Assessment of wearable Global Positioning System units for physical activity research

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 913-923

  Wieters, Kathleen Meghan ^a   Kim, Jun Hyun ^b   Lee, Chanam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GPS; Measurement; Methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867024272     PISSN: 15433080     EISSN: 15435476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jpah.9.7.913     Document Type: Article

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