TY - JOUR T1 - Review: use of pedometers increases physical activity in adults JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 72 LP - 72 DO - 10.1136/ebm.13.3.72 VL - 13 IS - 3 A2 - , Y1 - 2008/06/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/13/3/72.abstract N2 - Dr D M BravataCorrespondence to: Dr D M Bravata, Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford, CA, USA; dbravata@stanford.eduIn adult outpatients, does the use of pedometers increase physical activity?Selected studies assessed pedometer use among >5 adult outpatients. Studies were excluded if participants were admitted to hospital or confined to a research centre, pedometers were sealed so that participants in the intervention group could not see the number of steps, or pedometers were used to measure the effects of a drug on a person’s ability to be physically active.Outcome was change in number of steps walked daily.Medline (to Feb 2007), EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, Sport Discus, PsycINFO, Cochrane Library, Thompson Scientific, and ERIC (to May 2006); conference proceedings; and reference lists were … ER -