The accuracy of the TriTrac-R3D accelerometer to estimate energy expenditure

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 747-754

  Jakicic, John M ^a,b   Winters, Carena ^a   Lagally, Kristen ^a   Ho, Joyce ^a   Robertson, Robert J ^a   Wing, Rena R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity monitoring; Caloric expenditure; Exercise; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032963842     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199905000-00020     Document Type: Article

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