Validation and comparison of two methods to assess human energy expenditure during free-living activities.

BACKGROUND: The measurement of activity energy expenditure (AEE) via accelerometry is the most commonly used objective method for assessing human daily physical activity and has gained increasing importance in the medical, sports and psychological science research in recent years. OBJECTIVE: The pur...

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Main Authors: Panagiota Anastasopoulou, Mirnes Tubic, Steffen Schmidt, Rainer Neumann, Alexander Woll, Sascha Härtel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3938775?pdf=render