Randomized Controlled Trial of an Improved Version of MobileMums, an Intervention for Increasing Physical Activity in Women with Young Children

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 487-499

  Fjeldsoe, Brianna S ^a   Miller, Yvette D ^a,b   Graves, Nicholas ^b   Barnett, Adrian G ^b   Marshall, Alison L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exercise; Intervention; Mobile telephone; Post natal; SMS; Text messaging

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MOTHER; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; TEXT MESSAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTHERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; TEXT MESSAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937639899     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-014-9675-y     Document Type: Article

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