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This study aims to investigate what factors predict perceptions of barriers to exercise in midlife women.
6 7 However, there are many real and perceived barriers to exercise in this group 8 including obesity.
In contrast, the main barriers to exercise in Australian women have been reported to be similar to those observed in the Caucasian American population studied by Symons Downs & Hausenblas [ 8]; feeling too busy, too tired, too unwell, and because exercise was too uncomfortable [ 12, 13].
It does however differ to previously published reviews on barriers to exercise in older populations which suggest that it is primarily health concerns, illness and time constraints that preclude regular activity in older populations, whereas these factors were not mentioned as barriers by the current sample [ 26, 28, 29].
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While barriers to exercise have been identified in older, female populations, the factors that influence adherence and retention to exercise programmes are less well understood [ 26].
Women with PCOS were also more likely to report fear of injury and physical limitations as barriers to exercise compared to the women in the control group.
Disability at baseline, increases in barriers to exercise and upper-body pain during treatment were associated with worse maintenance of aerobic exercise.
To date, no research has looked at both weight and symptoms of hyperactivity/inattention in children with barriers to exercise and who are at risk for adult obesity.
Among CKD primary care physicians who had low and no exercise recommendations, the barriers to exercise counseling for CKD patients are shown in Table 5.
Accordingly, the lower perceived behavioural control over exercise in pregnancy in the Chinese women suggests differences in the types or strength of barriers to exercise between cultures.
Several factors create barriers to exercise uptake and adherence, including lack of interest in the exercise programme, low expectation of positive outcomes, fear of falling and adverse weather.
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