Utility of accelerometer thresholds for classifying sitting in office workers

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 357-360

  Oliver, Melody ^a   Schofield, Grant M ^a   Badland, Hannah M ^a   Shepherd, Janine ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Actical; ActivPAL; Adult; Measure; Physical activity; Sedentary lifestyle

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OFFICE WORKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SITTING;

ACCELERATION; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEW ZEALAND; POSTURE; ROC CURVE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; WALKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77958161302     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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