Professor Maria Fiatarone Singh
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Professor Maria Fiatarone Singh

Professor Maria A. Fiatarone Singh is a geriatrician whose research, clinical, and teaching career has focused on the integration of medicine, exercise physiology, and nutrition as a means to improve health status and quality of life across the lifespan. She has held the inaugural John Sutton Chair of Exercise and Sport Science in the Faculty of Health Sciences, and Professorship, Sydney Medical School, at the University of Sydney since 1999. Prof FiataroneSingh has designed and carried out many clinical trials and longitudinal studies in Australia and the USA, including large multi-centre trials of exercise and chronic disease prevention and treatment. She has had continuous substantial NIH funding from 1989-2004, and NH&MRC funding since 1999 when she came to Australia. She is a CIA in the recently funded Centre for Research Excellence in Exercise as Medicine led by Edith Cowan University, as well a a Collaborative Research Network- Advancing Exercise and Sports Science- investigating genetic contributions to performance, adaptation and exercise treatment of chronic disease with Bond University and other partners. These two initiatives alone represent approximately $20 million in Commonwealth and university funding. She has published extensively in the area of health implications of exercise and nutrition, having authored/edited one book, authored over 170 peer-reviewed journal articles, 100 peer-reviewed book chapters, position stands, and review articles, and 400 abstracts. She is currently supervising 7 postgraduate students/fellows in studies of musculoskeletal, neurological, cardiovascular and metabolic disease and aging.

Prof Fiatarone Singh conducted the first study of high intensity progressive resistance training (PRT) in nonagenarians in a Boston nursing home, published in JAMA in 1990, and a larger trial of exercise and nutritional supplementation (The FICSIT Study), published in NEJM in 1994. These two studies led to a paradigm shift in geriatric practice internationally, with the feasibility and efficacy of this novel mode of training demonstrated for the first time. It has also led to a recognition that sarcopenia is a potentially preventable and treatable condition in older adults, and requires anabolic exercise to overcome the disuse atrophy and catabolism of ageing, inactivity, and chronic disease. Many clinical trials of exercise and nutrition for the treatment of chronic disease and disability have been conducted by Prof Fiatarone Singh since that time, including treatment of peripheral vascular disease, depression, frailty, osteoporosis, congestive heart failure, osteoarthritis, hip fracture, chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal failure, obesity, type 2 diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, cognitive impairment and dementia, gait and balance disorders, recurrent falling, insomnia, malnutrition, vitamin D deficiency, and other syndromes.

Prof Fiatarone Singh’s work and that from other laboratories has led to the incorporation of resistance training as part of the standard recommendation for older adults by the major international bodies producing consensus statements and guidelines in this field. She has twice co-authored the guidelines for exercise and older adults for the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), as well as the Resource Manual for Health Care Professionals, currently in its Eighth Edition. She has contributed to numerous standard international textbooks of geriatric medicine and authored/edited a book on the integration of exercise, nutrition and aged care: Exercise, Nutrition and the Older Woman. As an example of her ability to distil evidence and synthesize it into clinical practice and government policy, Prof. Fiatarone Singh coordinated a systematic review of the evidence for lifestyle modification in the prevention of type 2 diabetes in high-risk adults for The University of Sydney’s Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition and Exercise, where she serves as the Director of the Exercise Division. Based on this review, evidence-based standards for Australian community programs/providers were developed for the Council of Australian Governments report in 2009. These standards were used to design accreditation guidelines for providers of diabetes prevention exercise services, which are now funded by Medicare in Australia; the first time exercise was reimbursed for as a recognized preventive treatment for any disease.

The ultimate goal of Prof Fiatarone Singh’s clinical and research career is to improve health care and quality of life, particularly for the most vulnerable with limited access to quality lifestyle programs and aged care. She founded and still provides consultation to the Circle of Fitness, an exercise program for residents of Hebrew SeniorLife, which has operated continuously since 1989 as an outgrowth of the original FICSIT nursing home trial in Boston. She is the founding director of the Fit for Your Life Foundation, an international non-profit organization dedicated to providing low cost education on health and fitness to seniors and their caregivers since 1992. She co-founded the STRONG Clinic at Balmain Hospital in Sydney in 1999, which serves thousands of older adults each year, providing a complete integration of their geriatric care and treatment of sarcopenia with resistance training and other lifestyle modifications. She is the founder and director of PLAYIT FORWARD, a program that encourages mini-philanthropic gifting by consumers each time they play computer/smart phone games. She is designing and will direct an Exercise as Medicine Clinic for the Charles Perkins Centre at USYD, called the Fit For Your Life Clinic, a multidisciplinary state-of-the-art clinical service which will translate and disseminate evidence-based exercise and nutritional interventions directly into the care of adults with chronic diseases and risk factors amenable to such holistic and progressive care.

