The utility of the Digi-Walker step counter to assess daily physical activity patterns

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 32, Issue 9 SUPPL., 2000, Pages

  Welk, G J ^a   Differding, J A ^a   Thompson, R W ^a   Blair, S N ^a   Dziura, J ^a   Hart, P ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Life style physical activity; Pedometers; Physical activity assessment; Recommendations; Step counter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TREADMILL; WALKING;

EID: 0033822389     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200009001-00007     Document Type: Article

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