Dawn A. Skelton

19.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
248 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

About

Dawn A. Skelton is a scholar working on Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Physiology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Dawn A. Skelton has authored 248 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, 93 papers in Physiology and 73 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Dawn A. Skelton's work include Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (94 papers), Physical Activity and Health (74 papers) and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (68 papers). Dawn A. Skelton is often cited by papers focused on Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (94 papers), Physical Activity and Health (74 papers) and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (68 papers). Dawn A. Skelton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Belgium. Dawn A. Skelton's co-authors include Sébastien Chastin, Carolyn Greig, Chris Todd, Juliet Harvey, Archie Young, Manon L. Dontje, Janet Davies, Javier Palarea‐Albaladejo, Maria Horne and Lynn Rochester and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Dawn A. Skelton

236 papers receiving 10.7k citations

Hit Papers

Strength, Power and Relat... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 2015 2011 2014 2019 200 400 600
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Strength, Power and Related Functional Ability of Healthy People Aged 65–89 Years
    1994 728 citations Dawn A. Skelton et al. Age and Ageing profile →
  2. Combined Effects of Time Spent in Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviors and Sleep on Obesity and Cardio-Metabolic Health Markers: A Novel Compositional Data Analysis Approach
    2015 691 citations Sébastien Chastin, Manon L. Dontje et al. profile →
  3. Exercise for improving balance in older people
    2011 532 citations Dawn A. Skelton et al. profile →
  4. How Sedentary Are Older People? A Systematic Review of the Amount of Sedentary Behavior
    2014 413 citations Sébastien Chastin, Dawn A. Skelton et al. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity profile →
  5. Framework, principles and recommendations for utilising participatory methodologies in the co-creation and evaluation of public health interventions
    2019 338 citations Calum F Leask, Marlene Sandlund et al. profile →
  6. Resistance exercise as a treatment for sarcopenia: prescription and delivery
    2022 171 citations Miles D. Witham, Dawn A. Skelton et al. Age and Ageing profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dawn A. Skelton United Kingdom 52 4.6k 3.5k 2.5k 2.4k 1.6k 248 11.1k
David M. Büchner United States 64 6.6k 1.4× 3.8k 1.1× 3.3k 1.3× 3.6k 1.5× 2.6k 1.6× 178 18.1k
Suzanne G. Leveille United States 72 4.9k 1.1× 3.9k 1.1× 3.8k 1.5× 2.3k 0.9× 3.2k 2.0× 236 17.6k
Maria A. Fiatarone Singh Australia 47 5.2k 1.1× 1.3k 0.4× 1.6k 0.6× 1.6k 0.6× 981 0.6× 107 11.2k
Jennifer S. Brach United States 54 3.2k 0.7× 4.2k 1.2× 3.1k 1.2× 1.2k 0.5× 706 0.4× 185 10.8k
Miriam E. Nelson United States 37 6.1k 1.3× 1.4k 0.4× 1.3k 0.5× 3.1k 1.3× 1.6k 1.0× 108 12.5k
Anne Tiedemann Australia 40 2.4k 0.5× 5.0k 1.4× 3.7k 1.5× 1.2k 0.5× 896 0.6× 186 9.9k
W. Jack Rejeski United States 69 9.6k 2.1× 1.9k 0.6× 2.3k 0.9× 3.2k 1.3× 2.6k 1.6× 305 23.1k
Taina Rantanen Finland 66 8.3k 1.8× 3.9k 1.1× 2.9k 1.2× 2.2k 0.9× 2.1k 1.3× 379 19.0k
James O. Judge United States 29 3.3k 0.7× 2.1k 0.6× 1.5k 0.6× 1.2k 0.5× 937 0.6× 38 8.7k
Ian D. Cameron Australia 59 2.3k 0.5× 2.4k 0.7× 2.5k 1.0× 1.6k 0.7× 2.6k 1.6× 442 15.2k

