Effects of varying epoch lengths, wear time algorithms, and activity cut-points on estimates of child sedentary behavior and physical activity from accelerometer data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Banda, Jorge A ^a   Haydel, K Farish ^a   Davila, Tania ^a   Desai, Manisha ^a   Bryson, Susan ^b   Haskell, William L ^a   Matheson, Donna ^a   Robinson, Thomas N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACCELEROMETER EPOCH LENGTH; ACCELEROMETER WEAR TIME; ACCELEROMETRY; ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SITTING; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC POLICY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PUBLIC POLICY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84961180259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150534     Document Type: Article

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