Human Performance

College of Health

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.


I joined the University of South Australia in 2011 from the University of Exeter in the UK.

I am a senior research fellow with the Exercise for Health and Human Performance and Health and Use of Time groups in the School of Health Sciences. My research focuses on the measurement of physical activity and sedentary behaviour.

Year Citation
2025 Boddy, L. M., Rowlands, A. V., del Pozo Cruz, B., Taylor, S. L., Noonan, R. J., Hurter, L., . . . Fairclough, S. J. (2025). Physical activity volume and intensity for healthy body mass index and cardiorespiratory fitness: enhancing the translation of children's and adolescents' accelerometer physical activity reference values. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 35(8), 1-10.
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2025 Fairclough, S. J., Schwendinger, F., Taylor, S. L., Boddy, L. M., Weaver, R. G., & Rowlands, A. V. (2025). Absolute and relative intensity physical activity of children with healthy and low levels of cardiorespiratory fitness. Journal Of Sports Sciences, online, 1-13.
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2025 Schwendinger, F., Infanger, D., Lichtenstein, E., Hinrichs, T., Knaier, R., Rowlands, A. V., & Schmidt Trucksass, A. (2025). Intensity or volume: the role of physical activity in longevity. European Journal Of Preventive Cardiology, 32(1), 10-19.
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2025 Rowlands, A. V., & Troiano, R. P. (2025). Comment on 'Development of an accelerometer age- and sex-specific approach based on population-standardized values for physical activity surveillance: a proof of concept'. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 14(101004), 1-3.
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2025 Rowlands, A. V., Kingsnorth, A. P., Hansen, B. H., Fairclough, S. J., Boddy, L. M., Maylor, B. D., . . . Yates, T. (2025). Enhancing clinical and public health interpretation of accelerometer-assessed physical activity with age-referenced values based on UK Biobank data. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 14, 1-11.
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2025 Langford, J., Barakat, A., Daghash, E., Singh, H., & Rowlands, A. V. (2025). Digital health technologies for optimising treatment and rehabilitation following surgery: device-based measurement of sling posture and adherence. Sensors, 25(1, article no. 166), 1-18.
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2025 Schwendinger, F., Knaier, R., Wagner, J., Infanger, D., Lichtenstein, E., Hinrichs, T., . . . Schmidt Trucksass, A. (2025). Relative and absolute intensity accelerometer metrics decipher the effects of age, sex, and occupation on physical activity. BMC Public Health, 25(1), 1-13.
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2025 Vetrovsky, T., Kral, N., Pfeiferova, M., Seifert, B., Capek, V., Jurkova, K., . . . Yates, T. (2025). mHealth intervention delivered in general practice to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour of patients with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes (ENERGISED): statistical analysis plan. Trials, 26(1, article no. 166), 1-12.
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2025 Schwendinger, F., Rowlands, A. V., & Schmidt Trucksass, A. (2025). Physical activity and health benefits: does shorter mean safer? a response. European Journal Of Preventive Cardiology, online, 1-2.
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2025 Kwon, S., Janz, K. F., Guha, I., Rowlands, A. V., Rysavy, O., Saha, P. K., . . . Levy, S. M. (2025). High-Intensity Physical Activity During Late Adolescence Predicts Young Adult CT-Based Finite Element Bone Strength in Emerging Adulthood: iowa Bone Development Study. Children-Basel, 12(9, article no. 1204), 1-11.
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2025 Jones, P. J., Rowlands, A. V., Davies, M. J., & Bus, S. A. (2025). Diabetes Foot Ulcer Prevention: a Review of Footwear Width Assessment for At-Risk Feet. Journal Of Foot And Ankle Research, 18(3, article no. e70071), 1-10.
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2025 Jones, P. J., Rowlands, A. V., Davies, M. J., Webb, D., Gillies, C. L., & Shah, A. (2025). Foot measurements from three-dimensional scans: elinvision 3DST reliability. Journal Of Foot And Ankle Research, 18(3, article no. 70070), 1-9.
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2024 Covenant, A., Yates, T., Rowlands, A. V., Dempsey, P. C., Edwardson, C. L., Hall, A. P., . . . Henson, J. (2024). Replacing sedentary time with sleep and physical activity: associations with physical function and wellbeing in Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 217(111886), 1-7.
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2024 Jones, P. J., Armstrong, D. G., Frykberg, R., Davies, M., & Rowlands, A. V. (2024). Footwear fit as a causal factor in diabetes-related foot ulceration: a systematic review. Diabetic Medicine, 14(10, article no. e15407), 1-13.
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2024 Henson, J., Covenant, A., Hall, A. P., Herring, L., Rowlands, A. V., Yates, T., & Davies, M. J. (2024). Waking up to the importance of sleep in Type 2 diabetes management: a narrative review. Diabetes care, 47(3), 331-343.
