Tracmor system for measuring walking energy expenditure

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1176-1180

  Levine, James A ^a   Melanson, E L ^b   Westerterp, K R ^c   Hill, J O ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Ambulation; Calorimeter; Energy expenditure; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREADMILL ERGOMETRY; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 0141516461     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601673     Document Type: Article

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