Adherence
Combining structured exercise with wearable technology interventions to reduce sedentary behavior and increase non-exercise physical activity (NEPA) is hypothesized to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in older adults more effectively than exercise alone.
If you are an older adult at risk for heart disease, structured exercise is important but may not be enough on its own. Try to use a wearable activity monitor to track your daily movement and consciously break up long periods of sitting. Increasing your 'non-exercise' movement (like standing, walking around the house) can help lower your cardiovascular risk.
We hypothesize that exercise, when combined with a novel technology based intervention specifically designed to reduce sedentary behavior will reduce CVD risk among sedentary older adults.
Why this rating
This is a study protocol/design paper; no results or efficacy data are reported, only the hypothesis and methodology.
Source
Wearable technology to reduce sedentary behavior and CVD risk in older adults: Design of a randomized controlled trial
Lisa M. Krehbiel et al. · Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications · 2017
DOI 10.1016/j.conctc.2017.04.003
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