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2024 Henson, J., Tziannou, A., Rowlands, A. V., Edwardson, C. L., Hall, A. P., Davies, M. J., & Yates, T. (2024). Twenty-four-hour physical behaviour profiles across type 2 diabetes mellitus subtypes. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 26(4), 1355-1365.
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2024 Henson, J., Davies, M. J., Brady, E. M., Edwardson, C. L., Hall, A. P., Khunti, K., . . . Yates, T. (2024). The potential blunting effect of metformin and/or statin therapy on physical activity-induced associations with HbA1c in type 2 diabetes. Journal of Diabetes, 16(2, article no. e13495), 1-6.
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2024 Henson, J., Yates, T., Bhattacharjee, A., Chudasama, Y. V., Davies, M. J., Goldney, J., . . . Zaccardi, F. (2024). Walking pace and the time between the onset of noncommunicable diseases and mortality: a UK Biobank prospective cohort study. Annals of Epidemiology, 90, 21-27.
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2024 Sayyah, M., Clemes, S. A., Maylor, B. D., Edwardson, C. L., Sherry, A. P., Ruettger, K., . . . Rowlands, A. V. (2024). The effect of vehicle motion (cab vibration) on accelerometer cut-point determined moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in heavy goods vehicle drivers. Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour, 7(1, article no. jmpb.2024-0027), 1-10.
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2024 Schwendinger, F., Wagner, J., Knaier, R., Infanger, D., Rowlands, A. V., Hinrichs, T., & Schmidt Trucksäss, A. (2024). Accelerometer metrics: healthy adult reference values, associations with cardiorespiratory fitness, and clinical implications. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 56(2), 170-180.
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2024 Barakat, A., Manga, A., Sheikh, A., McWilliams, R., Rowlands, A. V., & Singh, H. (2024). Feasibility of Using a GENEActiv Accelerometer with Triaxial Acceleration and Temperature Sensors to Monitor Adherence to Shoulder Sling Wear Following Surgery. Sensors, 24(3, article no. 880), 1-12.
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2023 del Pozo Cruz, B., Alfonso Rosa, R. M., Lopez Bueno, R., Fairclough, S. J., Rowlands, A., & del Pozo Cruz, J. (2023). Associations between hospitalization and device-assessed physical activity in a representative sample of older adults. Gerontology, 69(4), 506-512.
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2023 Pulsford, R. M., Brocklebank, L., Fenton, S. A. M., Bakker, E., Mielke, G. I., Tsai, L. T., . . . Stamatakis, E. (2023). The impact of selected methodological factors on data collection outcomes in observational studies of device-measured physical behaviour in adults: a systematic review. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 20(1), 1-14.
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2023 Skinner, A. M., Rowlands, A. V., Vlachopoulos, D., Barker, A. R., Janz, K. F., & Moore, S. A. (2023). The influence of accelerometer epoch length on associations of physical activity intensity and volume with bone outcomes. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 22, 117-132.
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2023 Orme, M. W., Lloyd Evans, P. H. I., Jayamaha, A. R., Katagira, W., Kirenga, B., Pina, I., . . . Rowlands, A. V. (2023). A case for unifying accelerometry-derived movement behaviors and tests of exercise capacity for the assessment of relative physical activity intensity. Journal Of Physical Activity & Health, 20(4), 303-310.
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2023 Katsarova, S. S., Redman, E., Arsenyadis, F., Brady, E. M., Rowlands, A. V., Edwardson, C. L., . . . Henson, J. (2023). Differences in dietary intake, eating occasion timings and eating windows between chronotypes in adults living with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Nutrients, 15(18), 1-11.
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2023 Jones, P. J., Lavery, L., Davies, M. J., Webb, D., & Rowlands, A. V. (2023). Hotspots: adherence in home foot temperature monitoring interventions for at-risk feet with diabetes-a narrative review. Diabetic Medicine, 40(10, article no. e15189), 1-10.
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2023 Skinner, A. M., Vlachopoulos, D., Barker, A. R., Moore, S. A., Rowlands, A. V., Soininen, S., . . . Lakka, T. A. (2023). Physical activity volume and intensity distribution in relation to bone, lean and fat mass in children. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 33(3), 267-282.
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2022 Rowlands, A. V., Maylor, B., Dawkins, N. P., Dempsey, P. C., Edwardson, C. L., Soczawa Stronczyk, A. A., . . . Yates, T. (2022). Stepping up with GGIR: validity of step cadence derived from wrist-worn research-grade accelerometers using the verisense step count algorithm. Journal Of Sports Sciences, 40(19), 2182-2190.
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2022 Migueles, J. H., Molina Garcia, P., Torres Lopez, L. V., Cadenas Sanchez, C., Rowlands, A. V., Ebner Priemer, U. W., . . . Ortega, F. B. (2022). Equivalency of four research-grade movement sensors to assess movement behaviors and its implications for population surveillance. Scientific Reports, 12(1, article no. 5525), 1-9.
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2022 Dawkins, N. P., Yates, T., Edwardson, C. L., Maylor, B., Henson, J., Hall, A. P., . . . Rowlands, A. V. (2022). Importance of overall activity and intensity of activity for cardiometabolic risk in those with and without a chronic disease. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 54(9), 1582-1590.
