Urban Latino children's physical activity levels and performance in interactive dance video games: Effects of goal difficulty and goal specificity

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 933-937

  Gao, Zan ^a,b   Podlog, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DANCING; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERACTIVE DANCE VIDEO GAME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDOMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; URBAN AREA;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DANCING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GOALS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UTAH; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84867125637     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.649     Document Type: Article

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