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Roy J. Shephard

Researcher at University of Toronto

Publications -  843
Citations -  40558

Roy J. Shephard is an academic researcher from University of Toronto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Physical fitness & Population. The author has an hindex of 91, co-authored 840 publications receiving 38147 citations. Previous affiliations of Roy J. Shephard include Brock University & Toronto General Hospital.

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Physiological and psychological effects of training

TL;DR: The objectives of this experiment were to compare the effectiveness of individual and gymnasium-type exercise programs, and to identify characteristics of the exercise “drop-out.”
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Prognostic indexes for patients with ischemic heart disease enrolled in an exercise-centered rehabilitation program.

TL;DR: Indexes of prognosis were calculated for 610 postinfarction patients who participated in a vigorous exercise-centered rehabilitation program and the apparent absence of risk from resting hypertension and from a high systolic blood pressure on exercise probably reflects the inability of patients with myocardial impairment to sustain a high systemic pressure.
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Specific muscular development in under‐18 soccer players

TL;DR: A comparison of the under-18 and under-16 squads of the Canadian national soccer team with a representative sample of Canadians showed a tendency for the development or selection of the older players in teams of stature and lean body mass.
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Physical Activity, Health, and Well-Being at Different Life Stages

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss physical activity, health, and well-being at different life stages at the International Scientific Consensus Conference on Physical Activity and Well-being (ISC) 1995.
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Sex differences in relationships between habitual physical activity and health in the elderly: Practical implications for epidemiologists based on pedometer/accelerometer data from the Nakanojo Study

TL;DR: Irrespective of sex, both the intensity and the total volume of physical activity are influenced by stressful life events, and immediate meteorological factors, particularly precipitation and mean ambient temperature, underlining the need for long-term measurement of activity patterns.