Factors influencing physical activity participation in adults with chronic cervical spine pain

Factors influencing physical activity in older adults

The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which Korean seniors report employing different motivational and social cognitive strategies related to physical activity, and to evaluate which motivational and social cognitive strategies were related to physical activity, and which motivational and social cognitive strategies differentiate between high active and low-active Korean se...

CHRONIC CERVICAL (Neck) STRAIN CHRONIC CERVICAL SPINE PAIN (Postlaminectomy) CERVICAL (Neck) OSTEOARTHRITIS UNILATERAL CERVICAL SPINE

Environmental factors associated with adults' participation in physical activity: a review.

BACKGROUND Promoting physical activity is a public health priority, and changes in the environmental contexts of adults' activity choices are believed to be crucial. However, of the factors associated with physical activity, environmental influences are among the least understood. METHOD Using journal scans and computerized literature database searches, we identified 19 quantitative studies t...

Factors associated with chronic back pain in adults in Brazil

OBJECTIVE To identify associations of chronic back pain with sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyles, body mass index, self-reported chronic diseases and health assessment, according to sex. METHODS We analyzed data from the 2013 National Health Survey, estimated the prevalence and their respective 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) of chronic back pain, according to selected variables and...

Factors influencing the physical activity of older adults in long-term care: administrators perspectives.

In 2006, the authors conducted a multisite qualitative study in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to examine organizational and environmental factors that influence physical activity for long-term-care (LTC) residents. The article describes the results of interviews with 9 administrators from nonprofit and for-profit LTC facilities. A content analysis revealed that despite having positive views about the...