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2022 Migueles, J. H., Aadland, E., Andersen, L. B., Brønd, J. C., Chastin, S. F., Hansen, B. H., . . . Ortega, F. B. (2022). GRANADA consensus on analytical approaches to assess associations with accelerometer-determined physical behaviours (physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep) in epidemiological studies. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 56(7), 376-384.
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2022 Henson, J., Arsenyadis, F., Redman, E., Brady, E. M., Coull, N. A., Edwardson, C. L., . . . Yates, T. (2022). Relative protein intake and associations with markers of physical function in those with type 2 diabetes. Diabetic Medicine, 39(8), 1-10.
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2022 Dawkins, N. P., Yates, T., Soczawa Stronczyk, A. A., Bocian, M., Edwardson, C. L., Maylor, B., . . . Rowlands, A. V. (2022). Normative wrist-worn accelerometer values for self-paced walking and running: a walk in the park. Journal of Sports Sciences, 40(1), 81-88.
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2022 Gunn, S., Henson, J., Robertson, N., Maltby, J., Brady, E. M., Henderson, S., . . . Davies, M. J. (2022). Self-compassion, sleep quality and psychological well-being in type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study. BMJ open diabetes research & care, 10(5, article no. e002972), 1-11.
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2021 Jones, P. J., Catt, M., Davies, M. J., Edwardson, C. L., Mirkes, E. M., Khunti, K., . . . Rowlands, A. V. (2021). Feature selection for unsupervised machine learning of accelerometer data physical activity clusters - a systematic review. Gait and Posture, 90, 120-128.
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2021 Rowlands, A. V., Henson, J. J., Coull, N. A., Edwardson, C. L., Brady, E., Hall, A., . . . Yates, T. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 restrictions on accelerometer-assessed physical activity and sleep in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Diabetic Medicine, 38(10), 1-9.
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2021 Dawkins, N. P., Yates, T., Edwardson, C. L., Maylor, B., Davies, M. J., Dunstan, D., . . . Rowlands, A. V. (2021). Comparing 24 h physical activity profiles: office workers, women with a history of gestational diabetes and people with chronic disease condition(s). Journal of Sports Sciences, 39(2), 219-226.
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2021 Plekhanova, T., Rowlands, A. V., Davies, M., Edwardson, C. L., Hall, A., & Yates, T. (2021). Effect of exercise on sleep and bi-directional associations with accelerometer-assessed physical activity in men with obesity. Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, 46(6), 597-605.
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2021 Mickute, M., Henson, J., Rowlands, A. V., Sargeant, J. A., Webb, D., Hall, A. P., . . . Yates, T. (2021). Device-measured physical activity and its association with physical function in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetic Medicine, 38(6), 1-9.
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2021 Fraysse, F., Post, D., Eston, R., Kasai, D., Rowlands, A. V., & Parfitt, G. (2021). Physical Activity Intensity Cut-Points for Wrist-Worn GENEActiv in Older Adults. FRONTIERS IN SPORTS AND ACTIVE LIVING, 2(article no. 579278), 9 pages.
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2020 Chudasama, Y. V., Zaccardi, F., Gillies, C. L., Dhalwani, N. N., Yates, T., Rowlands, A. V., . . . Khunto, K. K. (2020). Leisure‐time physical activity and life expectancy in people with cardiometabolic multimorbidity and depression. Journal of International Medicine, 287(1), 87-99.
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2020 Baldwin, C. E., Rowlands, A. V., Fraysse, F., & Johnston, K. N. (2020). The sedentary behaviour and physical activity patterns of survivors of a critical illness over their acute hospitalisation: an observational study. Australian Critical Care, 33(3), 272-280.
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2020 Henson, J., Rowlands, A. V., Baldry, E., Brady, E. M., Davies, M. J., Edwardson, C. L., . . . Hall, A. P. (2020). Physical behaviors and chronotype in people with type 2 diabetes. BMJ open diabetes research & care, 8(1, article no. e001375), 1-8.
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2020 Jones, P. J., James, M. K., Davies, M. J., Khunti, K., Catt, M., Yates, T., . . . Mirkes, E. M. (2020). FilterK: a new outlier detection method for k-means clustering of physical activity. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 104 q 1, 103397.
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2020 Fairclough, S. J., Rowlands, A. V., Taylor, S., & Boddy, L. M. (2020). Cut‐point‐free accelerometer metrics to assess children's physical activity: An example using the school day. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 30(1), 117-125.
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2020 Rowlands, A. V., Edwardson, C. L., Dawkins, N. P., Maylor, B. D., Metcalf, K. M., & Janz, K. F. (2020). Physical activity for bone health: how much and/or how hard?. Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 52(11), 2331-2341.
