A comparison of accelerometers for predicting energy expenditure and vertical ground reaction force in school-age children

Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 119-144

  Garcia, Anne W ^a   Langenthal, Carla R ^b   Angulo Barroso, Rosa M ^b   Gross, M Melissa ^b  

^a Washtenaw Community College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Force; Physical activity; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ACCELEROMETER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JUMPING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RUNNING; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREADMILL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERTICAL GROUND REACTION FORCE; WALKING;

EID: 7244219868     PISSN: 1091367X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327841mpee0803_1     Document Type: Article

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