Repeatability and relative validity of two physical activity questionnaires in elderly women

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1020-1025

  Pols, Margreet A ^a   Peeters, Petra H M ^b   Kemper, Han C G ^b   Collette, Hubertine J A ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACTIVITY DIARY; ENERGY INTAKE; PERSPIRING

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SWEATING;

EID: 0029791409     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199608000-00012     Document Type: Article

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