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The influence of dog ownership on objective measures of free-living physical activity and sedentary behaviour in community-dwelling older adults: a longitudinal case-controlled study

BACKGROUND: There is some evidence to suggest that dog ownership may improve physical activity (PA) among older adults, but to date, studies examining this, have either depended on self-report or incomplete datasets due to the type of activity monitor used to record physical activity. Additionally,...

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Autores principales: Dall, Philippa Margaret, Ellis, Sarah Lesley Helen, Ellis, Brian Martin, Grant, P Margaret, Colyer, Alison, Gee, Nancy Renee, Granat, Malcolm Howard, Mills, Daniel Simon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5465590/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28595596
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4422-5