An updated systematic review of childhood physical activity questionnaires
This review is an update of a previous review published in 2010, and aims to summarize the available studies on the measurement properties of physical activity questionnaires for young people…
Park of perk?
De directe woonomgeving van mensen kan het bewegen stimuleren, mits de omgeving daartoe voldoende mogelijkheden biedt. Maar wanneer biedt een woonomgeving voldoende mogelijkheden voor bewegen? Dit is onderzocht in het…
De gezonde wijk
Het onderzoek "De Gezonde Wijk" richtte zich specifiek op de invloed van de woonomgeving op het beweegpatroon van de bewoners van Amsterdamse wijken. Aan de hand van de analyses die…
Physical activity questionnaires for youth
Because of the diversity in available questionnaires, it is not easy for researchers to decide which instrument is most suitable for his or her specific demands. Therefore, we systematically summarized…
Physical activity questionnaires for adults
Many questionnaires have been developed to measure physical activity (PA), but an overview of the measurement properties of PA questionnaires is lacking. A summary of this information is useful for…
Self-administered physical activity questionnaires for the elderly
Objective: To systematically review and appraise studies examining selfadministered physical activity questionnaires (PAQ) for the elderly. This article is one of a group of four articles in Sports Medicine on…
Qualitative attributes and measurement properties of physical activity questionnaires
The large number of available physical activity (PA) questionnaires makes it difficult to select the most appropriate questionnaire for a certain purpose. This choice is further hampered by incomplete reporting…
The positive effect on determinants of physical activity of a tailored, general practice-based physical activity intervention
PACE (Physician-based Assessment and Counseling for Exercise) is an individualized theorybased minimal intervention strategy aimed at the enhancement of regular physical activity. The aim of this study was to evaluate…
A cross-sectional study of awareness of physical activity
Background: Interventions to promote physical activity frequently target hypothesized mediators of change, but these might be affected by a person's awareness of their own physical activity behavior. The paper aims…
Evidence-based physical activity promotion
There has been a world-wide increase in scientific interest in health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA). The importance of a physically active lifestyle has now been well established both on the individual…