Accelerometer use in physical activity: Best practices and research recommendations

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 37, Issue 11 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Ward, Dianne S ^a,c   Evenson, Kelly R ^a   Vaughn, Amber ^a   Rodgers, Anne Brown ^b   Troiano, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b National Cancer Institute ^*

^c University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Best practices; Measurement; Physical activity; Research

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; CALIBRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; MEASUREMENT; MONITOR; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RESEARCH;

ACCELERATION; BENCHMARKING; EXERCISE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28044455616     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000185292.71933.91     Document Type: Conference Paper

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