title: Effect of a pedometer-based intervention on daily step counts of community-dwelling older adults.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Exercise, Health, and Sport Sciences, University of Southern Maine, Gorham 04038, USA. kcroteau@usm.maine.edu
authors.forename: Karen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Croteau
authors.forename: Nancy E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Richeson
authors.forename: Bonnie C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Farmer
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008281:Maine; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009042:Motivation; D012112:Residential Facilities; D016138:Walking / Q000639:trends