The role of perceived barriers and objectively measured physical activity in adults aged 65-100

Age and Ageing

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 384-390

  Gellert, Paul ^a   Witham, Miles D ^b   Crombie, Iain K ^b   Donnan, Peter T ^b   McMurdo, Marion E T ^c   Sniehotta, Falko F ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Older people; Perceived barriers; Physical activity; Theory of planned behaviour

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR; VERY ELDERLY; ACCELEROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SCOTLAND; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACCELEROMETRY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SAFETY; SCOTLAND;

EID: 84929164227     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afv001     Document Type: Article

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