Feasibility of using accelerometers to measure physical activity in young adolescents

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 867-871

  Van Coevering, Pamela A ^a,c   Harnack, Lisa ^a   Schmitz, Kathryn ^a   Fulton, Janet E ^b   Galuska, Deborah A ^b   Gao, Shujun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity monitors; Compliance; Exercise; Teen; Youth

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITOR; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 18244403522     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000162694.66799.FE     Document Type: Article

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