Comparison of uniaxial and triaxial accelerometry in the assessment of physical activity among adolescents under free-living conditions: The HELENA study

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Vanhelst, Jérémy ^a,b   Béghin, Laurent ^a,b   Duhamel, Alain ^c   Bergman, Patrick ^e   Sjöström, Michael ^d   Gottrand, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LILLE   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Energy expenditure; Human locomotion; Youth

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACTIMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACCELERATION; ACTIGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ENERGY METABOLISM; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 84857933341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-26     Document Type: Article

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