Assessment of physical activity in older Belgian adults: Validity and reliability of an adapted interview version of the long International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ-L)

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Van Holle, Veerle ^a,b   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a   Deforche, Benedicte ^a   Van Cauwenberg, Jelle ^a,b   Van Dyck, Delfien ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; AGED; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVICES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIGRAPHY; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84929163508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1785-3     Document Type: Article

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