Validation of the ActiGraph GT3X and activPAL Accelerometers for the Assessment of Sedentary Behavior

Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 125-137

  Kim, Youngdeok ^a   Barry, Vaughn W ^b   Kang, Minsoo ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; ActiGraph; activPAL; measurement; physical activity

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MACHINE LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF REPORT; SITTING; STANDING; YOUDEN INDEX;

EID: 84939803959     PISSN: 1091367X     EISSN: 15327841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1091367X.2015.1054390     Document Type: Article

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