Accuracy of step recording in free-living adults

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 542-547

  Behrens, Timothy K ^a   Dinger, Mary K ^b   Vesely, Sara K ^b   Fields, David A ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Motion sensor; Pedometer; Steps

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; WALKING;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 38549105516     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2007.10599453     Document Type: Article

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