Physical activity measured with wrist and ankle accelerometers: Age, gender, and BMI effects.

Physical activity (PA) is associated with various aspects of physical and mental health and varies by age and BMI. We aimed to compare PA measures obtained with wrist and ankle accelerometers and characterize their associations with age and BMI. We assessed PA mean and PA variability (indexed by coe...

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Main Authors: Veronica Ramirez, Ehsan Shokri-Kojori, Elizabeth A Cabrera, Corinde E Wiers, Kathleen Merikangas, Dardo Tomasi, Gene-Jack Wang, Nora D Volkow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5922544?pdf=render