Study of human outdoor walking with a low-cost GPS and simple spreadsheet analysis

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1570-1578

  Le Faucheur, Alexis ^a   Abraham, Pierre ^a,b,d   Jaquinandi, Vincent ^b   Bouyé, Philippe ^b   Saumet, Jean Louis ^a,b   Noury Desvaux, Bénédicte ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Institute of Physical Education and Sports Sciences   (France)

^d University Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Distance; Global positioning system; Physical activity; Physical capacity; Speed

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; REST; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRAINING; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; RESEARCH; REST; WALKING;

EID: 34548462905     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e3180cc20c7     Document Type: Article

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