Exercise on prescription: A randomized study on the effect of counseling vs counseling and supervised exercise

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 288-297

  Sorensen J B ^a,c   Kragstrup, J ^a   Skovgaard, T ^b   Puggaard, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Counseling; General practice; Intervention; Lifestyle risk reduction; Non drug; Physical activity; Prescriptions; Risk reduction behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TIME;

DENMARK; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 44449163042     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2008.00811.x     Document Type: Article

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