Accuracy of physical activity monitors in pregnant women

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1100-1105

  Connolly, Christopher P ^a   Coe, Dawn P ^a,b   Kendrick, Jo M ^a   Bassett, David R ^a   Thompson, Dixie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b 338 HPER ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

accelerometer; pedometer; pregnancy; Treadmill walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; PREGNANCY; WALKING;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PREGNANCY; WALKING;

EID: 79957981795     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182058883     Document Type: Article

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