Is knowing enough? Increasing physical activity by wearing a pedometer

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 31-36

  Rooney, Brenda ^a   Smalley, Kathy ^a   Larson, Jennifer ^a   Havens, Sarah ^a  

^a GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; ENDURANCE; ENERGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEDOMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; WALKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; WALKING; WISCONSIN; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0042474257     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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