Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 3 , Pages 404-412 , March 2008

A Randomized Clinical Trial of an Activity and Exercise Adherence Intervention in Chronic Pulmonary Disease

  • Bonnie G. Steele, PhD, ARNP

      Affiliations

    • Primary Care and Specialty Medicine Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Bonnie G. Steele, PhD, VA Puget Sound Medical Center (S-111-B), 1660 Columbian Way S, Seattle, WA 98108
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  • Basia Belza, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, WA
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  • Kevin C. Cain, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, WA
    • ,
  • Jeff Coppersmith, MS, PT

      Affiliations

    • VA Health Services Research and Development, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA
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  • Sambasiva Lakshminarayan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Primary Care and Specialty Medicine Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA
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  • JoEllen Howard, BS, PT

      Affiliations

    • VA Health Services Research and Development, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA
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  • Jodie K. Haselkorn, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Rehabilitation Care Service and Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

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 Supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Health Services Research and Development Service (grant no. NRI 98-194) and the University of Washington School of Nursing (research and intramural funding grant).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(07)01746-7

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.11.003

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 3 , Pages 404-412 , March 2008

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