Accelerometer-based physical activity in a large observational cohort - Study protocol and design of the activity and function of the elderly in Ulm (ActiFE Ulm) study

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Denkinger, Michael D ^a   Franke, Sebastian ^b   Rapp, Kilian ^b   Weinmayr, Gudrun ^b   Duran Tauleria, Enric ^c,d   Nikolaus, Thorsten ^a   Peter, Richard ^b  

^a Agaplesion Bethesda Clinic   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c Epidemiology and Public Health Unit   (Spain)

^d INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR;

ACCELERATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77954870830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-10-50     Document Type: Article

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