Impact of accelerometer data processing decisions on the sample size, wear time and physical activity level of a large cohort study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Keadle, Sarah Kozey ^a   Shiroma, Eric J ^b,c   Freedson, Patty S ^d   Lee, I Min ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral epidemiology; Exposure assessment; Measurement; Physical activity; Sedentary behavior

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; AMBULATORY MONITORING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PROCEDURES; SAMPLE SIZE; TIME;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC MEASUREMENTS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SAMPLE SIZE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84934283613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1210     Document Type: Article

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