Objectively measured physical activity in urban alternative high school students

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2088-2095

  Sirard, John R ^a,c   Kubik, Martha Y ^b   Fulkerson, Jayne A ^b   Arcan, Chrisa ^b  

^a School of Public Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Division of Epidemiology and Community Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Compliance; Mvpa; Weekday; Weekend

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACTIMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WAKEFULNESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MINNESOTA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 62849083612     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318182092b     Document Type: Article

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