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Pedometer use and self-determined motivation for walking in a cardiac telerehabilitation program: a qualitative study

BACKGROUND: Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation reduces morbidity and mortality. Walking is a convenient activity suitable for people with cardiac disease. Pedometers count steps, measure walking activity and motivate people to increase physical activity. In this study, patients participating in c...

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Autores principales: Thorup, Charlotte Brun, Grønkjær, Mette, Spindler, Helle, Andreasen, Jan Jesper, Hansen, John, Dinesen, Birthe Irene, Nielsen, Gitte, Sørensen, Erik Elgaard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4991060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27547404
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13102-016-0048-7