Safety and feasibility of an interactive workshop and facilitated outdoor walking group compared to a workshop alone in increasing outdoor walking activity among older adults: a pilot randomized controlled trial - Barclay R, Webber S, Ripat J, Grant T, Jones CA, Lix LM, Mayo N, van Ineveld C, Salbach NM.

BACKGROUND: Limited outdoor walking is a marker of frailty and a risk factor for decline in mobility and self-care functioning, social isolation, and reduced health-related quality of life (HRQL). OBJECTIVEs were to evaluate the safety, feasibility...

Source: SafetyLit - December 10, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news