Quantifying physical activity via pedometry in elementary physical education

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1065-1071

  Scruggs, Philip W ^a,c   Beveridge, Sandy K ^b   Eisenman, Patricia A ^b   Watson, Doris L ^b   Shultz, Barry B ^b   Ransdell, Lynda B ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Criterion referenced; Measurement; Moderate to vigorous; Motion sensor; Observation; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCHOOL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CHILD; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WALKING;

EID: 0038792316     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000069748.02525.B2     Document Type: Article

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