Accelerometry and heart rate as a measure of physical fitness: Proof of concept

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 872-876

  Plasqui, Guy ^a   Westerterp, Klaas R ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body composition; Daily life; Maximal oxygen uptake; Physical activity; Submaximal exertion; Triaxial accelerometer

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENDER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY COMPOSITION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 18244395332     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000161805.61893.C0     Document Type: Article

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