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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mutrie, N
• Wright, A E
• Wilson, R E
• Gunnyeon, KA

Titel

Do pedometers motivate people to walk more?

Ist Teil von

• Journal of sports sciences, 2004-03, Vol.22 (3), p.254-254

Erscheinungsjahr

2004

Quelle

Taylor & Francis

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Physical activity confers many important health benefits. The 'active living message' recommends that adults should accumulate 30 min of moderate-intensity physical activity (e.g. brisk walking) on most-preferably all-days of the week, but the populations of most developed countries are not meeting this target. Walking is one mode of activity that most people can do without skills, equipment, facilities or extra expense and walking has less bias in terms of age, sex and social class than facility-based exercise. Thus we need to investigate interventions that promote walking. The aim of this study was to use the transtheoretical model of behaviour change as a theoretical framework for investigating the effectiveness of pedometers (mechanical devices that provide reliable and valid counts of the number of walking steps made on a daily and weekly basis), in conjunction with a goal-setting programme, for enhancing motivation for walking.