Apply It! After reading this article, the reader should be able to: • Recognize how fitness envir... more Apply It! After reading this article, the reader should be able to: • Recognize how fitness environments and experiences with fitness professionals may contribute to women's perceived barriers to weightlifting. • Understand commonly reported barriers to weightlifting among women. • Apply the 3E framework in practice to decrease women's reported barriers to weightlifting.
BackgroundThe primary aim of the current pilot study was to examine enrollment rate, data complet... more BackgroundThe primary aim of the current pilot study was to examine enrollment rate, data completion, usability, acceptance and use of a mobile telehealth application, Brain CareNotes. A secondary aim was to estimate the application's effect in reducing caregiver burden and behavioral and psychological symptoms related to dementia (BPSD).MethodsPatient‐caregiver dyads (n = 53) were recruited and randomized to intervention and control groups. Assessment of usability, acceptance, BPSD symptoms, and caregiver burden were collected at baseline, 3‐ and 6‐month follow‐up.ResultsThe enrollment rate was acceptable despite pandemic related challenges (53/60 target recruitment sample). Among randomized individuals, there was a retention rate of 85% and data completion was attained for 81.5% of those allocated to usual care and 88.5% of those allocated to Brain CareNotes. Mean caregiver‐reported app usability at 6 months was 72.5 (IQR 70.0–90.0) on the System Usability Scale—considered “Go...
IntroductionCurrently, only 1 in 4 children in the U.S. engage in the recommended amount of physi... more IntroductionCurrently, only 1 in 4 children in the U.S. engage in the recommended amount of physical activity (PA) and disparities in PA participation increase as income inequities increase. Moreover, leading health organizations have identified rural health as a critical area of need for programming, research, and policy. Thus, there is a critical need for the development and testing of evidence-based PA interventions that have the potential to be scalable to improve health disparities in children from under-resourced rural backgrounds. As such, the present study utilizes human-centered design, a technique that puts community stakeholders at the center of the intervention development process, to increase our specific understanding about how the PA-based needs of children from rural communities manifest themselves in context, at the level of detail needed to make intervention design decisions. The present study connects the first two stages of the NIH Stage Model for Behavioral Inte...
Apply It! After reading this article, the reader should be able to: • Recognize how fitness envir... more Apply It! After reading this article, the reader should be able to: • Recognize how fitness environments and experiences with fitness professionals may contribute to women's perceived barriers to weightlifting. • Understand commonly reported barriers to weightlifting among women. • Apply the 3E framework in practice to decrease women's reported barriers to weightlifting.
Apply It! From this article, the reader should be able to: • Identify top 20 fitness trends for A... more Apply It! From this article, the reader should be able to: • Identify top 20 fitness trends for Australia, Brazil, Europe, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, and the United States. • Recognize individual and unique fitness trends represented within the seven aforementioned regions. • Identify top five trends for each region during the last 3 years.
Understanding what moves people to be physically active is key to identifying sources of motivati... more Understanding what moves people to be physically active is key to identifying sources of motivation critical to promote engagement, persistence, and adherence in physical activity (PA) programs. Three separate, but related, studies were conducted to develop and validate comprehensive PA goal measure, the Reasons to Exercise (REX) Scale, and establish it as a viable measurement of reasons people have for exercising and/or being physically active. Study 1 developed the final REX Scale item pool. Initial evidence suggested the REX Scale was a valid and reliable measure, although additional work will need to be done to refine the instrument. Examination of the REX revealed nine latent factors held up under both the unrestricted (i.e., exploratory factor analyses) and restricted (i.e., covariance modeling), and based on Cronbach’s alpha, the items within each hypothesized dimension were similar and closely related. Following the development of the REX, Study 2 assessed the psychometric p...
Apply It! From this article, the reader should be able to • Identify top 20 fitness trends for Au... more Apply It! From this article, the reader should be able to • Identify top 20 fitness trends for Australia, Brazil, China, Europe, Mexico, Spain, and the United States. • Recognize individual and unique fitness trends represented within Australia, Brazil, China, Europe, Mexico, Spain, and the United States.
Apply It! After reading this article, the health and fitness professional will • Learn how to emp... more Apply It! After reading this article, the health and fitness professional will • Learn how to empower clients to take personal responsibility for their functional movement throughout the life span • Explore self-tracking designed to teach clients to assess and record health-related and neuromotor movement patterns • Apply behavioral and coaching theories to the application of self-assessment to prevent musculoskeletal issues while engaging in regular movement practices.
