Long-term physical activity on prescription intervention for patients with insufficient physical activity level-a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical activity (PA) can be used to prevent and treat diseases. In Sweden, licensed healthcare professionals use PA on prescription (PAP) to support patients to increase their PA level. The aim of this randomized controlled trial was to evaluate a 2-year intervention of two different strategies of PAP treatment for patients with insufficient PA level, after a previous 6-month period of ordinary PAP treatment in a primary health care setting.

Methods

We included 190 patients, 27-77 years, physically inactive with metabolic risk factors where the patients were not responding to a previous 6-month PAP treatment with increased PA. The patients were randomized to either enhanced support from a physiotherapist (PT group) or continued ordinary PAP treatment at the heal

SUBMITTER: Lundqvist S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7493144 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature