Feasibility and validity of accelerometer measurements to assess physical activity in toddlers

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Van Cauwenberghe, Eveline ^a   Gubbels, Jessica ^b   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a   Cardon, Greet ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ActiGraphObservational System for Recording Physical Activity in Children Preschool (OSRAC P)FeasibilityCriterion validityPredictive validityAccelerometer cut points; Toddlers

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACCELEROMETRY; ACCURACY; ACTIMETRY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; MONITOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TODDLER; VALIDITY; AMBULATORY MONITORING; BELGIUM; BODY MASS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); RECREATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIGRAPHY; BELGIUM; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

EID: 79959394384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-8-67     Document Type: Article

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