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Andrew Pitchford, PhD, CAPE

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Andrew Pitchford, PhD, CAPE

Andrew Pitchford, PhD, CAPE

Assistant Professor
Andrew.Pitchford@oregonstate.edu

Office: 541-737-1789

Milam Hall

Milam Hall 118A

2520 SW Campus Way

2520 SW Campus Way

Corvallis, OR 97331

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At OSU

Affiliation(s):

Adapted Physical Activity

Adapted Physical Education

School of Biological and Population Health Sciences

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Andrew's research focuses on preventing health disparities among individuals with developmental disabilities, including Down syndrome and autism spectrum disorder, across the lifespan. Many individuals with developmental disabilities experience poorer health than the general population, due at least in part to experiencing barriers for participating in physical activity. He works to systematically examine these health disparities and then identify, design, and test targeted interventions for health promotion.

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Publications

2022

Journal Article

M. Cleveringa and E Pitchford, A., “Low Muscle Strength, Low Bone Mineral Density, and High Body Mass Index Among Adult Special Olympics Athletes: A Cross-Sectional Examination.”, Adapt Phys Activ Q, pp. 1-19, 2022.

J. Pilut, Hollis, J., Lanningham-Foster, L., E Pitchford, A., and Litchfield, R., “Virtual Reality and Powerpoint Grocery Store Tours: Equally Effective in Improving Self-efficacy in Randomised Control Trial.”, Am J Health Promot, p. 8901171221108274, 2022.

L. R. Ketcheson, E Pitchford, A., Staples, K. L., MacDonald, M., and Ulrich, D. A., “Supporting the need for the motor domain to be included in the definition of autism spectrum disorder: A response to Bishop et al.'s critique of Bhat (2021).”, Autism Res, 2022.

2021

Journal Article

A. E Pitchford and Leung, W., “Lower Musculoskeletal Fitness Among Children With Disabilities, Ages 6 To 15 Years: 2012 NYFS”, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, vol. 53, no. 8S, pp. 221 - 221, 2021.

K. L. Staples, E Pitchford, A., and Ulrich, D. A., “The Instructional Sensitivity of the Test of Gross Motor Development-3 to Detect Changes in Performance for Young Children With and Without Down Syndrome.”, Adapt Phys Activ Q, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 95-108, 2021.

A. E Pitchford, Leung, W., and E Webster, K., “Fundamental Motor Skill Delays in Preschool Children With Disabilities: 2012 National Youth Fitness Survey.”, Front Public Health, vol. 9, p. 758321, 2021.

L. R. Ketcheson, E Pitchford, A., and Wentz, C. F., “The Relationship Between Developmental Coordination Disorder and Concurrent Deficits in Social Communication and Repetitive Behaviors Among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.”, Autism Res, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 804-816, 2021.

L. Ketcheson, Staples, K., E Pitchford, A., and Loetzner, F., “Promoting Positive Health Outcomes in an Urban Community-Based Physical Activity Intervention for Preschool Aged Children on the Autism Spectrum.”, J Autism Dev Disord, 2021.

J. Baek, Banker, M., Jansen, E. C., She, X., Peterson, K. E., E Pitchford, A., and Song, P. X. K., “An Efficient Segmentation Algorithm to Estimate Sleep Duration from Actigraphy Data”, Statistics in Biosciences, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 563 - 583, 2021.

L. R. Ketcheson and E Pitchford, A., “Promoting physical activity participation and nutrition education through a telehealth intervention for children on the autism spectrum and their caregivers.”, Contemp Clin Trials, vol. 107, p. 106496, 2021.

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