Children's physical activity assessed with wrist- and hip-worn accelerometers

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2308-2316

  Rowlands, Alex V ^a   Rennie, Kirsten ^b   Kozarski, Robert ^b   Stanley, Rebecca M ^a   Eston, Roger G ^a,c   Parfitt, Gaynor C ^a   Olds, Tim S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actigraph; Geneactiv; GT3X+; MVPA; Sedentary

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; CHILD; DEVICES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIGRAPHY; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84916600608     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000365     Document Type: Article

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