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Review: use of pedometers increases physical activity in adults

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.11.3.75

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    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, …

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    • Source of funding: National Institute on Aging and, in part, National Science Foundation.