Validity, practical utility, and reliability of the activPAL™ in preschool children

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 761-768

  Davies, Gwyneth ^a   Reilly, John J ^b   McGowan, Amy J ^a   Dall, Philippa M ^c   Granat, Malcolm H ^c   Paton, James Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity monitoring; child; posture; validation

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84858701339     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31823b1dc7     Document Type: Article

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