The use of uniaxial accelerometry for the assessment of physical-activity-related energy expenditure: A validation study against whole-body indirect calorimetry

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 235-243

  Kumahara, Hideaki ^a,b   Schutz, Yves ^a   Ayabe, Makoto ^b   Yoshioka, Mayumi ^c   Yoshitake, Yutaka ^d   Shindo, Munehiro ^e   Ishii, Kojiro ^b   Tanaka, Hiroaki ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS AND SPORTS IN KANOYA   (Japan)

^e FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Daily energy expenditure; Physical activity; Respiration chamber

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETER; ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CALIBRATION; CALORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 1342346118     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20031033     Document Type: Article

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