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Trial reportClinical interventions in aging2016

Effect of pedometer use and goal setting on walking and functional status in overweight adults with multimorbidity: a crossover clinical trial.

Paul Y Takahashi, Stephanie M Quigg, Ivana T Croghan, Darrell R Schroeder, Jon O Ebbert

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIClinical Trial, Phase IIIRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Clinical interventions in aging, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03125993 (Effects of Brisk Walking on Overweight/Obesity Population), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT03125993 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2017, after this paper: background citation

Effects of Brisk Walking on Overweight/Obesity Population

TypeinterventionalSponsorGuangdong Center for Disease Prevention and ControlRan2017 to 2017Enrolled150ConditionsObesityArms>10000 steps brisk walking
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Multimorbidity Management: A Scoping Review of Interventions and Health Outcomes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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  9. Promoting Healthy Behaviors in Older Adults to Optimize Health-Promoting Lifestyle: An Intervention Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Paul Y TakahashiDivision of Primary Care Internal Medicine.
Stephanie M QuiggDivision of Primary Care Internal Medicine.
Ivana T CroghanDivision of Primary Care Internal Medicine.
Darrell R SchroederDivision of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Jon O EbbertDivision of Primary Care Internal Medicine.
General Department of Preventive Medicine · VNMayo Clinic · US

Funding

Mayo Clinic Center for Translational Science ActivitiesUL1TR000135 · NCATS · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI KHOSLA, SUNDEEP · 2012 to 2015
$41.2M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000135
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWalking can improve functional status, and a pedometer and goal setting can increase walking and, potentially, gait speed. The efficacy of pedometer use and goal setting for increasing step counts among overweight and obese adults with multiple comorbid conditions has not been evaluated.

methodsWe recruited and randomly assigned obese or overweight adults with multimorbidity to immediate pedometer use with goal setting or delayed pedometer use, using a crossover design. The primary outcome of interest was step count, with secondary outcomes of gait speed and grip strength, with comparison between the intervention and delayed pedometer groups.

resultsMean (standard deviation [SD]) age of the 130 participants was 63.4 (15.0) years. At 2 months, mean (SD) steps for the immediate pedometer use group (n=64) was 5,337 (3,096), compared with 4,446 (2,422) steps in the delayed pedometer group (n=66) (P=0.08). Within-group step count increased nonsignificantly, by 179 steps in the immediate pedometer group and 212 steps in the delayed pedometer group after 2 months of intervention, with no significant difference between the groups. Gait speed significantly increased by 0.08 m/s (P<0.05) and grip strength significantly increased by 1.6 kg (P<0.05) in the immediate pedometer group.

conclusionPedometer use and goal setting did not significantly increase step count among overweight and obese adults with multimorbidity. The absolute step count was lower than many reported averages. Gait speed and grip strength increased with immediate pedometer use. The use of pedometers and goal setting may have an attenuated response in this population.

Indexed as

ExerciseGaitGoalsMuscle StrengthActigraphyAgedComorbidityCross-Over StudiesFemaleFitness TrackersHealth PromotionHumansMaleMiddle AgedMinnesotaMonitoring, Ambulatorychronic diseasegait speedgrip strengthmuscle strengthobesitypedometerphysical activity

Identifiers

PMID27621602
PMCPMC5012619
OpenAlexW2507705341

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