A population-based randomized controlled trial of the effect of combining a pedometer with an intervention toolkit on physical activity among individuals with low levels of physical activity or fitness

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 125-130

  Petersen, Christina Bjørk ^a   Severin, Maria ^a   Hansen, Andreas Wolff ^a   Curtis, Tine ^a   Grønbæk, Morten ^a   Tolstrup, Janne Schurmann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Exercise; Health promotion; Intervention studies; Randomized controlled trial; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDOMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENMARK; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856522959     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.12.012     Document Type: Article

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