Accelerometer cut-points and youth physical activity prevalence

European Physical Education Review

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 287-299

  Mota, Jorge ^a   Valente, Mónica ^a   Aires, Luísa ^a   Silva, Pedro ^a   Paula Santos, Maria ^a   Ribeiro, José Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Health related criteria; Physical activity; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848826225     PISSN: 1356336X     EISSN: 17412749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356336X07081795     Document Type: Article

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