Pedometer accuracy during walking over different surfaces

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1847-1850

  Leicht, Anthony S ^a   Crowther, Robert G ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exercise measurement; Gender; Physical activity; Validity; Walking surface

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRASS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDOMETER; POST HOC ANALYSIS; SAND; SEASHORE; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VELOCITY; VOLUNTEER; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; POACEAE; QUEENSLAND; SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WALKING;

EID: 34848888700     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e3181405b9f     Document Type: Article

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