Reliability of physical activity measures from accelerometry among preschoolers in free-living conditions

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 416-420

  Toschke, Julia Anna ^a   von Kries, Rüdiger ^a   Rosenfeld, Eva ^a   Toschke, André Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Bias; Epidemiology; Exercise; Prevention and control

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ACCURACY; ACTIMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIABILITY; UMBILICUS;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34447644763     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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