Effects of Three Motivationally Targeted Mobile Device Applications on Initial Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Change in Midlife and Older Adults: A Randomized Trial

­Abby C. King; Eric B. Hekler; Lauren A. Grieco; Sandra J. Winter; Jylana L. Sheats

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0156370

Effects of Three Motivationally Targeted Mobile Device Applications on Initial Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Change in Midlife and Older Adults: A Randomized Trial

Abby C. King, Eric B. Hekler, Lauren A. Grieco, Sandra J. Winter, Jylana L. Sheats, Matthew P. Buman, Banny Banerjee, Thomas N. Robinson, Jesse Cirimele

Public Library of Science (2016) • Volume 11, Issue 6, Pages e0156370-e0156370

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ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01516411.

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10.1371/journal.pone.0156370

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English

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Physical Activity and Health

Keywords

Sedentary behavior, Physical activity, Randomized controlled trial, Affect (linguistics), Psychology, Smartphone app, Young adult, Gerontology, Medicine, Physical therapy, Computer science, World Wide Web, Communication, Internal medicine

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June 28, 2016

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9.69

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Effects of Three Motivationally Targeted Mobile Device Applications on Initial Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Change in Midlife and Older Adults: A Randomized Trial

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