The effect of advice by health care professionals on increasing physical activity of older people

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 231-236

  Hirvensalo, M ^a   Heikkinen, E ^a   Lintunen, T ^a   Rantanen, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Community based study; Counseling; Exercise

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; SELF REPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0345304905     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0838.2003.00313.x     Document Type: Article

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