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2019 Boddy, L. M., Noonan, R. J., Rowlands, A. V., Hurter, L., Knowles, Z. R., & Fairclough, S. J. (2019). The backwards comparability of wrist worn GENEActiv and waist worn ActiGraph accelerometer estimates of sedentary time in children. Journal of science and medicine in sport, 22(7), 814-820.
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2019 Rowlands, A., Dawkins, N. P., Maylor, B., Edwardson, C. L., Fairclough, S. J., Davies, M. J., . . . Yates, T. (2019). Enhancing the value of accelerometer-assessed physical activity: meaningful visual comparisons of data-driven translational accelerometer metrics. Sports medicine - open, 5(1, article no. 47, pp. 1-11), 47.
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2019 Jones, P., Mirkes, E. M., Yates, T., Edwardson, C. L., Catt, M., Davies, M. J., . . . Rowlands, A. V. (2019). Towards a portable model to discriminate activity clusters from accelerometer data. Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 19(20, article no. 4504), 1-18.
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2019 Migueles, J. H., Cadenas Sanchez, C., Rowlands, A. V., Henriksson, P., Shiroma, E. J., Acosta, F. M., . . . Ortega, F. B. (2019). Comparability of accelerometer signal aggregation metrics across placements and dominant wrist cut points for the assessment of physical activity in adults. Scientific reports, 9(1, article no. 18235), 1-12.
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2019 Tan, M. K. H., Wong, J. K. L., Bakrania, K., Abdullahi, Y., Harling, L., Casula, R., . . . Jarral, O. A. (2019). Can activity monitors predict outcomes in patients with heart failure? A systematic review. European heart journal - quality of care & clinical outcomes, 5(1), 11-21.
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2019 Hurter, L., Rowlands, A. V., Fairclough, S. J., Gibbon, K. C., Knowles, Z. R., Porcellato, L. A., . . . Boddy, L. M. (2019). Validating the Sedentary Sphere method in children: Does wrist or accelerometer brand matter?. Journal of sports sciences, 37(16), 1910-1918.
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2019 Rowlands, A. V., Fairclough, S. J., Yates, T., Edwardson, C. L., Davies, M., Munir, F., . . . Stiles, V. H. (2019). Activity intensity, volume, and norms: utility and interpretation of accelerometer metrics. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 51(11), 2410-2422.
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2019 Rowlands, A. V., Sherar, L. B., Fairclough, S. J., Yates, T., Edwardson, C. L., Harrington, D. M., . . . Stiles, V. H. (2019). A data-driven, meaningful, easy to interpret, standardised accelerometer outcome variable for global surveillance. Journal of science and medicine in sport, 22(10), 1132-1138.
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2019 Chudasama, Y. V., Khunti, K. K., Zaccardi, F., Rowlands, A. V., Yates, T., Gillies, C. L., . . . Dhalwani, N. N. (2019). Physical activity, multimorbidity, and life expectancy: a UK Biobank longitudinal study. BMC medicine, 17(1, article no. 108), 1-13.
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2019 Fairclough, S. J., Taylor, S., Rowlands, A. V., Boddy, L. M., & Noonan, R. J. (2019). Average acceleration and intensity gradient of primary school children and associations with indicators of health and well-being. Journal of sports sciences, 37(18), 2159-2167.
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2019 Booth, V., Rowlands, A., & Dollman, J. (2019). Physical Activity Trends in Separate Contexts Among South Australian Older Children (10-12 Y) and Early Adolescents (13-15 Y) From 1985 to 2013. Pediatric exercise science, 31(3), 341-347.
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2019 Hashem, R., Rey López, J. P., Hamer, M., McMunn, A., Rowlands, A., Whincup, P. H., . . . Stamatakis, E. (2019). Associations between objectively assessed and questionnaire-based sedentary behaviour with body mass index and systolic blood pressure in Kuwaiti adolescents. BMC research notes, 12(1, article no. 588), 1-6.
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2019 Mitchell, B. L., Smith, A. E., Rowlands, A. V., Fraysse, F., Parfitt, G., Lewis, N. R., & Dollman, J. (2019). Promoting physical activity in rural Australian adults using an online intervention. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 22(1), 70-75.
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2018 Mitchell, B. L., Smith, A. E., Rowlands, A. V., Parfitt, G., & Dollman, J. (2018). Associations of physical activity and sedentary behaviour with metabolic syndrome in rural Australian adults. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 21(12), 1232-1237.
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2018 Reznik, M., Islamovic, F., Choi, J., Leu, C. S., & Rowlands, A. V. (2018). Factors associated with in-school physical activity among urban children with asthma. Journal of asthma, 55(5), 492-501.
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2018 Rowlands, A. V., Mirkes, E. M., Yates, T., Clemes, S., Davies, M., Khunti, K., & Edwardson, C. L. (2018). Accelerometer-assessed physical activity in epidemiology: are monitors equivalent?. Medicine and science In sports and exercise, 50(2), 257-265.
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2018 Baldwin, C. E., Johnston, K. N., Rowlands, A. V., & Williams, M. T. (2018). Physical activity of ICU survivors during acute admission: agreement of the activPAL with observation. Physiotherapy Canada, 70(1), 57-63.
