Which activity monitor to use? Validity, reproducibility and user friendliness of three activity monitors

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Berendsen, Brenda A J ^a   Hendriks, Marike R C ^a   Meijer, Kenneth ^a   Plasqui, Guy ^a   Schaper, Nicolaas C ^b   Savelberg, Hans H C M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Feasibility; Physical activity measurement; Posture classification; Reliability; Sedentary; Wearing comfort

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; BODY POSTURE; DEVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904518390     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-749     Document Type: Article

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