Physical activity monitoring: A new outcome facing many challenges, but yielding promising results

COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 82-83

  Troosters, Thierry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; AMBULATORY MONITORING; INSTRUMENTATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 67650708875     PISSN: 15412555     EISSN: 15412563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15412550902806037     Document Type: Editorial

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