Measuring the daily activity of lying down, sitting, standing and stepping of obese children using the ActivPAL™ activity monitor

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 98-103

  Wafa, Sharifah Wajihah ^a   Aziz, Nur Nadzirah ^a   Shahril, Mohd Razif ^a   Halib, Hasmiza ^a   Rahim, Marhasiyah ^a   Janssen, Xanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SITTING; SOFTWARE; STANDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WALKING; ACCELEROMETRY; AMBULATORY MONITORING; BODY POSITION; DEVICES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

ACCELEROMETRY; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; POSTURE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; WALKING;

EID: 85018943270     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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