How many hours are enough? Accelerometer wear time may provide bias in daily activity estimates

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 742-749

  Herrmann, Stephen D ^a   Barreira, Tiago V ^c   Kang, Minsoo ^d   Ainsworth, Barbara E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Measurement; Physical activity; Physical activity assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880063378     PISSN: 15433080     EISSN: 15435476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jpah.10.5.742     Document Type: Article

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