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2018 Rowlands, A. V. (2018). Physical activity, inactivity, and health during youth-the year that was 2017. Pediatric exercise science, 30(1), 56-59.
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2018 Hashem, R., Rey Lopez, J. P., Hamer, M., McMunn, A., Whincup, P. H., Owen, C. G., . . . Stamatakis, E. (2018). Physical activity and sedentary behaviors levels of Kuwaiti adolescents: the study of health and activity among adolescents in Kuwait. Journal of physical activity and health, 15(4), 255-262.
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2018 Boddy, L. M., Noonan, R. J., Kim, Y., Rowlands, A. V., Welk, G. J., Knowles, Z. R., & Fairclough, S. J. (2018). Comparability of children's sedentary time estimates derived from wrist worn GENEActiv and hip worn ActiGraph accelerometer thresholds. Journal of science and medicine in sport, 21(10), 1045-1049.
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2018 Brazendale, K., Beets, M. W., Rowlands, A. V., Chandler, J. L., Fairclough, S. J., Boddy, L. M., . . . Cliff, D. P. (2018). Converting between estimates of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity derived from raw accelerations measured at the wrist and from ActiGraph counts measured at the hip: the Rosetta Stone. Journal of sports sciences, 36(22), 2603-2607.
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2018 Harrington, D. M., Davies, M. J., Bodicoat, D. H., Charles, J. M., Chudasama, Y. V., Gorely, T., . . . Edwardson, C. L. (2018). Effectiveness of the 'Girls Active' school-based physical activity programme: A cluster randomised controlled trial. International journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 15(40), 1-18.
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2018 Rowlands, A. V., Edwardson, C. L., Davies, M. J., Khunti, K., Harrington, D. M., & Yates, T. (2018). Beyond cut points: accelerometer metrics that capture the physical activity profile. Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 50(6), 1323-1332.
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2018 Rowlands, A. V., Harrington, D. M., Bodicoat, D. H., Davies, M. J., Sherar, L. B., Gorely, T., . . . Edwardson, C. L. (2018). Compliance of adolescent girls to repeated deployments of wrist-worn accelerometers. Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 50(7), 1508-1517.
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2018 Rowlands, A. V. (2018). Moving forward with accelerometer-assessed physical activity: two strategies to ensure meaningful, interpretable, and comparable measures. Pediatric exercise science, 30(4), 450-456.
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2018 Shakir, R. N., Coates, A. M., Olds, T., Rowlands, A., & Tsiros, M. D. (2018). Not all sedentary behaviour is equal: children's adiposity and sedentary behaviour volumes, patterns and types. Obesity research and clinical practice, 12(6), 506-512.
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2018 Stiles, V. H., Pearce, M., Moore, I. S., Langford, J., & Rowlands, A. V. (2018). Wrist-worn accelerometry for runners: objective quantification of training load. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 50(11), 2277-2284.
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2017 Stiles, V. H., Metcalf, B. S., Knapp, K. M., & Rowlands, A. V. (2017). A small amount of precisely measured high-intensity habitual physical activity predicts bone health in pre- and post-menopausal women in UK Biobank. International journal of epidemiology, 46(6), 1847-1856.
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2017 Rowlands, A. V., Olds, T. S., Bakrania, K., Stanley, R. M., Parfitt, G., Eston, R. G., . . . Fraysse, F. (2017). Accelerometer wear-site detection: When one site does not suit all, all of the time. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 20(4), 368-372.
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2017 Scott, J. J., Rowlands, A. V., Cliff, D. P., Morgan, P. J., Plotnikoff, R. C., & Lubans, D. R. (2017). Comparability and feasibility of wrist- and hip-worn accelerometers in free-living adolescents. Journal of science and medicine in sport, 20(12), 1101-1106.
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2017 Jelleyman, C., Edwardson, C. L., Henson, J., Gray, L. J., Rowlands, A. V., Khunti, K., . . . Yates, T. (2017). Associations of physical activity intensities with markers of insulin sensitivity. Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 49(12), 2451-2458.
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2016 Rowlands, A. V. (2016). Physical activity, inactivity, and health during youth. Pediatric exercise science, 28(1), 19-22.
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2016 Rowlands, A. V., Cliff, D. P., Fairclough, S. J., Boddy, L. M., Olds, T. S., Parfitt, G., . . . Beets, M. W. (2016). Moving forward with backward compatibility: translating wrist accelerometer data. Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 48(11), 2142-2149.
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2016 Lewis, L. K., Rowlands, A. V., Gardiner, P. A., Standage, M., English, C., & Olds, T. (2016). Small steps: preliminary effectiveness and feasibility of an incremental goal-setting intervention to reduce sitting time in older adults. Maturitas, 85, 64-70.
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2016 Dollman, J., Pontt, J. L., & Rowlands, A. V. (2016). Validity of self-reported sedentary time differs between Australian rural men engaged in office and farming occupations. Journal of sports sciences, 34(12), 1154-1158.
