Workplace pedometer interventions for increasing physical activity

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Freak Poli, Rosanne L A ^a   Cumpston, Miranda ^b   Peeters, Anna ^c   Clemes, Stacy A ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The Cochrane Collaboration ^*  (Australia)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDOMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WORKPLACE; ADULT; DEVICES; HEALTH PROMOTION; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; WALKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WALKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84886854915     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009209.pub2     Document Type: Article

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