Agreement between pedometer and accelerometer in measuring physical activity in overweight and obese pregnant women

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Inexpensive, reliable objective methods are needed to measure physical activity (PA) in large scale trials. This study compared the number of pedometer step counts with accelerometer data in pregnant women in free-living conditions t...

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Main Authors: McParlin Catherine, Tennant Peter WG, Kinnunen Tarja I, Poston Lucilla, Robson Stephen C, Bell Ruth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-06-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/501