A simultaneous evaluation of 10 commonly used physical activity questionnaires

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 81-91

  Jacobs, David R ^a,b   Ainsworth, Barbara E ^a,b   Hartman, Terryl J ^a,b   Arthur, S Leon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Body fatness; Exercise testing; Reliability; Validation; Vital capacity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY FAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0027529922     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/00005768-199301000-00012     Document Type: Article

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