Use of participant focus groups to identify barriers and facilitators to worksite exercise therapy adherence in randomized controlled trials involving firefighters

Patient Preference and Adherence

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages 207-215

  Mayer, John M ^a   Nuzzo, James L ^a   Dagenais, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Palladian Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Back injuries; Exercise therapy; Peer support; Self motivation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PEER GROUP; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84875449869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1177889X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/PPA.S42507     Document Type: Article

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