Current objective techniques for physical activity assessment in comparison with subjective methods;Aktuelle objektive messverfahren zur erfassung körperlicher aktivität im vergleich zu subjektiven erhebungsmethoden

Deutsche Zeitschrift fur Sportmedizin

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-18

  Muller C ^a   Winter, C ^a   Rosenbaum, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Activity assessment; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949996233     PISSN: 03445925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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