Using the RT3 accelerometer to measure everyday activity in functionally impaired older people

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-18

  Sumukadas, Deepa ^a,c   Laidlaw, Simon ^b   Witham, Miles D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS TAYSIDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Aged; Physical activity; Walking aid

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HIP; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SITTING; STAIR CLIMBING; STANDING; WALKING; WALKING AID;

EID: 40849135902     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324742     Document Type: Article

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