Criterion and Concurrent Validity of the activPAL™ Professional Physical Activity Monitor in Adolescent Females

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Dowd, Kieran P ^a   Harrington, Deirdre M ^b   Donnelly, Alan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACCURACY; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; MONITOR; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STANDING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSTURE; ROC CURVE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

EID: 84867674647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047633     Document Type: Article

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