A novel, user-friendly step counter for home telemonitoring of physical activity

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 345-348

  Giansanti, Daniele ^a   Maccioni, Giovanni ^a   Macellari, Velio ^a   Mattei, Eugenio ^a   Triventi, Michele ^a   Censi, Federica ^a   Calcagnini, Giovanni ^a   Bartolini, Pietro ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; EXERCISE TEST; FITNESS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LEG; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TELEMETRY; WALKING;

EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; LEG; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TELEMETRY; WALKING;

EID: 58149268428     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jtt.2008.007005     Document Type: Article

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