Maria is a member of the Exercise for Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Treatment Research team, the link to this team is:

http://sydney.edu.au/health-sciences/research/exercise-health-promotion/index.shtm

She is a Geriatrician with research interests in exercise, nutrition and ageing.

Prof FiataroneSingh's commitment to teaching, university, and community service is evidenced by her Professorship in both Medicine and Exercise and Sport Science at the University of Sydney, as well as continuing appointments at Hebrew SeniorLife and The USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging in Boston, mentorship of students/faculty at all levels at USYD, and membership on the Executive, Honours, and Research Committees at the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney. She has developed, coordinates and teaches two postgraduate/undergraduate courses at the University of Sydney and mentors Honours and postgraduate students in Exercise and Sport Science, as well as lecturing in the Schools of Physiotherapy and Occupational and Leisure Sciences. She is actively involved as a Medical Advisory Board member of the international group DAFOH (Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting), Osteoporosis Australia, and serves as a Eucharistic minister at Holy Name Parish. She frequently addresses Councils on Ageing, seniors groups and Alzheimer’s Disease support groups on issues of ageing, nutrition and exercise.

Obesity, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease, Healthy Ageing
Project titleResearch student
Effects of Extra Virgin Olive Oil on Ulcerative ColitisKenneth DANIEL
Exercise in adults with ADHDEwan HANBURY-BROWN
Cluster Set Resistance Training: Maximizing Performance and Promoting Positive Experiences Across Diverse PopulationsAllen WANG

Publications

Books

  • Clemson, L., Munro, J., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2016). Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise (LiFE) program to prevent falls: trainer's manual. Sydney: Sydney University Press.

Edited Books

  • Durso, S., Swagerty, D., Mosqueda, L., Fiatarone Singh, M., Reichel, W. (2016). Reichel's Care of the Elderly. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.

Book Chapters

  • Ginige, A., Boulamatsis, C., Heffernan, M., San Jose, J., Chuprov, I., Chau, T., Maeder, A., Valenzuela, M., Fiatarone Singh, M., Mavros, Y., Noble, Y., Radd-Vagenas, S., Guerrero Ayala, Y., Jain, N., O'Leary, F., et al (2020). Fully-Online, Interoperable Clinical Trial Management System for Multi-Interventional RCT: Maintain Your Brain Digital Platform. In Anthony J. Maeder, Stephanie Champion, Carly Moores, Rebecca Golley (Eds.), Information Technology Based Methods for Health Behaviours: Selected Papers from Global Telehealth 2019, (pp. 97-112). Amsterdam: IOS Press. [More Information]
  • Fiatarone Singh, M. (2015). Exercise and Bone Health. In Michael F. Holick, Jeri W. Nieves (Eds.), Nutrition and Bone Health, (pp. 505-542). New York: Humana Press. [More Information]
  • Gates, N., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2015). Exercise and Cognitive Function in Older Adults. In Tahira Farooqui, Akhlaq A. Farooqui (Eds.), Diet and Exercise in Cognitive Function and Neurological Diseases, (pp. 279-294). New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. [More Information]

Journals

  • Welberry, H., Valenzuela, M., McNeil, J., Brodaty, H., Chau, T., Heffernan, M., San Jose, J., Jorm, L., Fiatarone Singh, M., Sachdev, P., et al (2024). Factors Associated with Participation in a Multidomain Web-Based Dementia Prevention Trial: Evidence from Maintain Your Brain (MYB). Advances in Alzheimer's Disease, 11, 387-402. [More Information]
  • Njoku, C., Barnett, F., Fiatarone Singh, M., Valenzuela Arteaga, T., Inskip, M. (2024). Multifaceted Interventions Inclusive of Medication Optimization for Frailty in Aged Care: A Systematic Review. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA), 25(9), 105111. [More Information]
  • Araujo, C., De Souza E Silva, C., Kunutsor, S., Franklin, B., Laukkanen, J., Myers, J., Fiatarone Singh, M., Franca, J., Castro, C. (2024). Reduced Body Flexibility Is Associated With Poor Survival in Middle-Aged Men and Women: A Prospective Cohort Study. Scandinavian Journal Of Medicine and Science In Sports, 34(8), e14708. [More Information]

