Effect of monitor placement and of activity setting on the MTI accelerometer output

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 320-326

  Yngve, Agneta ^a,c   Nilsson, Andreas ^a   Sjöström, Michael ^a   Ekelund, Ulf ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Prevnut at Novum   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; BODY SITES; CSA; MOTION SENSOR; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONITOR; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL STRESS; RUNNING; TREADMILL; VELOCITY;

ADULT; BACK; ENERGY METABOLISM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUNNING; WALKING;

EID: 0037316706     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000048829.75758.A0     Document Type: Article

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