Autocalibration of accelerometer data for free-living physical activity assessment using local gravity and temperature: An evaluation on four continents

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 738-744

  Van Hees, Vincent T ^a,g   Fang, Zhou ^b,c   Langford, Joss ^c   Assah, Felix ^d   Mohammad, Anwar ^e   Da Silva, Inacio C M ^f,g   Trenell, Michael I ^a   White, Tom ^g   Wareham, Nicholas J ^g   Brage, Søren ^g  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Limited   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^e DASMAN DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Kuwait)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Calibration; Epidemiology; GENE Activ; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIBRATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908471808     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00421.2014     Document Type: Article

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