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2016 Rowlands, A. V., Yates, T., Olds, T. S., Davies, M., Khunti, K., & Edwardson, C. L. (2016). Sedentary sphere: wrist-worn accelerometer-brand independent posture classification. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 48(4), 748-754.
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2016 Edwardson, C. L., Rowlands, A. V., Bunnewell, S., Sanders, J., Esliger, D. W., Gorely, T., . . . Yates, T. (2016). Accuracy of posture allocation algorithms for thigh- and waist-worn accelerometers. Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 48(6), 1085-1090.
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2016 Bakrania, K., Yates, T., Rowlands, A. V., Esliger, D. W., Bunnewell, S., Sanders, J., . . . Edwardson, C. L. (2016). Intensity thresholds on raw acceleration data: Euclidean norm minus one (ENMO) and mean amplitude deviation (MAD) approaches. PLoS One, 11(10, article no. e0164045), 1-16.
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2016 Rowlands, A. V., Yates, T., Davies, M., Khunti, K., & Edwardson, C. L. (2016). Raw accelerometer data analysis with GGIR R-package: does accelerometer brand matter?. Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 48(10), 1935-1941.
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2016 Gomersall, S. R., Maher, C., English, C., Rowlands, A. V., Dollman, J., Norton, K., & Olds, T. (2016). Testing the activitystat hypothesis: A randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 16(1), 14 pages.
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2015 Booth, V. M., Rowlands, A. V., & Dollman, J. (2015). Physical activity temporal trends among children and adolescents. Journal of science and medicine in sport, 18(4), 418-425.
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2015 Wijndaele, K., Westgate, K., Stephens, S. K., Blair, S. N., Bull, F. C., Chastin, S. F. M., . . . Healy, G. N. (2015). Utilization and Harmonization of Adult Accelerometry Data: Review and Expert Consensus. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 47(10), 2129-2139.
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2015 Rowlands, A. V. (2015). Physical activity, inactivity, and health. Pediatric exercise science, 27(1), 21-25.
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2015 Ferguson, T., Rowlands, A. V., Olds, T., & Maher, C. (2015). The validity of consumer-level, activity monitors in healthy adults worn in free-living conditions: A cross-sectional study. International journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 12(42), 1-9.
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2015 Gomersall, S., Maher, C., English, C., Rowlands, A., & Olds, T. (2015). Time regained: when people stop a physical activity program, how does their time use change? A randomised control trial. PLoS one, 10(5, article no e0126665), 1-18.
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2015 Rowlands, A. V., Fraysse, F., Catt, M., Stiles, V., Stanley, R. M., Eston, R. G., & Olds, T. S. (2015). Comparability of measured acceleration from accelerometry-based activity monitors. Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 47(1), 201-210.
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2014 Pontt, J. L., Rowlands, A. V., & Dollman, J. (2014). Comparison of sedentary behaviours among rural men working in offices and on farms. Australian journal of rural health, 23(2), 74-79.
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2014 Rowlands, A. V., Schuna, J. M. J., Stiles, V. H., & Tudor Locke, C. (2014). Cadence, peak vertical acceleration and peak loading rate during ambulatory activities: implications for activity prescription for bone health. Journal of physical activity and health, 11(7), 1291-1294.
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2014 Stamatakis, E., Coombs, N., Rowlands, A., Shelton, N., & Hillsdon, M. (2014). Objectively-assessed and self-reported sedentary time in relation to multiple socioeconomic status indicators among adults in England: a cross-sectional study. BMJ open, 4(11, article no. e006034), 1-11.
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2014 Rowlands, A. V., Rennie, K., Kozarski, R., Stanley, R. M., Eston, R. G., Parfitt, G. C., & Olds, T. S. (2014). Children's physical activity assessed with wrist- and hip-worn accelerometers. Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 46(12), 2308-2316.
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2014 Scholes, S., Coombs, N., Pedisic, Z., Mindell, J. S., Bauman, A., Rowlands, A. V., & Stamatakis, E. (2014). Age- and sex-specific criterion validity of the health survey for England physical activity and sedentary behavior assessment questionnaire as compared with accelerometry. American journal of epidemiology, 179(12), 1493-1502.
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2014 Fulford, J., Eston, R. G., Rowlands, A. V., & Davies, R. C. (2014). Assessment of magnetic resonance techniques to measure muscle damage 24h after eccentric exercise. Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports, e28(1), 25-e39.
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2014 Mitchell, B., Lewis, N., Smith, A., Rowlands, A., Parfitt, G., & Dollman, J. (2014). Rural Environments and Community Health (REACH): a randomised controlled trial protocol for an online walking intervention in rural adults. BMC Public Health, 14(1), 969-1-969-9.
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2014 Rowlands, A. V., Gomersall, S. R., Tudor Locke, C., Bassett, D. R., Kang, M., Fraysse, F., . . . Olds, T. S. (2014). Introducing novel approaches for examining the variability of individuals' physical activity. Journal of sports sciences, 33(5), 457-466.
