Evaluation of Actical equations and thresholds to predict physical activity intensity in young children

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 498-506

  Janssen, Xanne ^a   Cliff, Dylan ^a   Reilly, John ^b   Hinkley, Trina ^c   Jones, Rachel ^a   Batterham, Marijka ^a   Ekelund, Ulf ^d,e   Brage, Søren ^e   Okely, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accelerometry; preschoolers; room calorimeter

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; CALORIMETRY; CHILD; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIGRAPHY; CALORIMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84922252061     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2014.949826     Document Type: Article

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