Effect of a Pedometer-Based Intervention on Daily Step Counts of Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Autor/inn/en	Croteau, Karen A.; Richeson, Nancy E.; Farmer, Bonnie C.; Jones, David B.
Titel	Effect of a Pedometer-Based Intervention on Daily Step Counts of Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Quelle	In: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 78 (2007) 5, S.401-406 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0270-1367
Schlagwörter	Control Groups; Intervention; Measurement Equipment; Physical Activities; Physical Activity Level; Experimental Groups; Older Adults; Life Style; Comparative Analysis; Statistical Analysis; Florida; Maine + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Messinstrument; Älterer Erwachsener; Lebensstil; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	This study investigated the effect of a 12-week pedometer-based intervention on daily step counts of 147 older adults randomly assigned to an intervention or wait-list control group (M age = 72.9 years, SD = 8.8). The intervention group significantly increased their daily step counts after 12 weeks (M = 639, SD = 2,239) and continued to significantly increase during a 12-week maintenance period (M = 680, SD = 1,721). The control group exhibited no change during the control period (M = -393, SD = 2,050) but had a significant increase in daily step counts (M = 1,580, SD = 2,305) when enrolled in the intervention. The pedometer-based intervention was effective in increasing participants' daily step counts. (Contains 2 figures and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10