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Validation of Fitbit-Flex as a measure of free-living physical activity in a community-based phase III cardiac rehabilitation population (2016)
Journal Article
Alharbi, M., Bauman, A., Neubeck, L., & Gallagher, R. (2016). Validation of Fitbit-Flex as a measure of free-living physical activity in a community-based phase III cardiac rehabilitation population. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 23(14), 1476-1485. https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487316634883

Background: Accurate physical activity monitoring is important for cardiac patients. Novel activity monitoring devices may enable precise measurement of physical activity. This study aimed to validate Fitbit-Flex against Actigraph accelerometer for m... Read More about Validation of Fitbit-Flex as a measure of free-living physical activity in a community-based phase III cardiac rehabilitation population.

Facilitating or getting in the way? The effect of clinicians' knowledge, values and beliefs on referral and participation. (2016)
Journal Article
Gallagher, R., Neubeck, L., Du, H., Astley, C., Berry, N. M., Hill, M. N., & Clark, R. (2016). Facilitating or getting in the way? The effect of clinicians' knowledge, values and beliefs on referral and participation. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 23(11), 1141-1150. https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487316630085

Background: Despite the compelling evidence of the benefits of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) on risk factor modification, quality of life and mortality reduction, a significant proportion of eligible patients are not referred or do not participate. Fac... Read More about Facilitating or getting in the way? The effect of clinicians' knowledge, values and beliefs on referral and participation..