Walking to wellness in an ageing sedentary university community: Design, method and protocol

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 273-279

  Mackey, Martin G ^a   Bohle, Philip ^a   Taylor, Philip ^b   Di Biase, Tia ^b   McLoughlin, Christopher ^b   Purnell, Katherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Behaviour change; Physical activity; Wellness; Work ability; Worksite

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; EMPLOYEE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; UNIVERSITY; WALKING; WELLBEING; WORKPLACE;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SAMPLE SIZE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; UNIVERSITIES; WALKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79551518838     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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