Validity of actigraphs uniaxial and triaxial accelerometers for assessment of physical activity in adults in laboratory conditions

BMC Medical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kelly, Louise A ^a   McMillan, Duncan G E ^b   Anderson, Alexandra ^a   Fippinger, Morgan ^a   Fillerup, Gunnar ^a   Rider, Jane ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Packet Photonics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Actigraph; Triaxial; Validation; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ACTIMETRY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 84888182094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17566649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-6649-13-5     Document Type: Article

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