WALK 2.0 - Using Web 2.0 applications to promote health-related physical activity: A randomised controlled trial protocol

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kolt, Gregory S ^a   Rosenkranz, Richard R ^a,b   Savage, Trevor N ^a   Maeder, Anthony J ^a   Vandelanotte, Corneel ^c   Duncan, Mitch J ^c   Caperchione, Cristina M ^d   Tague, Rhys ^a   Hooker, Cindy ^c   Mummery, W Kerry ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Internet; Physical activity; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ACTIMETRY; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; WALKING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY;

ACCELEROMETRY; ACTIGRAPHY; ADULT; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; WALKING;

EID: 84876954023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-436     Document Type: Article

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