Detecting indoor and outdoor environments using the actigraph GT3X+ light sensor in children

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 201-206

  Flynn, Jennifer I ^a   Coe, Dawn P ^a   Larsen, Chelsea A ^a   Rider, Brian C ^a   Conger, Scott A ^a   Bassett, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Children; Light Detection; Lux Sensor; Outdoor Activity; Physical Activity

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECREATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; TELEVISION; TIME; WALKING;

ACTIGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LIGHT; LIGHTING; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84891560998     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182a388c0     Document Type: Article

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