A comparison of two motion sensors for the assessment of free-living physical activity of adolescents

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1558-1576

  Cuberek, Roman ^a   Ansari, Walid El ^b   Frömel, Karel ^a   Skalik, Krzysztof ^c   Sigmund, Erik ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Categorization of physical activity; Measurement; Monitoring; Pedometer; Step counter; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCOMOTION; PEDOMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; VALIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 77954556211     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7041558     Document Type: Article

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