Reliability of RT3 accelerometers among overweight and obese adults

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 110-114

  Jerome, Gerald J ^a,b   Young, Deborah Rohm ^c   Laferriere, D A N ^d   Chen, Chuhe ^d   Vollmer, William M ^d  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory monitoring; Bouts; Exercise; Measurement; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RELIABILITY; RT3 ACCELEROMETER; WAKEFULNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ACCELERATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE TEST; INSTRUMENTATION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 65849114915     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181846cd8     Document Type: Article

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