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2013 Gomersall, S. R., Rowlands, A. V., English, C., Maher, C., & Olds, T. S. (2013). The activitystat hypothesis: The concept, the evidence and the methodologies. Sports Medicine, 43(2), 135-149.
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2013 Callary, S., Thewlis, D., Rowlands, A., Findlay, D., & Solomon, L. (2013). Collecting a comprehensive evidence base to monitor fracture rehabilitation: a case study. World Journal of Orthopedics, 4(4), 259-266.
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2013 Lambrick, D., Rowlands, A., Rowland, T., & Eston, R. (2013). Pacing strategies of inexperienced children during repeated 800 m individual time-trials and simulated competition. Pediatric exercise science, 25(2), 198-211.
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2013 Stiles, V. H., Griew, P. J., & Rowlands, A. (2013). Use of accelerometry to classify activity beneficial to bone in premenopausal women. Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 45(12), 2352-2361.
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2013 Rowlands, A. V., Olds, T. S., Hillsdon, M., Pulsford, R., Hurst, T. L., Eston, R. G., . . . Langford, J. (2013). Assessing sedentary behavior with the GENEActiv: introducing the sedentary sphere. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 46(6), 1235-1247.
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2013 Coombs, N., Shelton, N., Rowlands, A., & Stamatakis, E. (2013). Children's and adolescents' sedentary behaviour in relation to socioeconomic position. Journal of epidemiology and community health, 67(10), 868-874.
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2013 Phillips, L. R. S., Parfitt, C., & Rowlands, A. V. (2013). Calibration of the GENEA accelerometer for assessment of physical activity intensity in children. Journal of science and medicine in sport, 16(2), 124-128.
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2013 Hanggi, J. M., Phillips, L. R. S., & Rowlands, A. V. (2013). Validation of the GT3X ActiGraph in children and comparison with the GT1M ActiGraph. Journal of science and medicine in sport, 16(1), 40-44.
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2012 Bassett, D. R., Rowlands, A., & Trost, S. G. (2012). Calibration and validation of wearable monitors. Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 44(1, Supplement 1), S32-S38.
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2012 Zhang, S., Rowlands, A. V., Murray, P., & Hurst, T. L. (2012). Physical activity classification using the GENEA wrist-worn accelerometer. Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 44(4), 742-748.
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2012 Rowlands, A. V., & Stiles, V. H. (2012). Accelerometer counts and raw acceleration output in relation to mechanical loading. Journal of biomechanics, 45(3), 448-454.
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2012 Benjamin, C. C., Rowlands, A., & Parfitt, G. (2012). Patterning of affective responses during a graded exercise test in children and adolescents. Pediatric Exercise Science, 24(2), 275-288.
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2012 Parfitt, G., Alrumh, A., & Rowlands, A. V. (2012). Affect-regulated exercise intensity: does training at an intensity that feels 'good' improve physical health?. Journal of science and medicine in sport, 15(6), 548-553.
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2012 Zhang, S., Murray, P., Zillmer, R., Eston, R. G., Catt, M., & Rowlands, A. V. (2012). Activity classification using the GENEA: optimum sampling frequency and number of axes. Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 44(11), 2228-2234.
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2011 Lambrick, D., Rowlands, A. V., & Eston, R. G. (2011). The perceptual response to treadmill exercise using the Eston-Parfitt scale and marble dropping task, in children age 7 to 8 years. Pediatric exercise science, 23(1), 36-48.
2011 Davies, R., Rowlands, A. V., Poole, D. C., Jones, A. M., & Eston, R. G. (2011). Eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage dissociates the lactate and gas exchange thresholds. Journal of sports sciences, 29(2), 181-189.
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2010 Knapp, K. M., Rowlands, A. V., Weisman, J. R., & Macleod, K. M. (2010). Prolonged unilateral disuse osteopenia 14 years post external fixator removal: a case history and critical review. Case Reports in Medicine, 2010, 629020.
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2010 Esliger, D. W., Rowlands, A. V., Hurst, T., Catt, M., Murray, P., & Eston, R. G. (2010). Validation of the GENEA accelerometer. Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 43(6), 1085-1093.
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2009 Rowlands, A. V., Pilgrim, E. L., & Eston, R. G. (2009). Seasonal changes in children's physical activity: an examination of group changes, intra-individual variability and consistency in activity pattern across season. Annals of human biology, 36(4), 363-378.
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2009 Stone, M. R., Rowlands, A. V., & Eston, R. G. (2009). Characteristics of the activity pattern in normal weight and overweight boys. Preventive medicine, 49(2-3), 205-208.
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2009 Rowlands, A. V. (2009). Methodological approaches for investigating the biological basis for physical activity in children. Pediatric exercise science, 21(3), 273-278.
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2009 Eston, R. G., Lambrick, D. M., & Rowlands, A. V. (2009). The perceptual response to exercise of progressively increasing intensity in children aged 7-8 years: validation of a pictorial curvilinear ratings of perceived exertion scale. Psychophysiology, 46(4), 843-851.
