Standardizing and optimizing the use of accelerometer data for free-living physical activity monitoring

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 366-383

  Esliger, Dale W ^a   Copeland, Jennifer L ^c   Barnes, Joel D ^a   Tremblay, Mark S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

ActiGraph; Data reduction; Epidemiology; MTI CSA; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85060945396     PISSN: 15433080     EISSN: 15435474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2.3.366     Document Type: Article

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