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Melinda L. Irwin
Researcher at Yale University
Publications - 205
Citations - 23189
Melinda L. Irwin is an academic researcher from Yale University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Breast cancer & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 60, co-authored 179 publications receiving 20816 citations. Previous affiliations of Melinda L. Irwin include Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center & Yale Cancer Center.
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Compendium of physical activities: an update of activity codes and MET intensities.
Barbara E. Ainsworth,William L. Haskell,Melicia C. Whitt,Melinda L. Irwin,A. M. Swartz,Scott J. Strath,O'Brien Wl,David R. Bassett,Kathryn H. Schmitz,Patricia O. Emplaincourt,David R. Jacobs,Arthur S. Leon +11 more
TL;DR: An updated version of the Compendium of Physical Activities, a coding scheme that classifies specific physical activity (PA) by rate of energy expenditure, is provided to enhance the comparability of results across studies using self-reports of PA.
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American College of Sports Medicine roundtable on exercise guidelines for cancer survivors.
Kathryn H. Schmitz,Kerry S. Courneya,Charles E. Matthews,Wendy Demark-Wahnefried,Daniel A. Galvão,Bernardine M. Pinto,Melinda L. Irwin,Kathleen Y. Wolin,Roanne J. Segal,Alejandro Lucia,Carole M. Schneider,Vivian E. von Gruenigen,Anna L. Schwartz +12 more
TL;DR: The roundtable concluded that exercise training is safe during and after cancer treatments and results in improvements in physical functioning, quality of life, and cancer-related fatigue in several cancer survivor groups, sufficient for the recommendation that cancer survivors follow the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans.
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Physical activity levels before and after a diagnosis of breast carcinoma: The health, eating, activity, and lifestyle (HEAL) study
Melinda L. Irwin,Diane Crumley,Anne McTiernan,Leslie Bernstein,Richard N. Baumgartner,Frank D. Gilliland,Andrea M. Kriska,M.P.H. Rachel Ballard-Barbash M.D. +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated whether physical activity (PA) after diagnosis declined from prediagnosis levels and whether any changes in PA varied by disease stage, adjuvant treatment, patient age, or body mass index (BMI).
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Effect of exercise on total and intra-abdominal body fat in postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled trial.
Melinda L. Irwin,Yutaka Yasui,Cornelia M. Ulrich,Deborah J. Bowen,Rebecca E. Rudolph,Robert S. Schwartz,Michi Yukawa,Erin J. Aiello,John D. Potter,Anne McTiernan +9 more
TL;DR: Regular exercise such as brisk walking results in reduced body weight and body fat among overweight and obese postmenopausal women.
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Influence of Pre- and Postdiagnosis Physical Activity on Mortality in Breast Cancer Survivors: The Health, Eating, Activity, and Lifestyle Study
Melinda L. Irwin,Ashley Wilder Smith,Anne McTiernan,Rachel Ballard-Barbash,Kathy Cronin,Frank D. Gilliland,Richard N. Baumgartner,Kathy B. Baumgartner,Leslie Bernstein +8 more
TL;DR: Moderate-intensity physical activity after a diagnosis of breast cancer may improve prognosis and reduce the risk of death among women with breast cancer.