Health promotion in older chinese: A 12-month cluster randomized controlled trial of pedometry and peer support

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1157-1166

  Neil Thomas, G ^a   MacFarlane, Duncan J ^b   Guo, Boliang ^a   Cheung, Bernard M Y ^b   McGhee, Sarah M ^b   Chou, Kee Lee ^b   Deeks, Jonathan J ^a   Lam, Tai Hing ^b   Tomlinson, Brian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Buddy; elderly; exercise; pedometer; physical activity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEER GROUP; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84861532131     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318244314a     Document Type: Article

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