Metabolic thresholds and validated accelerometer cutoff points for the actigraph GT1M in young children based on measurements of locomotion and play activities

Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-40

  Jimmy, Gerda ^a   Dössegger, Alain ^a   Seiler, Roland ^b   Mäder, Urs ^a  

^a Federal Office of Sport   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

accelerometry; ActiGraph; cutoff points; metabolic thresholds; physical activity assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACTIMETRY; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIMETRY; CHILD; DEVICES; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MEASUREMENT; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MONITOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLAY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84856895173     PISSN: 1091367X     EISSN: 15327841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1091367X.2012.639600     Document Type: Article

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