Edited Journals

  • DiPietro, L., Fiatarone Singh, M., Fielding, R., Nose, H. (2012). Successful Aging. Journal of Aging Research, 2012. [More Information]
  • Fiatarone Singh, M. (2010). Exercise comes of age as medicine for older adults. Research Digest, 10(3).

Conferences

  • Mosalman Haghighi, M., Mavros, Y., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2017). Interventions to change physical activity behavior in Type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 64th American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting ACSM 2017, United States: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. [More Information]
  • Mavros, Y., Rooney, K., Kay, S., Simar, D., Anderberg (nee Simpson), K., Baker, M., Wang, Y., Zhao, R., Meiklejohn, J., De Vos, N., Singh, N., Fiatarone Singh, M., et al (2012). Relative Muscle Mass is Inversely Associated with Insulin Resistance in Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes. European Congress on Obesity 2012, Freiburg: Karger.
  • Fiatarone Singh, M., Mavros, Y., Simar, D., Anderberg (nee Simpson), K., Kay, S., Wang, Y., Singh, N., O'Sullivan, A. (2011). Glucose Transporter-4 Expression in Monocytes is Correlated to Indices of Insulin Resistance in Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes. The Gerontological Society of America 64th Annual Scientific Meeting, United States of America: Oxford University Press.

Report

  • Ebeling, P., Center, J., Clifton-Bligh, R., Cooper, M., Ewald, D., Fiatarone Singh, M., Ganda, K., Grossmann, M., Inderjeeth, C., Jones, G., Rawlin, M., et al (2017). Osteoporosis prevention, diagnosis and management in postmenopausal women and men over 50 years of age 2nd edition.

2024

  • Welberry, H., Valenzuela, M., McNeil, J., Brodaty, H., Chau, T., Heffernan, M., San Jose, J., Jorm, L., Fiatarone Singh, M., Sachdev, P., et al (2024). Factors Associated with Participation in a Multidomain Web-Based Dementia Prevention Trial: Evidence from Maintain Your Brain (MYB). Advances in Alzheimer's Disease, 11, 387-402. [More Information]
  • Njoku, C., Barnett, F., Fiatarone Singh, M., Valenzuela Arteaga, T., Inskip, M. (2024). Multifaceted Interventions Inclusive of Medication Optimization for Frailty in Aged Care: A Systematic Review. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA), 25(9), 105111. [More Information]
  • Araujo, C., De Souza E Silva, C., Kunutsor, S., Franklin, B., Laukkanen, J., Myers, J., Fiatarone Singh, M., Franca, J., Castro, C. (2024). Reduced Body Flexibility Is Associated With Poor Survival in Middle-Aged Men and Women: A Prospective Cohort Study. Scandinavian Journal Of Medicine and Science In Sports, 34(8), e14708. [More Information]

2023

  • Golledge, J., Yip, L., Venn, A., Leicht, A., Jenkins, J., Fiatarone Singh, M., Reid, C., Ademi, Z., Parmenter, B., Moxon, J., et al (2023). Effect of Brief Counseling by Allied Health Professionals on Step Count of People with Peripheral Artery Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Cardiology, 8(4), 394-399. [More Information]
  • Wang, B., Davies, T., Way, K., Tran, D., Davis, G., Fiatarone Singh, M., Hackett, D. (2023). Effect of resistance training on local muscle endurance in middle-aged and older adults: A systematic review with meta-analysis and meta-regression. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 109, 104954. [More Information]
  • Mate, S., Sinan-Fornusek, C., Dhopte, P., Fiatarone Singh, M., Hackett, D., Fornusek, C. (2023). Effects of Functional Electrical Stimulation Cycling Combined With Arm Cranking Exercise on Cardiorespiratory Fitness in People With Central Nervous System Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 104(11), 1928-1940. [More Information]

