Intra-and inter-instrument reliability of the actiwatch 4 accelerometer in a mechanical laboratory setting

Journal of Human Kinetics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-24

  Routen, Ashley ^a   Upton, Dominic ^a   Edwards, Martin ^b   Peters, Derek ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Activity monitor; Measurement; Physical activity; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859404844     PISSN: 16405544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10078-012-0002-z     Document Type: Article

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