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2009 Lambrick, D. M., Faulkner, J. A., Rowlands, A. V., & Eston, R. G. (2009). Prediction of maximal oxygen uptake from submaximal ratings of perceived exertion and heart rate during a continuous exercise test: the efficacy of RPE 13. European journal of applied physiology, 107(1), 1-9.
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2009 Stone, M. R., Rowlands, A. V., & Eston, R. G. (2009). Relationships between accelerometer-assessed physical activity and health in children: impact of the activity-intensity classification method. Journal of sports science and medicine, 8(1), 136-143.
2009 Horne, P. J., Hardman, C., Lowe, C. F., & Rowlands, A. V. (2009). Increasing children's physical activity: a peer modelling, rewards and pedometer-based intervention. European journal of clinical nutrition, 63(2), 191-198.
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2009 Parfitt, G., Pavey, T., & Rowlands, A. V. (2009). Children's physical activity and psychological health: the relevance of intensity. Acta Paediatrica, 98(6), 1037-1043.
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2009 Hardman, C. A., Horne, P. J., & Rowlands, A. V. (2009). Children's pedometer-determined physical activity during school-time and leisure-time. Journal of exercise science and fitness, 7(2), 129-134.
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2009 Davies, R. C., Rowlands, A. V., & Eston, R. G. (2009). Effect of exercise-induced muscle damage on ventilatory and perceived exertion responses to moderate and severe intensity cycle exercise. European journal of applied physiology, 107(1), 11-19.
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2009 Stone, M. R., Rowlands, A. V., Middlebrook, A. R., Jawis, M. N., & Eston, R. G. (2009). The pattern of physical activity in relation to health outcomes in boys. International journal of pediatric obesity, 4(4), 306-315.
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2008 Davies, R., Rowlands, A. V., & Eston, R. G. (2008). The prediction of maximal oxygen uptake from submaximal ratings of perceived exertion elicited during the multistage fitness test. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 42(12), 1006-1010.
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2008 Davies, R., Eston, R. G., Poole, D. C., Rowlands, A. V., DiMenna, F., Wilkerson, D. P., . . . Jones, A. M. (2008). Effect of eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage on the dynamics of muscle oxygenation and pulmonary oxygen uptake. Journal of applied physiology, 105(5), 1413-1421.
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2008 Rowlands, A. V., Pilgrim, E., & Eston, R. G. (2008). Patterns of habitual activity across weekdays and weekend days in 9-11-year-old children. Preventive Medicine, 46(4), 317-324.
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2008 Rowlands, A. V., Esliger, D. W., Pilgrim, E., Middlebrook, A., & Eston, R. G. (2008). Physical activity content of Motive8 PE compared to primary school PE lessons in the context of children's overall daily activity levels. Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness, 6(1), 26-33.
2007 Rowlands, A. V., & Eston, R. G. (2007). The measurement and interpretation of children's physical activity. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine.
2007 Rowlands, A. V., Stone, M., & Eston, R. G. (2007). Influence of speed and step frequency during walking and running on motion sensor output. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 39(4), 716-727.
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2007 Rowlands, A. V. (2007). Accelerometer assessment of physical activity in children: An update. Pediatric Exercise Science.
2007 Soundy, A., Taylor, A., Faulkner, G., & Rowlands, A. V. (2007). Psychometric Properties of the 7-Day Physical Activity Recall Questionnaire in Individuals with Severe Mental Illness. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 21(6), 309-316.
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2007 Eston, R. G., Rowlands, A. V., Coulton, D., McKinney, J., & Gleeson, N. (2007). Effect of flexibility training on symptoms of exercise-induced muscle damage: A preliminary study. Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness.
2006 Rowlands, A. V., Eston, R. G., & Powell, S. M. (2006). Total physical activity, activity intensity and body fat in 8-11-year-old boys and girls. Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness.
2006 Rowlands, A. V., & Hughes, D. (2006). Variability of physical activity patterns by type of day and season in 8-10-year-old boys. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport.
2006 Rowlands, A. V., Powell, S. M., Humphries, P., & Eston, R. G. (2006). The effect of accelerometer epoch on physical activity output measures. Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness.
2005 Marginson, V., Rowlands, A. V., Gleeson, N., & Eston, R. G. (2005). Comparison of the symptoms of exercise-induced muscle damage after an initial and repeated bout of plyometric exercise in men and boys. Journal of Applied Physiology, 99(3), 1174-1181.
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2005 Rowlands, A. V., & Eston, R. G. (2005). Comparison of accelerometer and pedometer measures of physical activity in boys and girls, ages 8-10 years. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport.
2005 Eston, R. G., Rowlands, A. V., Charlesworth, S., Davies, A. A., & Hoppitt, T. (2005). Prediction of DXA-determined whole body fat from skinfolds: Importance of including skinfolds from the thigh and calf in young, healthy men and women. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 59(5), 695-702.
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