Gait speed and step-count monitor accuracy in community-dwelling older adults

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-64

  Storti, Kristi L ^a,c   Pettee, Kelley K ^a,b   Brach, Jennifer S ^c   Talkowski, Jaime Berlin ^c   Richardson, Caroline R ^d   Kriska, Andrea M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Actigraph; Aged; Pedometer; Stepwatch activity monitor; Walking

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACCURACY; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SITTING; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELERATION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERGOMETRY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WALKING;

EID: 38049092050     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e318158b504     Document Type: Article

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