Measurement of daily walking distance-questionnaire versus pedometer

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1018-1023

  Bassett Jr , David R ^a   Cureton, Andra L ^b   Ainsworth, Barbara E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Calories; Locomotion; Physical Activity; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; WALKING;

EID: 0343674127     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200005000-00021     Document Type: Article

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