Accuracy and validity of a combined heart rate and motion sensor for the measurement of free-living physical activity energy expenditure in adults in Cameroon

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 112-120

  Assah, Felix K ^a   Ekelund, Ulf ^a   Brage, Soren ^a   Wright, Antony ^b   Mbanya, Jean Claude ^c   Wareham, Nicholas J ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Accuracy; Doubly labelled water; Energy expenditure; Heart rate monitoring; Physical activity; Sub Saharan Africa; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ADULT; BIOENERGETICS; CALIBRATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIFESTYLE; MONITORING; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL APPLICATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCELEROMETRY; ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CALIBRATION; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOUBLY LABELED WATER TECHNIQUE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MONITORING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ENERGY EXPENDITURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; VALIDITY;

ADULT; CAMEROON; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79952060840     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq098     Document Type: Article

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