Promoting physical activity in low-active adolescents via facebook: A pilot randomized controlled trial to test feasibility

JMIR Research Protocols

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Wójcicki, Thomas R ^a   Grigsby Toussaint, Diana ^b   Hillman, Charles H ^b   Huhman, Marian ^b   McAuley, Edward ^b  

^a BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Behavior change; Feasibility; Physical activity; Randomized controlled trial; Social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943170981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19290748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.3013     Document Type: Article

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