About the Authors
- Riitta Luoto
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* E-mail: riitta.luoto@uta.fi
Affiliations UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Tarja I. Kinnunen
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Affiliation School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland
- Minna Aittasalo
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Affiliation UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland
- Päivi Kolu
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Affiliation UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland
- Jani Raitanen
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Affiliations UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland, School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland
- Katriina Ojala
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Affiliation UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland
- Kirsi Mansikkamäki
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Affiliation UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland
- Satu Lamberg
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Affiliation School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland
- Tommi Vasankari
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Affiliations UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Tanja Komulainen
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Affiliation UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland
- Sirkku Tulokas
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Affiliation Tampere University Central Hospital, Tampere, Finland
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RL TIK MA KO. Performed the experiments: KM KO TV. Analyzed the data: JR RL PK TK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TV JR PK. Wrote the paper: RL PK TIK MA TV ST. ICMJE criteria for authorship: RL TIK MA KO PK JR SL TV KM TK ST. Results and conclusions: RL TIK MA KO PK JR SL TV KM TK ST. Enrolled patients: TIK MA RL. First draft: PK RL. Planning the counseling and preparing related material, training the nurses for counseling: TIK MA. Design of the thematic meetings on physical activity and material: MA. Group exercise design: KO.