Using Pedometers to Increase Physical Activity and Improve Health

Abstract

The results suggest that the use of a pedometer is associated with significant increases in physical activity and significant decreases in body mass index and blood pressure. Whether these changes are durable over the long term is undetermined.

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PedometerMedicineObservational studyPhysical therapyRandomized controlled trialCochrane LibraryConfidence intervalMEDLINEGerontologyPhysical activityInternal medicine

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Year: 2007
Type: article
Volume: 298
Issue: 19
Pages: 2296-2296
Citations: 2063
Access: Closed

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                                    Dena M Bravata, 
                                
                                    Crystal Smith-Spangler, 
                                
                                    Vandana Sundaram
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2007). 
                            Using Pedometers to Increase Physical Activity and Improve Health. 
                            JAMA
                            , 298
                            (19)
                            , 2296-2296.
                            https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.298.19.2296
                        

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DOI: 10.1001/jama.298.19.2296