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Minimal-contact physical activity interventions in women: a pilot study
Catrina DuVall1, Mary K Dinger, E Laurette Taylor
1Community Health Foundation, Tulsa, OK, USA.
Objective:
To examine the impact of 3 minimal-contact lifestyle interventions on physical activity in women.
Methods:
Fifty female volunteers were randomly assigned to one of 3 lifestyle physical activity interventions for 8 weeks. Subjects wore an accelerometer for a week at baseline and postintervention to objectively monitor their physical activity.
Results:
Participants significantly increased their physical activity from baseline to postintervention; however, there was no significant difference in physical activity among the 3 intervention groups.
Conclusions:
Results of this pilot study support the use of minimal-contact lifestyle interventions to promote physical activity in women.