Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 72, Issue 1 , Pages 20-27 , April 2006

Physical activity barriers in diabetes: Development and validation of a new scale

  • M.-C. Dubé

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Endocrinology, Laval University, Qué., Canada
    • ,
  • P. Valois

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Education, Laval University, Qué., Canada
    • ,
  • D. Prud’homme

      Affiliations

    • School of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • S.J. Weisnagel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Division of Kinesiology, Laval University, Qué., Canada
    • Diabetes Research Unit, CRML, CRCHUL, Laval University, Qué., Canada
    • ,
  • C. Lavoie

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Endocrinology, Laval University, Qué., Canada
    • Department of Physical Activity Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, C.P. 500, Trois-Rivières, Qué., Canada G9A 5H7
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 819 376 5011 3767; fax: +1 819 376 5092.

Received 4 May 2005 ,Accepted 19 August 2005.

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☆ Data from the manuscript have been presented at the Canadian Diabetes Association Professional Meeting, October 2004, Québec City, Canada.

PII: S0168-8227(05)00367-0

doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2005.08.008

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 72, Issue 1 , Pages 20-27 , April 2006

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