Effect of a 1-year intervention comprising brief counselling sessions and low-dose physical activity recommendations in Japanese adults, and retention of the effect at 2  years: a randomized trial

ConclusionsA prolonged and progressive PA intervention promoting small bouts of light-to-moderate PA may be used in healthy, not-optimally-active people to increase PA beyond the strict period of the intervention. Further studies are necessary to understand whether low-dose PA messages can be effective in initiating a progressive increase toward larger amounts of PA.Trial registration: Clinical Trials.gov, NCT00926744, retrospectively registered.
Source: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation - Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research