Effect of an accelerometer on body weight and fitness in overweight and obese active duty soldiers

Military Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 82-87

  Shrestha, Merica ^a   Combest, Travis ^a   Fonda, Stephanie J ^a   Alfonso, Abel ^b   Guerrero, Arthur ^c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Mary Washington Healthcare   (United States)

^c TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874971746     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00275     Document Type: Article

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