Comparative interinstrument reliability of uniaxial and triaxial accelerometers in free-living conditions

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 584-594

  Vanhelst, Jérémy ^a   Baquet, Georges ^b   Gotrand, Frédéric ^c   Béghin, Laurent ^a,c  

^a University of Lille   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84861414233     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/03.26.PMS.114.2.584-594     Document Type: Article

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