Reliability and validity of the international physical activity questionnaire for assessing walking

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-101

  van der Ploeg, Hidde P ^a   Tudor Locke, Catrine ^b   Marshall, Alison L ^d   Craig, Cora ^a,c   Hagströmer, Maria ^e   Sjöström, Michael ^e   Bauman, Adrian ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute   (Canada)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adult; Measurement properties; Physical activity surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WALKING;

EID: 77950120682     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2010.10599632     Document Type: Article

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