There is at present no tool allowing for the assessment of implementation intentions of physical activities in chronic LBP patients.
It also shows that neither attitude change nor conscious implementation intentions are necessary for behavior change.
In the study, psychologist Gertraud Stadler and colleagues found evidence that the key may be what they call "implementation intentions," concrete plans for overcoming resistance to exercise.
To examine 1) the specificity and number of implementation intentions people form for increasing physical activity, 2) the relation between motivation and the number and specificity of implementation intentions, and 3) the relation between number and specificity of implementation intentions and physical activity change.
Research, primarily in health promotion contexts, provides good evidence that encouraging people to specify goals in the form of implementation intentions facilitates action, for example increasing uptake of testicular self-examination (Steadman and Quine 2004) or consumption of fruit and vegetables (Chapman et al. 2009).
Action Planning allowed participants to set implementation intentions (if-then plans for action that are automatically brought to mind whenever a specified situation is encountered56) to reduce their drinking.
This study adopted a self-determination theory approach to explore the correlates of a measure of spontaneous implementation intentions; designed to allow for volition in planning when, where, and how to exercise.
Physiotherapy rehabilitation of an adapted (more symmetrical) smile was investigated in FNP subjects 1 year post-onset, using video self-modeling (video replay of only best adapted smiles) and implementation intentions (preplanning adapted smiles for specific situations).
The volitional help sheet used in this study is an effective tool for promoting implementation intentions to reduce speeding.
For example, implementation intentions have been found to increase the odds that people will start exercising, begin recycling, stick with studying, and even stop smoking.
