Accelerometer use with children, older adults, and adults with functional limitations

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Strath, Scott J ^a   Pfeiffer, Karin A ^b   Whitt Glover, Melicia C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Gramercy Research Group   (United States)

Author keywords

accelerometer; behavior; children; disability; elderly; exercise; function; motion sensor; older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHILD; DISABLED PERSON; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; CALIBRATION; CHILD; DISABLED CHILDREN; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 83455178877     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182399eb1     Document Type: Article

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