The effect of feedback and information on children's pedometer step counts at school

Pediatric Exercise Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-38

  Butcher, Zoe ^a   Fairclough, Stuart ^a   Stratton, Gareth ^a   Richardson, David ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Motivation; Perceived competence; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; PEDOMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STUDENT; WALKING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; STUDENTS; WALKING;

EID: 34447567183     PISSN: 08998493     EISSN: 15432920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/pes.19.1.29     Document Type: Article

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