The Current State of Physical Activity Assessment Tools

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 387-395

  Ainsworth, Barbara ^a   Cahalin, Lawrence ^b   Buman, Matthew ^a   Ross, Robert ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Monitors; Pedometers; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; EXERCISE INTENSITY; GLOBAL QUESTIONNAIRE; HEART RATE MONITOR; HUMAN; PEDOMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY DIARY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LOG; QUANTITATIVE HISTORY RECALL QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SHORT TERM RECALL QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; VALIDITY; ACCELEROMETRY; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; EXERCISE; FITNESS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE;

ACCELEROMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84920160787     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: 18731740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2014.10.005     Document Type: Article

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