A comparison of questionnaire, accelerometer, and pedometer: Measures in older people

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1392-1402

  Harris, Tess J ^a,b   Owen, Christopher G ^a   Victor, Christina R ^c   Adams, Rika ^b   Ekelund, Ulf ^d   Cook, Derek G ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Sonning Common Health Centre (Primary Care Centre)   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDOMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDITY; ACCELERATION; AGE; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; DISABILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WALKING;

EID: 67650083341     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31819b3533     Document Type: Article

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