Wheelchair-mounted accelerometers for measurement of physical activity

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-148

  Gendle, Shawn C ^a   Richardson, Mark ^a   Leeper, James ^a   Hardin, L Brent ^a   Green, J Matt ^b   Bishop, Phillip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Activity monitor; Disability; RT3; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BASKETBALL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MONITORING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; WHEELCHAIR;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BASKETBALL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; WHEELCHAIRS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856927279     PISSN: 17483107     EISSN: 17483115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17483107.2011.613521     Document Type: Article

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