No significant changes in any other health outcomes were found in either group .
Background : Recent systematic review s have suggested that pedometers may be effective motivational tools to promote walking .
However , studies tend to be of a relatively short duration , with small clinical based sample s. Further research is required to demonstrate their effectiveness in adequately powered , community based studies .
Objective : Using a r and omized controlled trial design , this study assessed the impact of a 12-week graduated pedometer-based walking intervention on daily step-counts , self-reported physical activity and health outcomes in a Scottish community sample not meeting current physical activity recommendations .
Walking in (Affective) Circles: Can Short Walks Enhance Affect?
Recent physical activity recommendations call for activities that are of moderate intensity and can be performed intermittently during the day , such as walking . These proclamations were based partly on the assumption that moderate activities are generally more enjoyable than physically dem and ing ones , and they are , therefore , also more likely to be continued over the long haul . However , little is actually known about the affective outcomes of short bouts of walking and extant findings are equivocal . Four experimental studies examined the affective responses associated with short ( 10- to 15-min ) bouts of walking using a dimensional conceptual model of affect , namely , the circumplex . Results consistently showed that walking was associated with shifts toward increased activation and more positive affective valence . Recovery from walking for 10–15 min was associated with a return toward calmness and relaxation . This pattern was robust across different self-report measures of the circumplex affective dimensions , across ecological setting s ( field and laboratory ) , across time , and across sample
No significant changes in any other health outcomes were found in either group .
Background : Recent systematic review s have suggested that pedometers may be effective motivational tools to promote walking .
However , studies tend to be of a relatively short duration , with small clinical based sample s. Further research is required to demonstrate their effectiveness in adequately powered , community based studies .
Objective : Using a r and omized controlled trial design , this study assessed the impact of a 12-week graduated pedometer-based walking intervention on daily step-counts , self-reported physical activity and health outcomes in a Scottish community sample not meeting current physical activity recommendations .