Citation

Croteau KA, Richeson NE, Farmer BC, Jones DB. Res. Q. Exerc. Sport 2007; 78(5): 401-406.

Affiliation

Department of Exercise, Health, and Sport Sciences, University of Southern Maine, Gorham 04038, USA. kcroteau@usm.maine.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

18274211

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of a 12-week pedometer-based intervention on daily step counts of 147 older adults randomly assigned to an intervention or wait-list control group (M age = 72.9 years, SD = 8.8). The intervention group significantly increased their daily step counts after 12 weeks (M=639, SD=2239) and continued to significantly increase during a 12-week maintenance period (M=680, SD=1721). The control group exhibited no change during the control period (M = -393, SD=2050) but had a significant increase in daily step counts (M=1580, SD=2305) when enrolled in the intervention. The pedometer-based intervention was effective in increasing participants' daily step counts.

Language: en