Importance of epoch length and registration time on accelerometer measurements in younger children

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 115-121

  Dencker, M ^a,b   Svensson, J ^b   El Naaman, B ^b   Bugge, A ^b   Andersen, L B ^b,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Child; Motor activity

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862539282     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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