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Both urban and rural adults are likely to be inactive, but rural adults have less access to exercise classes or facilities to increase physical activity. > Objectives: To evaluate whether a telephone-only motivational interviewing (Ml) intervention would increase daily physical activity of rural adults. > Methods: This randomized controlled trial enrolled 86 physically inactive adults living in rural communities (mean age = 58 years, range = 30 81 years) who stated that they were ready to increase physical activity during the next 6 months. Participants were assigned randomly to Ml intervention in = 43) or control (n = 43) ...