Pedometers can be a useful tool for motivating people to be physically active, and their use and availability as an affordable tool have increased dramatically in recent years.  Newly released research in the December, 2009 issue of Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport (RQES) recommends peer-focused programs and access to healthcare providers for successful implementation of walking programs.

This study sought to find out more about the perceptions of participants who had been involved in a pedometer-based walking program and learn more about the program's effects on their physical activity. 27 adults aged 55 to 86 years old who had previously participated in the walking program, participated in focus group sessions to explore specific components that contributed to the increased physical activity seen as a result of the walking program.

Four topic areas emerged; factors that led to increases in daily step count, factors that hindered increases in daily step count, benefits of a pedometer intervention program, and recommendations on how to improve older adults' physical activity.

Read the full study here.

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