Sampling frequency affects the processing of Actigraph raw acceleration data to activity counts

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 362-369

  Brond, Jan Christian ^a   Arvidsson, Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Amplitude; Frequency; Mechanics; Oscillation; Physical activity; Running; Walking

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACTIMETRY; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RUNNING; SOFTWARE; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; ACTIGRAPHY; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RUNNING; SOFTWARE; WALKING;

EID: 84956904349     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00628.2015     Document Type: Article

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