Test-retest reliability of the women's health initiative physical activity questionnaire

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 530-538

  Meyer, Anne Marie ^a,d   Evenson, Kelly R ^a   Morimoto, Libby ^b   Siscovick, David ^c   White, Emily ^c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Exercise; Movement; Reproducibility; Women s health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; RECREATIONAL THERAPY; SELF REPORT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RACE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66149126099     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31818ace55     Document Type: Article

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