Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 70, Issue 1 , Pages 50-60 , January 2008

TTM-based motivational counselling does not increase physical activity of low back pain patients in a primary care setting—A cluster-randomized controlled trial

  • Corinna Leonhardt

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Medical Psychology, University of Marburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Institute for Medical Psychology, Philipps-University of Marburg, Bunsenstraße 3, 35037 Marburg, Germany. Tel.: +49 6421 28 63774; fax: +49 6421 28 64881.
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  • Stefan Keller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
    • ,
  • Jean-François Chenot

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, University of Göttingen, Germany
    • ,
  • Judith Luckmann

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Medical Psychology, University of Marburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Heinz-Dieter Basler

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Medical Psychology, University of Marburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Karl Wegscheider

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Hamburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Erika Baum

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, Preventive and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Marburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Norbert Donner-Banzhoff

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, Preventive and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Marburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Michael Pfingsten

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain Clinic, University of Göttingen, Germany
    • ,
  • Jan Hildebrandt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain Clinic, University of Göttingen, Germany
    • ,
  • Michael M. Kochen

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, University of Göttingen, Germany
    • ,
  • Annette Becker

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, Preventive and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Marburg, Germany

Received 23 April 2007 ,Revised 25 July 2007 ,Accepted 23 September 2007.

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PII: S0738-3991(07)00380-1

doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.09.018

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