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Selected publications

  1. Young PJ, Wallsworth C, Gosal H, Mackey DC. "Now I Am Walking Toward Health": A Qualitative Study About the Outcomes of Physical Activity Participation That Matter to Older Adults. J Aging Phys Act. 2024;32(5):624-634.

  2. Mackey DC, Ekegren CL, Baldwin C, Young PJ, Gray SM, Ciok A, Wong A. Outcome domains measured in randomized controlled trials of physical activity for older adults: a rapid review. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2023 Mar 24;20(1):34.

  3. Drahota A, Felix LM, Raftery J, Keenan BE, Lachance CC, Mackey DC, Markham C, Laing AC. The SAFEST review: a mixed methods systematic review of shock-absorbing flooring for fall-related injury prevention. BMC Geriatr. 2022 Jan 6;22(1):32.

  4. Maganja SA, Clarke DC, Lear SA, Mackey DC. Formative Evaluation of Consumer-Grade Activity Monitors Worn by Older Adults: Test-Retest Reliability and Criterion Validity of Step Counts. JMIR Form Res. 2020 Aug 18;4(8):e16537.

  5. Mackey DC, Lachance CC, Wang PT, Feldman F, Laing AC, Leung PM, Hu XJ, Robinovitch SN. The Flooring for Injury Prevention (FLIP) Study of compliant flooring for the prevention of fall-related injuries in long-term care: A randomized trial. PLoS Med. 2019;16(6):e1002843.

  6. McKay HA, Mackey DC, Gray SM, Hoy CL, Ahn R, Perkins AD, Bauman A, Sims-Gould J. Translational formative evaluation before scale-up of a physical activity intervention for older men. Translational Journal of the ACSM. 2019;4(14):106–113.

  7. Mackey DC, Perkins AD, Hong Tai K, Sims-Gould J, McKay HA. Men on the Move: A randomized controlled feasibility trial of a scalable, choice-based, physical activity and active transportation intervention for older men. J Aging Phys Act. 2019;27(4):489-502.

  8. Collins KJ, Schrack JA, VanSwearingen JM, Glynn NW, Pospisil MC, Gant VE, Mackey DC. Randomized controlled trial of exercise to improve walking energetics in older adults. Innov Aging. 2018;2(3):igy022.

  9. Sims-Gould J, Ahn R, Li N, Ottoni CA, Mackey DC, McKay HA. The social side is as important as the physical side": Older men's experiences of physical activity. Am J Mens Health. 2018;12(6):2173-2182.

  10. Lachance CC, Korall AMB, Russell CM, Feldman F, Robinovitch SN, Mackey DC. Hand forces exerted by long-term care staff when pushing wheelchairs on compliant and non-compliant flooring. Appl Ergon. 2018;71:95-101.

  11. Lachance CC, Mackey DC. Feasibility of compliant flooring in long-term care: Results from a stakeholder symposium. Can J Aging. 2018;37(1):84-94.

  12. Lachance CC, Jurkowski MP, Dymarz AC, Robinovitch SN, Feldman F, Laing AC, Mackey DC. Compliant flooring to prevent fall-related injuries in older adults: A scoping review of biomechanical efficacy, clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and workplace safety. PLoS One. 2017;12(2):e0171652.

  13. Mackey DC, Lui LY, Cawthon PM, Ensrud K, Yaffe K, Cummings SR. Life-space mobility and mortality in older women: Prospective results from the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016;64(11):2226-2234.

  14. Yang Y, Mackey DC, Liu-Ambrose T, Leung PM, Feldman F, Robinovitch SN. Clinical risk factors for head impact during falls in older adults: A prospective cohort study in long-term care. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2017;32(3):168-177.

  15. Lachance CC, Korall AM, Russell CM, Feldman F, Robinovitch SN, Mackey DC. External hand forces exerted by long-term care staff to push floor-based lifts: Effects of flooring system and resident weight. Hum Factors. 2016;58(6):927-43.

  16. Lachance CC, Feldman F, Laing AC, Leung PM, Robinovitch SN, Mackey DC. Study protocol for the Flooring for Injury Prevention (FLIP) Study: a randomised controlled trial in long-term care. Inj Prev. 2016;22(6):453-460.

  17. Ensrud KE, Blackwell TL, Cauley JA, Dam TT, Cawthon PM, Schousboe JT, Barrett-Connor E, Stone KL, Bauer DC, Shikany JM, Mackey DC; Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study Group. Objective measures of activity level and mortality in older men. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014;62(11):2079-87.

  18. Richardson CA, Glynn NW, Ferrucci LG, Mackey DC. Walking energetics, fatigability, and fatigue in older adults: the study of energy and aging pilot. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2015;70(4):487-94.

  19. Mackey DC, Cauley JA, Barrett-Connor E, Schousboe JT, Cawthon PM, Cummings SR; Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Research Group. Life-space mobility and mortality in older men: a prospective cohort study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014;62(7):1288-96.

  20. Cauley JA, Harrison SL, Cawthon PM, Ensrud KE, Danielson ME, Orwoll E, Mackey DC. Objective measures of physical activity, fractures, and falls: The Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study (MrOS). J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Jul;61(7):1080-8.

  21. Cawthon PM, Blackwell TL, Cauley JA, Ensrud K, Dam TT, Harrison S, Peters KW, Mackey DC. Objective assessment of activity, energy expenditure, and functional limitations in older men: The Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study (MrOS). J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2013;68(12):1518-24.

  22. Mackey DC, Manini TM, Schoeller D, Goodpaster BH, Koster A, Glynn NW, Satterfield S, Newman AB, Harris TB, Cummings SR. Validation of an armband to measure free-living energy expenditure in older adults: The Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2011;66A(10):1108-13.

  23. Mackey DC, Black DM, Bauer DC, McCloskey EV, Eastell R, Mesenbrink P, Thompson JR, Cummings SR. Effects of antiresorptive treatment on non-vertebral fracture outcomes. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 2011;26(10):2411-8.

  24. Mackey DC, Hubbard AE, Cawthon PM, Cauley JA, Cummings SR, Tager IB; for the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Research Group. Usual Physical Activity and Hip Fracture in Older Men: An Application of Semiparametric Methods to Observational Data. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2011;173(5):578-86.

  25. Mackey DC, Lui LY, Cawthon PM, Bauer DC, Nevitt MC, Cauley JA, Hillier TA, Lewis CE, Barrett-Connor E, Cummings SR. High-trauma fractures and low bone mineral density in older women and men. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2007;298(20):2381-8.