Are pedometers adequate instruments for assessing energy expenditure

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1425-1432

  Kumahara, H ^a   Tanaka, H ^a   Schutz, Y ^b  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Human calorimeter; Motion sensor; Physical activity; Sedentary adults; Step count

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDOMETRY; PREDICTION; SITTING;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; OBESITY; WALKING;

EID: 75049083131     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2009.108     Document Type: Article

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