2022

  • Letnes, J., Berglund, I., Johnson, K., Dalen, H., Nes, B., Lydersen, S., Viken, H., Hassel, E., Steinshamn, S., Vesterbekkmo, E., Fiatarone Singh, M., et al (2022). Effect of 5 years of exercise training on the cardiovascular risk profile of older adults: The Generation 100 randomized trial. European Heart Journal, 43(21), 2065-2075. [More Information]
  • Martínez-Velilla, N., Abizanda, P., Gómez-Pavón, J., Zambom-Ferraresi, F., Sáez De Asteasu, M., Fiatarone Singh, M., Izquierdo, M. (2022). Effect of an Exercise Intervention on Functional Decline in Very Old Patients during Acute Hospitalizations: Results of a Multicenter, Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Internal Medicine, 182(3), 345-347. [More Information]
  • Zhao, R., Mavros, Y., Meiklejohn, J., Anderberg (nee Simpson), K., Singh, N., Kay, S., Baker, M., Wang, Y., Climstein, M., O'Sullivan, A., Fiatarone Singh, M., et al (2022). Effect of High-Intensity Power Training on Cognitive Function in Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: Secondary Outcomes of the GREAT2DO Study. Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 77(10), 1975-1985. [More Information]

2021

  • Ooi, T., Mat Ludin, A., Loke, S., Fiatarone Singh, M., Wong, T., Vytialingam, N., Anthony Abdullah, M., Ng, O., Bahar, N., Zainudin, N., et al (2021). A 16-Week Home-Based Progressive Resistance Tube Training Among Older Adults With Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus: Effect on Glycemic Control. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 7. [More Information]
  • Hackett, D., Mitchell, L., Wilson, G., Valenzuela Arteaga, T., Hollings, M., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2021). A case study of an 87-year-old male bodybuilder with complex health conditions. Medicina, 57(7), 664. [More Information]
  • Lancaster, R., Radd-Vagenas, S., Fiatarone Singh, M., Dam, Y., Daniel, K., Mavros, Y., Sachdev, P., Lautenschlager, N., Cox, K., Brodaty, H., O'Leary, F., Flood, V. (2021). Electronic food records among middle-aged and older people: A comparison of self-reported and dietitian-assisted information. Nutrition and Dietetics, 78(2), 145-153. [More Information]

2020

  • Hildebrand, J., Kauppi, M., Majewski, I., Liu, Z., Cox, A., Miyake, S., Petrie, E., Silk, M., Li, Z., Tanzer, M., Fiatarone Singh, M., et al (2020). A missense mutation in the MLKL brace region promotes lethal neonatal inflammation and hematopoietic dysfunction. Nature Communications, 11(1), 3150. [More Information]
  • Goldbaum, E., Pascoe, A., Fiatarone Singh, M., Singh, N., Kok, J., Dwyer, D., Mathieson, E., Booy, R., Edwards, K. (2020). Acute exercise decreases vaccine reactions following influenza vaccination among older adults. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health, 1, 1-7. [More Information]
  • Tran, D., D'Ambrosio, P., Verrall, C., Attard, C., Briody, J., D'Souza, M., Fiatarone Singh, M., Ayer, J., d'Udekem, Y., Twigg, S., Davis, G., Celermajer, D., Cordina, R. (2020). Body Composition in Young Adults Living With a Fontan Circulation: The Myopenic Profile. Journal of the American Heart Association, 9, 1-15. [More Information]

2019

  • Hackett, D., Roberts-Clarke, D., Jain, N., Mavros, Y., Wilson, G., Halaki, M., Burns, J., Nicholson, G., Fiatarone Singh, M., Fornusek, C. (2019). Body composition and its association with physical performance, quality of life, and clinical indictors in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: a pilot study. Disability and Rehabilitation, 41(4), 405-412. [More Information]
  • Rogers, W., Robertson, M., Ballantyne, A., Blakely, B., Catsanos, R., Clay-Williams, R., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2019). Compliance with ethical standards in the reporting of donor sources and ethics review in peer-reviewed publications involving organ transplantation in China:a scoping review. BMJ Open, 9(2), 1-11. [More Information]
  • Walton, C., Lampit, A., Boulamatsis, C., Hallock, H., Barr, P., Ginige, A., Brodaty, H., Chau, T., Heffernan, M., Sachdev, P., Fiatarone Singh, M., Valenzuela, M. (2019). Design and Development of the Brain Training System for the Digital "Maintain Your Brain" Dementia Prevention Trial. JMIR Aging, 2(1), 1-12. [More Information]

