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. 1979 Jun;69(6):591–595. doi: 10.2105/ajph.69.6.591

Exercise prescription: a clinical trial.

E L Reid, R W Morgan
PMCID: PMC1618997  PMID: 443500

Abstract

To assess the effectiveness of physician prescribed exercise, health education, and patient self-monitoring, 124 firefighters were medically screened and randomly allocated to a control and two treatment groups. Physiologic and reporting methods were employed to assess adherence to regular exercise at three months and six months after the initial exercise prescription. Addition of a health education program significantly improved compliance over that achieved by a physician consultation. Self-monitoring did not produce a further increase in compliance. Improvement in the treatment groups was limited to three months after prescription; at six months, the treatment and control populations had similar exercise patterns.

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