Senior Scientist and Director
Nutrition, Exercise Physiology, and Sarcopenia Laboratory

Director, Human Studies
Jean Mayer USDA HNRCA at Tufts University
711 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111-1524
Phone: (617) 556-3016
Fax: (617) 556-3083
E-mail: roger.fielding@tufts.edu

Ph.D., Nutrition
Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University

Professor of Nutrition, Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University
Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Lecturer, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Featured HNRCA Research Publications

Callahan D, Phillips E, Carabello R, Frontera WR, Fielding RA. Assessment of lower extremity muscle power in functionally-limited elders. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 2007;19(3):194-9.

Corcoran MP, Lamon-Fava S, Fielding RA. Skeletal muscle lipid deposition and insulin resistance: effect of dietary fatty acids and exercise. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2007;85(3):662-77.

LeBrasseur NK, Sayers SP, Ouellette MM, Fielding RA. Muscle impairments and behavioral factors mediate functional limitations and disability following stroke. Physical Therapy. 2006;86(10):1342-50.

Sayers SP, Guralnik JM, Newman AB, Brach JS, Fielding RA. Concordance and discordance between two measures of lower extremity function: 400 meter self-paced walk and SPPB. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 2006;18(2):100-6.

Pearlman JP, Fielding RA. Creatine monohydrate as a therapeutic aid in muscular dystrophy. Nutrition Reviews. 2006;64(2 Pt 1):80-8.

Other Recent Publications

Krivickas LS, Fielding RA, Murray A, Callahan D, Johansson A, Dorer DJ, Frontera WR. Sex differences in single muscle fiber power in older adults. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 2006;38(1):57-63.

Funai K, Parkington JD, Carambula S, Fielding RA. Age-associated decrease in contraction-induced activation of downstream targets of Akt/mTor signaling in skeletal muscle. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 2006;290(4):R1080-6.

LeBrasseur NK, Mizer KC, Parkington JD, Sawyer DB, Fielding RA. The expression of neuregulin and erbB receptors in human skeletal muscle: effects of progressive resistance training. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 2005;94(4):371-5.

Rejeski WJ, Fielding RA, Blair SN, Guralnik JM, Gill TM, Hadley EC, King AC, Kritchevsky SB, Miller ME, Newman AB, Pahor M. The lifestyle interventions and independence for elders (LIFE) pilot study: design and methods. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2005;26(2):141-54.

Sayers SP, Guralnik JM, Thombs LA, Fielding RA. Effect of leg muscle contraction velocity on functional performance in older men and women. Journal of the American Geriatric Society. 2005;53(3):467-71.

Giresi PG, Stevenson EJ, Theilhaber J, Koncarevic A, Parkington J, Fielding RA, Kandarian SC. Identification of a molecular signature of sarcopenia. Physiological Genomics. 2005;21(2):253-63.

Cuoco A, Callahan DM, Sayers S, Frontera WR, Bean J, Fielding RA. Impact of muscle power and force on gait speed in disabled older men and women. The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 2004;59(11):1200-6.

Sayers SP, Brach JS, Newman AB, Heeren TC, Guralnik JM, Fielding RA. Use of self-report to predict ability to walk 400 meters in mobility-limited older adults. Journal of the American Geriatric Society. 2004;52(12):2099-103.

Sayers SP, Jette AM, Haley SM, Heeren TC, Guralnik JM, Fielding RA. Validation of the Late-Life Function and Disability Instrument. Journal of the American Geriatric Society. 2004;52(9):1554-9.

To see more of Dr. Roger Fielding's publications, please visit PubMed and search for "Fielding RA."