2018

  • Chan, D., Green, S., Fiatarone Singh, M., Barnard, R., Bonder, C., Cheema, B. (2018). Effect of intradialytic resistance training on pulse wave velocity and associated cardiovascular disease biomarkers in end stage renal disease. Nephrology, 23(11), 1055-1062. [More Information]
  • Radd-Vagenas, S., Duffy, S., Naismith, S., Brew, B., Flood, V., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2018). Effect of the Mediterranean diet on cognition and brain morphology and function: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 107(3), 389-404. [More Information]
  • Zhao, R., O'Sullivan, A., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2018). Exercise or physical activity and cognitive function in adults with type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance or impaired glucose tolerance: a systematic review. European Review of Aging and Physical Activity, 15(1), 1-16. [More Information]

2017

  • Engelen, L., Bauman, A., Bellew, B., Caillaud, C., Merom, D., Fiatarone Singh, M., Mackey, M., Johnson, N., Davis, G., Shirley, D., et al (2017). Capacity building in physical activity and non-communicable disease prevention: a low-cost online training course can reach isolated practitioners. Global Health Promotion, 24(1), 27-33. [More Information]
  • Freeston, J., Mavros, Y., Richards, J., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2017). Crisis accommodation is associated with increased physical activity and reduced sleep among those experiencing homelessness in an urban setting. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 20S, e32-e66. [More Information]
  • Radd-Vagenas, S., Kouris-Blazos, A., Fiatarone Singh, M., Flood, V. (2017). Evolution of Mediterranean diets and cuisine: concepts and definitions. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 26(5), 749-763. [More Information]

2016

  • Chan, D., Green, S., Fiatarone Singh, M., Barnard, R., Cheema, B. (2016). Development, feasibility, and efficacy of a customized exercise device to deliver intradialytic resistance training in patients with end stage renal disease: Non-randomized controlled crossover trial. Hemodialysis International, 20(4), 650-660. [More Information]
  • Burton, N., Ademi, Z., Best, S., Fiatarone Singh, M., Jenkins, J., Lawson, K., Leicht, A., Mavros, Y., Dam, Y., Norman, P., et al (2016). Efficacy of brief behavioral counselling by allied health professionals to promote physical activity in people with peripheral arterial disease (BIPP): study protocol for a multi-center randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 16(1), 1-14. [More Information]
  • Roberts-Clarke, D., Fornusek, C., Fiatarone Singh, M., Burns, J., Hackett, D. (2016). Examining hand dominance using dynamometric grip strength testing as evidence for overwork weakness in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 39(3), 189-196. [More Information]

2015

  • Merom, D., Bauman, A., Buchner, D., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2015). A daring proposition to change older adult's aerobic recommendations. BMJ, 350.
  • Stensvold, D., Viken, H., Rognmo, O., Skogvoll, E., Steinshamn, S., Vatten, L., Coombes, J., Anderssen, S., Magnussen, J., Ingebrigtsen, J., Fiatarone Singh, M., et al (2015). A randomised controlled study of the long-term effects of exercise training on mortality in elderly people: Study protocol for the generation 100 study. BMJ Open, 5(2), 1-9. [More Information]
  • Edwards, K., Pascoe, A., Fiatarone Singh, M., Singh, N., Kok, J., Booy, R. (2015). A randomised controlled trial of resistance exercise prior to administration of influenza vaccination in older adults. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 49, e24-e25. [More Information]

2014

  • Fiatarone Singh, M., Coe, D. (2014). Exercise Prescription in Special Populations: Women, Pregnancy, Children, and Older Adults. In David Swain (Eds.), ACSMs Resource Manual for Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, (pp. 565-595). Baltimore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Inc (Wolters Kluwer Health).
  • Fiatarone Singh, M. (2014). Exercise, nutrition and managing hip fracture in older persons. Current Opinion In Clinical Nutrition And Metabolic Care, 17(1), 12-24. [More Information]
  • Sharif, A., Fiatarone Singh, M., Trey, T., Lavee, J. (2014). Organ procurement from executed prisoners in China. American Journal Of Transplantation, 14(10), 2246-2252. [More Information]

