Motion Sensor Accuracy under Controlled and Free-Living Conditions

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 905-910

  Le Masurier, Guy C ^a   Lee, Sarah M ^a   Tudor Locke, Catrine ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Error; Pedometers; Steps

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACCURACY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; MOTION; SCREENING TEST; TREADMILL; VELOCITY; WALKING;

EID: 2342525804     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000126777.50188.73     Document Type: Article

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