Increasing physical activity with mobile devices: A meta-analysis

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Fanning, Jason ^a   Mullen, Sean P ^a   Mcauley, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Exercise; Meta analysis; Mobile phone; Physical activity; Review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERNET; META ANALYSIS; MICROCOMPUTER; MOBILE PHONE; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

CELLULAR PHONE; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; HUMANS; INTERNET; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 84872465710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2171     Document Type: Article

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