Prescribing physical activity through primary care: Does activity intensity matter?

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 78-79

  Knight, Emily ^a,b   Stuckey, Melanie I ^a,b   Petrella, Robert J ^a,b,c  

^a LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic disease management; Chronic disease prevention; Exercise is medicine; Exercise prescription; Primary care; Sedentary prescription

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; AGED; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; TELEMEDICINE;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COUNSELING; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PRESCRIPTIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84922392926     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: 23263660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2014.09.2079     Document Type: Article

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