Physical activity measurement device agreement: Pedometer steps/minute and physical activity time

Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 151-163

  Scruggs, Philip W ^a   Mungen, Jonathan D ^b   Oh, Yoonsin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; motion sensor; observation; physical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDOMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; TIME;

EID: 77955167191     PISSN: 1091367X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1091367X.2010.495542     Document Type: Article

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