"Not just another walking program": Everyday Activity Supports You (EASY) model-a randomized pilot study for a parallel randomized controlled trial

Pilot and Feasibility Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ashe, Maureen C ^a,b   Winters, Meghan ^a,c   Hoppmann, Christiane A ^a,b   Dawes, Martin G ^b   Gardiner, Paul A ^d   Giangregorio, Lora M ^e   Madden, Kenneth M ^a,f   McAllister, Megan M ^a,b   Wong, Gillian ^a,b   Puyat, Joseph H ^f,g   Singer, Joel ^f,g   Sims Gould, Joanie ^a,b   McKay, Heather A ^a,b,f  

^a CENTRE FOR HIP HEALTH AND MOBILITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Motor activity; Retirement; Sedentary lifestyle; Self management; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946750617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20555784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2055-5784-1-4     Document Type: Article

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