Detection of walking periods and number of steps in older adults and patients with Parkinson's disease: Accuracy of a pedometer and an accelerometry-based method

Age and Ageing

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 436-441

  Dijkstra, Baukje ^a   Zijlstra, Wiebren ^a   Scherder, Erik ^a   Kamsma, Yvo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Elderly; Gait; Older adults; Parkinson's disease; Pedometer

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DEVICE; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WALKING;

EID: 47049128481     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn097     Document Type: Article

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