Canadian family physician Médecin de famille canadien
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Improving aerobic fitness in older adults: effects of a physician-based exercise counseling and prescription program.
To determine the effects of adding stages of change-based counseling to an exercise prescription for older, sedentary adults in family practice. ⋯ The Step Test Exercise Prescription Stages of change exercise and behavioural intervention improved fitness and activity and lowered systolic blood pressure across a range of Canadian practices, but this was not significantly different from the control group, which received only the exercise prescription. Women in the intervention group showed higher levels of fitness than women in the control group did; men in both groups showed similar improvement.