Technical variability of the GT3X accelerometer

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 787-790

  Santos Lozano, Alejandro ^a   Marín, Pedro J ^b,g   Torres Luque, Gema ^c   Ruiz, Jonatan R ^d,e   Lucía, Alejandro ^f   Garatachea, Nuria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY MIGUEL DE CERVANTES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^g Research Center on Physical Disability   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activity assessment; Activity monitor; Physical activity; Triaxial accelerometry

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ACTIGRAPH; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY ACTIVITY; ORTHOGONAL AXIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

TOOLS;

ACCELEROMETERS;

ACCELEROMETER; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MONITORING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIBRATION;

ACCELERATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIBRATION;

EID: 84863327252     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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