Death by effectiveness: Exercise as medicine caught in the effi cacy trap!

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 323-324

  Beedie, Chris ^a,b   Mann, Steven ^b   Jimenez, Alfonso ^b,c   Kennedy, Lynne ^b,d   Lane, Andrew M ^e   Domone, Sarah ^b   Wilson, Stephen ^b   Whyte, Greg ^b,f  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Ukactive   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84960102334     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2014-094389     Document Type: Editorial

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