A hitchhiker's guide to assessing young people's physical activity: Deciding what method to use

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 518-525

  Dollman, James ^a   Okely, Anthony D ^b   Hardy, Louise ^c   Timperio, Anna ^d   Salmon, Jo ^d   Hills, Andrew P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Measurement; Methodology; Physical activity; Self report

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ARTICLE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PEDOMETRY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 68249123584     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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