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| 2 | Psychophysical bases of perceived exertion | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 1982 | 10,402 |
| 3 | Quantity and Quality of Exercise for Developing and Maintaining Cardiorespiratory, Musculoskeletal, and Neuromotor Fitness in Apparently Healthy Adults | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2011 | 6,613 |
| 4 | Compendium of Physical Activities: an update of activity codes and MET intensities | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2000 | 6,023 |
| 5 | Physical Activity in the United States Measured by Accelerometer | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2008 | 5,505 |
| 6 | 2011 Compendium of Physical Activities | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2011 | 4,780 |
| 7 | Physical Activity and Public Health | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2007 | 3,495 |
| 8 | Compendium of Physical Activities: classification of energy costs of human physical activities | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 1993 | 3,034 |
| 9 | Progression Models in Resistance Training for Healthy Adults | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2009 | 2,930 |
| 10 | Calibration of the Computer Science and Applications, Inc. accelerometer | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 1998 | 2,851 |
| 11 | Exercise and Physical Activity for Older Adults | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2009 | 2,825 |
| 12 | A review of correlates of physical activity of children and adolescents | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2000 | 2,686 |
| 13 | American College of Sports Medicine Roundtable on Exercise Guidelines for Cancer Survivors | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2010 | 1,977 |
| 14 | Exercise Guidelines for Cancer Survivors: Consensus Statement from International Multidisciplinary Roundtable | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2019 | 1,951 |
| 15 | Correlates of adults??? participation in physical activity: review and update | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2002 | 1,949 |
| 16 | Appropriate Physical Activity Intervention Strategies for Weight Loss and Prevention of Weight Regain for Adults | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2009 | 1,727 |
| 17 | Physical Activity and Public Health in Older Adults | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2007 | 1,578 |
| 18 | Built Environment Correlates of Walking | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2008 | 1,409 |
| 19 | Conducting Accelerometer-Based Activity Assessments in Field-Based Research | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2005 | 1,384 |
| 20 | ACSM Position Stand: The Recommended Quantity and Quality of Exercise for Developing and Maintaining Cardiorespiratory and Muscular Fitness, and Flexibility in Healthy Adults | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 1998 | 1,338 |
| 21 | Validation of Accelerometer Wear and Nonwear Time Classification Algorithm | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2011 | 1,290 |
| 22 | Exercise and Hypertension | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2004 | 1,279 |
| 23 | Exercise and Fluid Replacement | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2007 | 1,265 |
| 24 | Fundamentals of Resistance Training: Progression and Exercise Prescription | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2004 | 1,261 |
| 25 | Physical Activity, Fitness, Cognitive Function, and Academic Achievement in Children | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2016 | 1,257 |
| 26 | Criteria for maximal oxygen uptake | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 1995 | 1,253 |
| 27 | A simultaneous evaluation of 10 commonly used physical activity questionnaires | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 1993 | 1,244 |
| 28 | Progression Models in Resistance Training for Healthy Adults | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2002 | 1,190 |
| 29 | Sitting Time and Mortality from All Causes, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2009 | 1,113 |
| 30 | An assessment of maturity from anthropometric measurements | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2002 | 1,071 |
| 31 | Comparison of Accelerometer Cut Points for Predicting Activity Intensity in Youth | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2011 | 1,036 |
| 32 | Generalized equations for predicting body density of women | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 1980 | 995 |
| 33 | Age and gender differences in objectively measured physical activity in youth | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2002 | 938 |
| 34 | CHAMPS Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Adults: outcomes for interventions | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2001 | 929 |
| 35 | Neural adaptation to resistance training | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 1988 | 902 |
| 36 | The Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test: Physiological Response, Reliability, and Validity | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2003 | 900 |
| 37 | Aerobic High-Intensity Intervals Improve V˙O2max More Than Moderate Training | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2007 | 895 |
| 38 | The Female Athlete Triad | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2007 | 889 |
| 39 | ACSM Position Stand | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 1998 | 876 |
| 40 | Physical Activity, Cognition, and Brain Outcomes: A Review of the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2019 | 826 |
| 41 | A Brief Review on Correlates of Physical Activity and Sedentariness in Youth | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2007 | 823 |
| 42 | Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of the Overtraining Syndrome | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2013 | 785 |
| 43 | Nutrition and Athletic Performance | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2016 | 769 |
| 44 | Monitoring training in athletes with reference to overtraining syndrome | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 1998 | 767 |
| 45 | Use of RPE-Based Training Load in Soccer | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2004 | 748 |
| 46 | Using objective physical activity measures with youth: How many days of monitoring are needed? | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2000 | 737 |
| 47 | Age Group Comparability of Raw Accelerometer Output from Wrist- and Hip-Worn Monitors | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2014 | 737 |
| 48 | Calibration of Accelerometer Output for Children | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2005 | 726 |
| 49 | ACSM Position Stand: Exercise and Fluid Replacement | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 1996 | 723 |
| 50 | Exertional Heat Illness during Training and Competition | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2007 | 714 |