Comparison of pedometer and accelerometer accuracy under controlled conditions

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 867-871

  Le Masurier, Guy C ^a   Tudor locke, Catrine ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Motion sensors; Steps Day; Transportation; Walking

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTION; PEDOMETER; PERFORMANCE; SENSOR; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TREADMILL; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WALKING;

EID: 0038032949     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000064996.63632.10     Document Type: Article

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