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Research type: |
Primary Research (e.g. trial) |
Title (lead author) etc: |
Exercise Evaluation Randomised Trial (EXERT): a randomised trial comparing GP referral for leisure centre-based exercise, community-based walking and advice only (Isaacs) 184 pages, Volume 11, number 10 |
DOI |
10.3310/hta11100 |
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Headline: |
Trial found that tailored advice on exercise for patients following GP referral, supported by written material, details of locally available facilities and detailed assessments, is as effective as a programme of supervised exercise classes or walks, in increasing physical activity. |
Project ref: |
95/33/01 |
Original project title: |
EXERT (exercise evaluation randomised trial) - randomised trial comparing leisure centre-based exercise on prescription, home-based walking and usual advice in primary care |
Chief Investigator: |
Dr Anthony Isaacs, Director, EXERT Project, Formerly of Middlesex University |
Project Email |
a.isaacs@mdx.ac.uk |
Start Date: |
April 1998 |
Date of publication in HTA journal series |
April 2007 |
Cost: |
£437,299 |
MeSH* index primary terms: |
EXERCISE-THERAPY; WALKING; PRIMARY-HEALTH-CARE Q-methods (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
MeSH* index secondary terms: |
RANDOMIZED-CONTROLLED-TRIAL; CLINICAL-TRIAL; FAMILY-PRACTICE; CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASES Q-prevention-&-control; RISK-FACTORS; QUALITY-OF-LIFE; HEALTH-CARE-COSTS; HUMAN; COMPARATIVE-STUDY (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
ISRCTN* number: | ISRCTN 61142213 (*International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number) URL of this project on the Controlled Trials Website: http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN61142213 |
NRR* number, if applicable: |
N0484008696 (*National Research Register) The National Research Register was a public database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). It is now an archive of projects from early 2000 to September 2007. Search the NRR archive. |
Project Protocol: |
Project protocol not available |
Printed copies of this title despatched: |
111 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month) |
URL of this page: |
http://www.hta.ac.uk/1032 |
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