Defining ambulatory bouts in free-living activity: Impact of brief stationary periods on bout metrics

Gait and Posture

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 594-597

  Barry, Gillian ^a,b   Galna, Brook ^b   Lord, Sue ^b   Rochester, Lynn ^b   Godfrey, Alan ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambulatory activity; Body worn monitor; Public health recommendation

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; WALKING; ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REST; WALKING;

EID: 84948712503     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2015.07.062     Document Type: Article

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