Objective measurement of posture and posture transitions in the pre-school child

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1913-1921

  Davies, Gwyneth ^a,b   Reilly, John J ^a,c   Paton, James Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children; physical activity; physical activity monitoring; posture; posture transitions; sedentary behaviour

Indexed keywords

CHILD; MEASUREMENTS OF; OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY MONITORING; POSTURE; POSTURE TRANSITION; PRE SCHOOLS; SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR; YOUNG CHILDREN;

MEDICINE;

EID: 84868314244     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/33/11/1913     Document Type: Article

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