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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
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“Not easy at all but I am trying”: barriers and facilitators to physical activity in a South African cohort of people living with HIV participating in a home-based pedometer walking programme

Ronel RoosPhysiotherapy Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Therapeutic Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Republic of South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Hellen MyezwaPhysiotherapy Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Therapeutic Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Republic of South AfricaView further author information
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Helena van AswegenPhysiotherapy Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Therapeutic Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Republic of South AfricaView further author information
Pages 235-239 | Received 24 Mar 2014, Accepted 31 Jul 2014, Published online: 30 Aug 2014

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