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There is no single best strategy for motivating patients to exercise, given the lack of data from rigorous comparison studies. There are, however, several interventions for adults that are effective. They include: writing a patient-specific behavioral health "green" prescription, encouraging patients to join forces with accountability partners or support groups, and recommending the use of pedometers. In children and adolescents, multicomponent strategies that include school-based interventions combined with either family or community involvement increase physical activity.
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Exercise , Health Promotion/organization & administration , Motivation , Motor Activity , Physician-Patient Relations , Preventive Medicine/methods , Humans , United StatesABSTRACT
Recombinant human thyrotropin (rhTSH)-stimulated serum thyroglobulin (Tg) level alone is sufficient to monitor for recurrent disease in low-risk patients with a history of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). Low-risk patients are defined as patients who have undergone total thyroidectomy and radioactive iodine (I(131)) remnant ablation therapy and show no clinical evidence of recurrent disease.