Validity, reliability, and calibration of the Tritrac accelerometer as a measure of physical activity

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 908-912

  Nichols, Jeanne F ^a,b   Morgan, Cindy G ^a   Sarkin, Julie A ^a   Sallis, James F ^a   Calfas, Karen J ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy expenditure; Exercise; Physical activity monitors

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUNNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WALKING;

EID: 0032982413     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199906000-00022     Document Type: Article

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