2013

  • Mavros, Y., Kay, S., Anderberg (nee Simpson), K., Baker, M., Wang, Y., Zhao, R., Meiklejohn, J., Climstein, M., O'Sullivan, A., De Vos, N., Rooney, K., Singh, N., Fiatarone Singh, M., et al (2013). Changes in insulin resistance and HbA1c are related to exercise-mediated changes in body composition in older adults with type 2 diabetes: Interim outcomes from the GREAT2DO trial. Diabetes Care, 36(8), 2372-2379. [More Information]
  • Parmenter, B., Raymond, J., Dinnen, P., Lusby, R., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2013). High-intensity progressive resistance training improves flat-ground walking in older adults with symptomatic peripheral arterial disease. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 61(11), 1964-1970. [More Information]
  • Manfredi, T., Monteiro, M., Lamont, L., Fiatarone Singh, M., Foldvari, M., White, S., Cosmas, A., Urso, M. (2013). Postmenopausal Effects of Resistance Training on Muscle Damage and Mitochondria. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 27(2), 556-561. [More Information]

2012

  • Singh, N., Quine, S., Clemson, L., Williams, E., Williamson, D., Stavrinos, T., Grady, J., Perry, T., Lloyd, B., Smith, E., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2012). Effects of High-Intensity Progressive Resistance Training and Targeted Multidisciplinary Treatment of Frailty on Mortality and Nursing Home Admissions after Hip Fracture: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA), 13(1), 24-30. [More Information]
  • Mitchell, S., Hilmer, S., Kirkpatrick, C., Hansen, R., Williamson, D., Singh, N., Finnegan, T., Allen, B., Diamond, T., Diwan, A., Lloyd, B., Smith, E., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2012). Estimation of lean body weight in older women with hip fracture. Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, 16(2), 188-192. [More Information]
  • Hordern, M., Dunstan, D., Prins, J., Baker, M., Fiatarone Singh, M., Coombes, J. (2012). Exercise prescription for patients with type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes: A position statement from Exercise and Sport Science Australia. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 15(1), 25-31. [More Information]

2011

  • Turner, S., Torode, M., Climstein, M., Naughton, G., Greene, D., Baker, M., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2011). A randomized controlled trial of whole body vibration exposure on markers of bone turnover in postmenopausal women. Journal of Osteoporosis, Online, 2011(Article ID: 710387), 1-10. [More Information]
  • Parmenter, B., Raymond, J., Dinnen, P., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2011). A systematic review of randomized controlled trials: Walking versus alternative exercise prescription as treatment for intermittent claudication. Atherosclerosis, 218, 1-12. [More Information]
  • Baker, M., Anderberg (nee Simpson), K., Lloyd, B., Bauman, A., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2011). Behavioral strategies in diabetes prevention programs: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 91(1), 1-12. [More Information]

2010

  • Foroughi, N., Smith, R., Lange, A., Baker, M., Fiatarone Singh, M., Vanwanseele, B. (2010). Dynamic Alignment and Its Association with Knee Adduction Moment in Medial Knee Osteoarthritis. The Knee, 17(3), 210-216. [More Information]
  • Lee, M., Kilbreath, S., Fiatarone Singh, M., Zeman, B., Davis, G. (2010). Effect of Progressive Resistance Training on Muscle Performance after Chronic Stroke. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 42(1), 23-34. [More Information]
  • Orr, R., Mikhael, M., Amsen, F., Greene, D., Seibel, M., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2010). Effect of standing posture during whole body vibration training on muscle morphology and function in older adults. Gerontological Society of America's 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting (2010), Washington DC: Gerontological Society of America.

