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Review: use of pedometers increases physical activity in adults

D M Bravata

Dr D M Bravata, Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford, CA, USA; dbravata@stanford.edu

QUESTION
In adult outpatients, does the use of pedometers increase physical activity?

REVIEW SCOPE
Studies selected assessed pedometer use among >5 adult outpatients. Studies were excluded if participants were admitted to hospital or confined to a research centre, pedometers were sealed so that participants in the intervention group could not see the number of steps, or pedometers were used to measure the effects of a drug on a person’s ability to be physically active. Outcome was change in number of steps walked daily.

REVIEW METHODS
Medline (to Feb 2007); EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, Sport Discus, PsycINFO, Cochrane Library, Thompson Scientific, and ERIC (to May 2006); reference lists; and conference proceedings were searched for English-language studies. Experts in exercise physiology were consulted. 8 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) (n = 305) and 18 observational studies (n = 2462) were included (mean age . . . [Full text of this article]

Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler

University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada