Effectiveness of wearable devices as a support strategy for maintaining physical activity after a structured exercise intervention for employees with metabolic syndrome: a randomized controlled trial

• Main Authors: Pauline Bayerle (Author), Arno Kerling (Author), Momme Kück (Author), Simone Rolff (Author), Hedwig Theda Boeck (Author), Thorben Sundermeier (Author), Ralf Ensslen (Author), Uwe Tegtbur (Author), Dirk Lauenstein (Author), Dietmar Böthig (Author), Christoph Bara (Author), Alexander Hanke (Author), Christoph Terkamp (Author), Axel Haverich (Author), Meike Stiesch (Author), Martina de Zwaan (Author), Sven Haufe (Author), Lars Nachbar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular events and high socioeconomic costs. Despite lifestyle interventions focusing on exercise are effective strategies to improve parameters of the above aspects, many programs fail to show sustained ef...