Reliability measures of the short International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) in Greek young adults

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 283-294

  Papathanasiou, George ^a,b   Georgoudis, George ^a   Papandreou, Maria ^a   Spyropoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Georgakopoulos, Dimitris ^a   Kalfakakou, Vasiliki ^a   Evangelou, Angelos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

IPAQ; Physical activity; Physical activity questionnaires; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SHORT INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; SITTING; STUDENT; WALKING;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67749104054     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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