Comparison of three generations of ActiGraph activity monitors under free-living conditions: Do they provide comparable assessments of overall physical activity in 9-year old children?

BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Grydeland, May ^a   Hansen, Bjoerge Herman ^a   Ried Larsen, Mathias ^b   Kolle, Elin ^a   Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Assessment; Children; Physical activity; Youth

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACCELEROMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84933524402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20521847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2052-1847-6-26     Document Type: Article

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