2009

  • Tsang, T., Kohn, M., Chow, C., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2009). A Ramdomized controlled trial of Kung Fu training for metabolic health in overweight/obese adolescents: The "Martial Fitness" study. Journal Of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, 22(7), 595-607. [More Information]
  • Tsang, T., Kohn, M., Chow, C., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2009). A randomised placebo-exercise controlled trial of Kung Fu training for improvements in body composition in overweight/obese adolescents: the "Martial Fitness" study. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 8(1), 97-106.
  • Tsang, T., Briody, J., Kohn, M., Chow, C., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2009). Abdominal fat assessment in adolescents using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Journal Of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, 22(9), 781-794. [More Information]

2008

  • Vanwanseele, B., Lange, A., Smith, R., Foroughi, N., Baker, M., Shnier, R., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2008). A Randomized Double-Blind Sham-Exercise Controlled Trial of Progressive Resistance Training for Cartilage Preservation in Osteoarthritis of the Knee: The REACH Study. 61st Annual Science Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America GSA 2008, Oxford University Press: Oxford University Press.
  • Lee, M., Kilbreath, S., Fiatarone Singh, M., Zeman, B., Lord, S., Raymond, J., Davis, G. (2008). Comparison of effect of aerobic cycle training and progressive resistance training on walking ability after stroke: A randomized sham exercise-controlled study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 56(6), 976-985. [More Information]
  • De Vos, N., Singh, N., Ross, D., Stavrinos, T., Orr, R., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2008). Continuous hemodynamic response to maximal dynamic strength testing in older adults. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 89(2), 343-350. [More Information]

2007

  • Lee, M., Davis, G., Kilbreath, S., Fiatarone Singh, M., Zeman, B. (2007). Adaptation to Progressive Resistance Training (PRT) in Chronic Stroke Population. 15th International Congress of the World Confederation of Physical Therapy WCPT 2007, United Kingdom: Elsevier.
  • Lange, A., Fiatarone Singh, M., Smith, R., Foroughi, N., Baker, M., Shnier, R., Vanwanseele, B. (2007). Degenerative meniscus tears and mobility impairment in women with knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 15(6), 701-708. [More Information]
  • Kilbreath, S., Davis, G., Lee, M., Fiatarone Singh, M., Crosbie, W., Zeman, B. (2007). Does Performance Vary During the Six Minute Walk Test in Persons Following Hemiliplegic Stroke? 15th International Congress of the World Confederation of Physical Therapy WCPT 2007, United Kingdom: Elsevier.

2006

  • Foroughi, N., Smith, R., Lange, A., Baker, M., Fiatarone Singh, M., Vanwanseele, B. (2006). A randomised controlled trial of progressive resistance training to improve knee adduction movement in women with knee osteoarthritis: Preliminary data. 2nd Australian Association for Exercise and Sport Science Conference, Brisbane: Australian Association for Exercise and Sports Science (AAESS).
  • Foroughi, N., Smith, R., Lange, A., Baker, M., Fiatarone Singh, M., Vanwanseele, B. (2006). A randomized controlled trial of progressive resistance training to improve knee adduction moment in women with knee Osteoarthritis: Preliminary data. 5th Biennial Health Research Conference 2006, Australia: Biennial Health Research Conference.
  • Foroughi, N., Smith, R., Lange, A., Baker, M., Fiatarone Singh, M., Vanwanseele, B. (2006). A randomized controlled trial of progressive resistance training to improve knee adduction moment in women with knee Osteoarthritis: Preliminary data. General Symosium of Iranian students in NSW and ACT 2006, Australia.

2005

  • Singh, N., Stavrinos, T., Scarbek, Y., Galambos, G., Liber, C., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2005). A randomized controlled trial of high versus low intensity weight training versus general practitioner care for clinical depression in older adults. Journals of Gerontology. Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 60A(6), 768-776. [More Information]
  • Cheema, B., Smith, B., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2005). A rationale for intradialytic exercise training as standard clinical practice in ESRD. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 45. [More Information]
  • Atlantis, E., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2005). Effect of worksite physical activity interventions on mental health and body fat/mass: A systematic review. Australasian Society for the Study of Obesity 14th Annual Scientific Meeting.

