Epoch length and accelerometer outputs in children: Comparison to direct observation

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2080-2087

  McClain, James J ^a   Abraham, Teresa L ^b   Brusseau, Timothy A ^b   Tudor Locke, Catrine ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Data collection; Objective assessment; Physical activity; Recording interval

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETER; ACTIMETRY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION VARIABLE; DIRECT OBSERVATION; EPOCH LENGTH; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; SCHOOL CHILD; VIDEOTAPE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSERVATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 62849126615     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181824d98     Document Type: Article

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