Validity of 10 electronic pedometers for measuring steps, distance, and energy cost

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1455-1460

  Crouter, Scott E ^a   Schneider, Patrick L ^a   Karabulut, Murat ^a   Bassett Jr , David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy expenditure; Exercise; Locomotion; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALORIMETRY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVICE; ENERGY COST; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDOMETER; TREADMILL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VELOCITY;

ADULT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WALKING;

EID: 0042707813     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000078932.61440.A2     Document Type: Article

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