The effect of reintegrating Actigraph accelerometer counts in preschool children: Comparison using different epoch lengths

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-134

  Kim, Youngwon ^a   Beets, Michael W ^a   Pate, Russell R ^a   Blair, Steven N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Estimate; Measurement; Moderate to vigorous physical activity; Threshold; Youth

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACTIMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PERIODICITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ACTIGRAPHY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84873524763     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2012.05.015     Document Type: Article

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