How many days of pedometer monitoring predict weekly physical activity in adults?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 293-298

  Tudor Locke, C ^a   Burkett, L ^a   Reis, J P ^b   Ainsworth, B E ^b   Macera, C A ^b   Wilson, D K ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Outcome assessment; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WALKING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 7944230670     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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