The influence of monitoring interval on data measurement: An analysis of step counts of university students

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 515-527

  Sigmundová, Dagmar ^a   Vašícková, Jana ^a   Stelzer, Jirí ^b   Řepka, Emil ^c  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Intra class correlation; Pedometer; Reliability; Steps; Youth

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; HYGIENE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONITORING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVAL MONITORING; MALE; PEDOMETER; PEDOMETRY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RELIABILITY; SELF MONITORING; SLEEP; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 84874909924     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10020515     Document Type: Article

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