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All Works

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Lundin‐Olsson, Lillemor, Dawn A. Skelton, Per Liv, et al.. (2025). Effectiveness of the Safe Step Digital Exercise Program to Prevent Falls in Older Community-Dwelling Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 27. e67539–e67539.
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Abaraogu, Ukachukwu Okoroafor, Philippa Dall, Chris Seenan, et al.. (2024). Effect of Behavior-Change Interventions on Daily Physical Activity in Patients with Intermittent Claudication: The OPTIMA Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 32(2). 156–168. 1 indexed citations
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Skelton, Dawn A., et al.. (2023). What are the Effects of Exercise on Trabecular Microarchitecture in Older Adults? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of HR-pQCT Studies. Calcified Tissue International. 113(4). 359–382. 3 indexed citations
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Jerez‐Roig, Javier, Jordi Amblàs-Novellas, Dyego Leandro Bezerra de Souza, et al.. (2022). Sarcopenia and associated factors according to the EWGSOP2 criteria in older people living in nursing homes: a cross-sectional study. BMC Geriatrics. 22(1). 350–350. 15 indexed citations
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Burton, Elissa, Frances Horgan, Austin Warters, et al.. (2022). A Qualitative Study of Older Adults’ Experiences of Embedding Physical Activity Within Their Home Care Services in Ireland. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. Volume 15. 1163–1173. 4 indexed citations
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Lundin‐Olsson, Lillemor, Dawn A. Skelton, Per Liv, et al.. (2020). Effectiveness of a self-managed digital exercise programme to prevent falls in older community-dwelling adults: study protocol for the Safe Step randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 10(5). e036194–e036194. 14 indexed citations
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Adams, Nicola, Dawn A. Skelton, Cathy Bailey, et al.. (2019). Visually Impaired OLder people’s Exercise programme for falls prevenTion (VIOLET): a feasibility study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(4). 1–148. 6 indexed citations
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Torrens, Claire, Pauline Campbell, Helen Frost, et al.. (2018). Podiatry interventions to prevent falls in older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Age and Ageing. 48(3). 327–336. 24 indexed citations
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Skelton, Dawn A., et al.. (2018). Physical fitness interventions for nonambulatory stroke survivors: A mixed‐methods systematic review and meta‐analysis. Brain and Behavior. 8(7). e01000–e01000. 28 indexed citations
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Čukić, Iva, Richard Shaw, Geoff Der, et al.. (2018). Cognitive ability does not predict objectively measured sedentary behavior: Evidence from three older cohorts.. Psychology and Aging. 33(2). 288–296. 12 indexed citations
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Jong, Lex D. de, et al.. (2018). The appeal of the Functional Fitness MOT to older adults and health professionals in an outpatient setting: a mixed-method feasibility study. Clinical Interventions in Aging. Volume 13. 1815–1829. 3 indexed citations
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Carpenter, Hannah, Carol Coupland, John Gladman, et al.. (2018). PHysical activity Implementation Study In Community-dwelling AduLts (PHISICAL): study protocol. Injury Prevention. 25(5). 453–458. 6 indexed citations
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Sandlund, Marlene, Petra Pohl, Christina Ahlgren, et al.. (2018). Gender Perspective on Older People’s Exercise Preferences and Motivators in the Context of Falls Prevention: A Qualitative Study. BioMed Research International. 2018. 1–11. 25 indexed citations
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Lindemann, Ulrich, Nina Beyer, Juha Oksa, et al.. (2017). Effect of Indoor Temperature on Physical Performance in Older Adults during Days with Normal Temperature and Heat Waves. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 14(2). 186–186. 16 indexed citations
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Leask, Calum F, Dawn A. Skelton, Marlene Sandlund, & Sébastien Chastin. (2016). Co-Creating a Tailored Intervention to Reduce Sedentary Behaviour in Older Adults. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. 24. 92–92. 2 indexed citations
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Skelton, Dawn A., et al.. (2004). FaME (Falls Management Exercise): An RCT on the effects of a 9-month group exercise programme in frequently falling community dwelling women age 65 and over.. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. 5 indexed citations
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Nandy, Shailen, Suzanne Parsons, Colin Cryer, et al.. (2004). Development and preliminary examination of the predictive validity of the Falls Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT) for use in primary care. Journal of Public Health. 26(2). 138–143. 112 indexed citations

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