Validity of the ActivPAL™ and the ActiGraph monitors in preschoolers

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2002-2011

  De Decker, Ellen ^a   De Craemer, Marieke ^a   Santos Lozano, Alejandro ^b   Van Cauwenberghe, Eveline ^a   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a   Cardon, Greet ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Children; Direct observation; Sedentary behavior; Validation

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTACT DERMATITIS; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSERVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; VIDEORECORDING;

ACCELEROMETRY; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSERVATION; ROC CURVE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84885020364     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318292c575     Document Type: Article

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