Objective Review and assess the effectiveness of community-based physical activity
interventions among women aged 18–65 years. Design Systematic review Methods To find
relevant articles, the researcher selected reports published in English between 1 January
2000 and 31 March 2013. Systematic search was to find controlled-trial studies that were
conducted to uncover the effect of community-based interventions to promote physical
activity among women 18–65 years of age, in which physical activity was reported as one of …

Current recommendations for physical activity (1) emphasize “lifestyle physical activity... the
daily accumulation of 30 minutes of self-selected activities, which includes all leisure,
occupational, or household activities that are at least moderate to vigorous in their intensity,
and could be planned or unplanned activities, that are a part of daily life”(2). For persons
with arthritis, specific physical activity objectives in the National Arthritis Action Plan
advocate increasing the proportion who engage in any leisure time physical activity …