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Validation and Calibration of an Accelerometer in Preschool Children

DOI

700

Citations

28

References

2006

Year

Russell R. Pate, Maria João Almeida, Kerry L. McIver, Karin A. Pfeiffer, Marsha Dowda
Obesity

Abstract

Accelerometer counts were highly correlated with Vo(2) in young children. Accelerometers can be appropriately used as a measure of physical activity in this population.

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