Daily physical activity assessment with accelerometers: New insights and validation studies

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 451-462

  Plasqui, G ^a   Bonomi, A G ^b   Westerterp, K R ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Activity monitor; Doubly labelled water; Motion sensor

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETER; ACCELEROMETRY; ARTICLE; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DOUBLY LABELED WATER TECHNIQUE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; PEDOMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SENSOR; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCELEROMETRY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; HUMANS; OBESITY; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84876840341     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12021     Document Type: Article

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