Apply It! After reading this article, the reader should be able to: • Recognize how fitness envir... more Apply It! After reading this article, the reader should be able to: • Recognize how fitness environments and experiences with fitness professionals may contribute to women's perceived barriers to weightlifting. • Understand commonly reported barriers to weightlifting among women. • Apply the 3E framework in practice to decrease women's reported barriers to weightlifting.
BackgroundThe primary aim of the current pilot study was to examine enrollment rate, data complet... more BackgroundThe primary aim of the current pilot study was to examine enrollment rate, data completion, usability, acceptance and use of a mobile telehealth application, Brain CareNotes. A secondary aim was to estimate the application's effect in reducing caregiver burden and behavioral and psychological symptoms related to dementia (BPSD).MethodsPatient‐caregiver dyads (n = 53) were recruited and randomized to intervention and control groups. Assessment of usability, acceptance, BPSD symptoms, and caregiver burden were collected at baseline, 3‐ and 6‐month follow‐up.ResultsThe enrollment rate was acceptable despite pandemic related challenges (53/60 target recruitment sample). Among randomized individuals, there was a retention rate of 85% and data completion was attained for 81.5% of those allocated to usual care and 88.5% of those allocated to Brain CareNotes. Mean caregiver‐reported app usability at 6 months was 72.5 (IQR 70.0–90.0) on the System Usability Scale—considered “Go...
IntroductionCurrently, only 1 in 4 children in the U.S. engage in the recommended amount of physi... more IntroductionCurrently, only 1 in 4 children in the U.S. engage in the recommended amount of physical activity (PA) and disparities in PA participation increase as income inequities increase. Moreover, leading health organizations have identified rural health as a critical area of need for programming, research, and policy. Thus, there is a critical need for the development and testing of evidence-based PA interventions that have the potential to be scalable to improve health disparities in children from under-resourced rural backgrounds. As such, the present study utilizes human-centered design, a technique that puts community stakeholders at the center of the intervention development process, to increase our specific understanding about how the PA-based needs of children from rural communities manifest themselves in context, at the level of detail needed to make intervention design decisions. The present study connects the first two stages of the NIH Stage Model for Behavioral Inte...
Apply It! After reading this article, the reader should be able to: • Recognize how fitness envir... more Apply It! After reading this article, the reader should be able to: • Recognize how fitness environments and experiences with fitness professionals may contribute to women's perceived barriers to weightlifting. • Understand commonly reported barriers to weightlifting among women. • Apply the 3E framework in practice to decrease women's reported barriers to weightlifting.
Apply It! From this article, the reader should be able to: • Identify top 20 fitness trends for A... more Apply It! From this article, the reader should be able to: • Identify top 20 fitness trends for Australia, Brazil, Europe, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, and the United States. • Recognize individual and unique fitness trends represented within the seven aforementioned regions. • Identify top five trends for each region during the last 3 years.
Understanding what moves people to be physically active is key to identifying sources of motivati... more Understanding what moves people to be physically active is key to identifying sources of motivation critical to promote engagement, persistence, and adherence in physical activity (PA) programs. Three separate, but related, studies were conducted to develop and validate comprehensive PA goal measure, the Reasons to Exercise (REX) Scale, and establish it as a viable measurement of reasons people have for exercising and/or being physically active. Study 1 developed the final REX Scale item pool. Initial evidence suggested the REX Scale was a valid and reliable measure, although additional work will need to be done to refine the instrument. Examination of the REX revealed nine latent factors held up under both the unrestricted (i.e., exploratory factor analyses) and restricted (i.e., covariance modeling), and based on Cronbach’s alpha, the items within each hypothesized dimension were similar and closely related. Following the development of the REX, Study 2 assessed the psychometric p...
Apply It! From this article, the reader should be able to • Identify top 20 fitness trends for Au... more Apply It! From this article, the reader should be able to • Identify top 20 fitness trends for Australia, Brazil, China, Europe, Mexico, Spain, and the United States. • Recognize individual and unique fitness trends represented within Australia, Brazil, China, Europe, Mexico, Spain, and the United States.
Apply It! After reading this article, the health and fitness professional will • Learn how to emp... more Apply It! After reading this article, the health and fitness professional will • Learn how to empower clients to take personal responsibility for their functional movement throughout the life span • Explore self-tracking designed to teach clients to assess and record health-related and neuromotor movement patterns • Apply behavioral and coaching theories to the application of self-assessment to prevent musculoskeletal issues while engaging in regular movement practices.
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