Randomised controlled trial of a financial incentive for increasing the number of daily walking steps: study protocol

• Yumi Sugawara,
• Yasutake Tomata,
• Fumiya Tanji,
• Ichiro Tsuji,
• Shu Zhang,
• Saho Abe,
• Sanae Matsuyama,
• Yumika Kotaki,
• Dieta Nurrika,
• Koichi Matsumoto,
• Yingxu Liu,
• Yukai Lu,
• Shino Bando,
• Teiichiro Yamazaki,
• Tatsui Otsuka,
• Toshimasa Sone

Affiliations

Yumi Sugawara

3 Department of Health Informatics and Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, Tohoku University School of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Yasutake Tomata

1 Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Fumiya Tanji

1 Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Ichiro Tsuji

5 Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Shu Zhang

1 Division of Epidemiology, Department of Health Informatics and Public Health, Tohoku University School of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Saho Abe

1 Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Sanae Matsuyama

1 Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Yumika Kotaki

1 Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Dieta Nurrika

1 Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Koichi Matsumoto

1 Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Yingxu Liu

1 Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Yukai Lu

1 Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Shino Bando

1 Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Teiichiro Yamazaki

1 Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Tatsui Otsuka

1 Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Toshimasa Sone

4 Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Science, Tohoku Fukushi University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan