A physical activity questionnaire: Reproducibility and validity

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 505-518

  Barbosa, Nicolas ^a,b   Sanchez, Carlos E ^a   Vera, Jose A ^a   Perez, Wilson ^a   Thalabard, Jean Christophe ^c,d   Rieu, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EL BOSQUE   (Colombia)

^b MAP5 UMR CNRS 8145 ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Physical activity; Questionnaire; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849019453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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