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Interventions Directed at Reducing Sedentary Behaviour in Persons with Pre-existing Disease or Disability

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Sedentary Behaviour Epidemiology

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This chapter reviews evidence from intervention studies targeting the reduction of sedentary behaviours among persons with pre-existing disease or disability. It briefly reviews the evidence for the need for such interventions and provides a summary of interventions that have been completed to date. It also briefly reviews interventions that are on the horizon and provides considerations for the design of future interventions. Finally it discusses areas of future research and methodological issues associated with this research.

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Prince, S.A. (2018). Interventions Directed at Reducing Sedentary Behaviour in Persons with Pre-existing Disease or Disability. In: Leitzmann, M., Jochem, C., Schmid, D. (eds) Sedentary Behaviour Epidemiology. Springer Series on Epidemiology and Public Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61552-3_20

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