2004

  • Atlantis, E., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2004). A critical review of exercise interventions on body fat in childhood and adolescents. Fourth Research Conference 2004 "From Cell to Society 4", Sydney: Faculties of Health, University of Sydney.
  • Atlantis, E., Chow, C., Kirby, A., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2004). An Effective Exercise-Based Intervention For Improving Mental Health And Quality Of Life Measures: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Preventive Medicine, 39(2), 424-434. [More Information]
  • Hughes, V., Roubenoff, R., Wood, M., Frontera, W., Evans, W., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2004). Anthropometric Assessment Of 10-Y Changes In Body Composition In The Elderly. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 80(2), 475-482. [More Information]

2003

  • Atlantis, E., Chow, C., Kirby, A., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2003). An effective exercise-based work-site health promotion intervention for improving body composition: A randomized controlled trial. American Public Health Association 131st Annual Meeting, United States: American Public Health Association.
  • Raymond, J., Lee, M., Zeman, B., Kilbreath, S., Davis, G., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2003). Association between exercise capacity and disability in people who have suffered a stroke. 2003 Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport and Third National Sporting Injury Prevention Conference, Australia: Sports Medicine Australia.
  • Willey, K., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2003). Battling Insulin Resistance in Elderly Obese People With Type 2 Diabetes - Bring on the heavy weights. Diabetes Care, 26(5), 1580-1588. [More Information]

2002

  • Bernstein, M., Nelson, M., Tucker, K., Layne, J., Johnson, E., Nuernberger, A., Castaneda, C., Judge, J., Buchner, D., Fiatarone Singh, M. (2002). A home-based nutrition intervention to increase consumption of fruits, vegetables, and calcium-rich foods in community dwelling elders. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 102(10), 1421-1427. [More Information]
  • Fiatarone Singh, M. (2002). Benefits of exercise and dietary measures to optimize shifts in body composition with age. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 11(s3), S642-S652. [More Information]
  • Fiatarone Singh, M., Roger, S. (2002). Cardiovascular and musculoskeletal rehabilitation in chronic renal insufficiency. Nephrology, , 71-72.

2001

  • Sambrook, P., Fiatarone Singh, M., Diamond, T., Ferris, L., Flicker, L., MacLennan, A., Nowson,, C., O'Neill, S., Greville, H. (2001). Corticosteroid induced osteoporosis. Australian Family Physician, 30, 793-796.
  • Fiatarone Singh, M. (2001). Elderly Patients and Frailty. In JE Graves, BA Franklin (Eds.), Resistance Training for Health and Rehabilitaiton, (pp. 181-213). United States: Human Kinetics Publishers.
  • Fiatarone Singh, M., Hausdorff, J., Nelson, M., Kaliton, D., Layne,, J., Bernstein, M., Nuernberger, A. (2001). Etiology and modifiction of gait instability in older adults: a randomized controlled trial of exercise. Journal of Applied Physiology, 90, 2117-2129.

Selected Grants

2022

  • Frailty KIT: An Australian Frailty Network to Create Knowledge, Implement Findings and Support Training, Fiatarone Singh M, Hubbard R, Hilmer S, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)/2021 MRFF Dementia Ageing and Aged Care Mission

2021

  • Understanding intergenerational change in the health and well-being of older adults and its effects: The Sydney Memory and Ageing Study 2, Brodaty H, Sachdev P, Masters C, Fiatarone Singh M, Dobson A, Schutte A, Cutler H, Brayne C, Kochan N, Numbers K, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies
  • HIPFFIT: HIP Fracture and Frailty Improvement Translational project, Fiatarone Singh M, Cullen J, Seibel M, Valenzuela Arteaga T, Sydney Local Health District/Research Support

Further Grants

2019

  • Preventing cognitive decline with metformin: a randomised controlled trial, Samaras K, Sachdev P, Fiatarone Singh M, Brodaty H, Day R, Macdonald P, Wen W, Kochan, N, Makkar, S, Luchsinger J, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) People Support, Boosting Dementia Research Grants, Funds $1,998,024.60

2018

  • Progressive Resistance Training as Adjunctive Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder and Mental Health Co-morbidity, Mavros Y, Parmenter B, Fiatarone Singh M, DVC Research/USyd-UNSW MoU: Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol Comorbidity

2016

  • Risk factors, early diagnosis, and effective interventions for neurocognitive disorders, CIs: Sachdev P, Brodaty H, Andrews G, AIs: Thalamuthu A, Poljak A, Baune B, Brown D, Chenery H, Crawford J, Trollor J, Mather K, Samaras K, Wright M, Fiatarone Singh M, Braidy N, Kochan N, Schofield P, Martins R, Reppermund S, Wen W, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Program Grants, Funds:$6,782,730.00