An Evaluation of Commercial Pedometers for Monitoring Slow Walking Speed Populations

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 441-449

  Beevi, Femina H A ^a   Miranda, Jorge ^b   Pedersen, Christian F ^a   Wagner, Stefan ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

e health; home health monitoring; rehabilitation; sensor technology; telehealth

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; SURGERY;

E HEALTH; ERROR PERCENTAGE; HOME HEALTH MONITORING; MEDICAL TREATMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES; SOFTWARE AND HARDWARES; TELEHEALTH;

SPEED;

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; DEVICES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; STANDARDS; WALKING SPEED;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADULT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 84968779806     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2015.0120     Document Type: Article

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