A Comparison of Commonly Used Accelerometer Based Activity Monitors in Controlled and Free-Living Environment

This dissertation was designed to determine the effects of body mass index (BMI) and walking speed on activity monitor outputs. A secondary purpose was to compare the activity monitors’ performance in a free-living environment. In the first experiment, 71 participants wore three waist-mounted activ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Feito, Yuri
Format: Others
Published: Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange 2010
Subjects:
BMI
Online Access:http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/881