Extracting objective estimates of sedentary behavior from accelerometer data: measurement considerations for surveillance and research applications.

BACKGROUND:Accelerometer-based activity monitors are widely used in research and surveillance applications for quantifying sedentary behavior (SB) and physical activity (PA). Considerable research has been done to refine methods for assessing PA, but relatively little attention has been given to ope...

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Main Authors: Youngdeok Kim, Gregory J Welk, Saori I Braun, Minsoo Kang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4319840?pdf=render