Effectiveness of the 2006 commonwealth games 10,000 steps walking challenge

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1673-1680

  Harvey, Jack T ^a   Eime, Rochelle M ^a   Payne, Warren R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Pedometer; Physical activity; Step counts; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GAME; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; WALKING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SPORTS; VICTORIA; WALKING;

EID: 68449103049     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31819d591d     Document Type: Article

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