Comparison of Actical and activPAL measures of sedentary behaviour in preschool children

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 526-531

  Van Cauwenberghe, Eveline ^a   Wooller, Leslie ^b   Mackay, Lisa ^b   Cardon, Greet ^a   Oliver, Melody ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Activity monitors; Convergent validity; Measurement; Preschool child

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; MONITOR; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; THIGH; VALIDITY;

ACCELERATION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEW ZEALAND; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; THIGH;

EID: 84867984088     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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