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Feasibility and short-term effects of Activity Coach+: a physical activity intervention in hard-to-reach people with a physical disability.

Leonie A KropsJ H B GeertzenH L D HoremansJ B J BussmannP U DijkstraR Dekker
Published in: Disability and rehabilitation (2020)
Activity Coach + is feasible in a community setting. Indications for effectivity of Activity Coach + in hard-to-reach people with a physical disability were found.Implications for rehabilitationActivity Coach + was able to reach physically disabled people living in community, a population that is assumed hard-to-reach.Activity Coach + was feasible in a population of persons with a physical disability that was heterogeneous with respect to age and (severity of) disability.The current study provides the first indications for the beneficial health effects of Activity Coach + in hard-to-reach people with a physical disability.
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