Establishing and evaluating wrist cutpoints for the GENEActiv accelerometer in youth

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 826-833

  Schaefer, Christine A ^a   Nigg, Claudio R ^b   Hill, James O ^c   Brink, Lois A ^c   Browning, Raymond C ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b University of Hawaii's   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

accelerometry; calibration; Physical activity; validation; youth

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; CALIBRATION; CHILD; DEVICES; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; WRIST;

ACCELEROMETRY; CALIBRATION; CHILD; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; WRIST;

EID: 84897087181     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000150     Document Type: Article

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