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1st Edition

Physical Activity Assessment A Lifecourse Approach

By Paul Innerd Copyright 2019

206 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

206 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

206 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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Description

Lifecourse research in physical activity tracks long-term trends in physical activity behaviours and gives an insight into the link between a physically active lifestyle and later-life health outcomes. However, the complexity of physical activity behaviours, and the analytical issues posed by lifecourse research, present researchers with real challenges in accurately assessing the relationship... Read more

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I: Physical activity assessment: a lifecourse perspective

1. Lifecourse assessment of physical activity

2. Population-based surveillance

3. Physical activity in lifecourse epidemiology

Part II: Current measurement methods used across the lifecourse

4. Interpreting method comparison studies

5. Popular assessment methods

6. Physical activity monitors in epidemiology

Part III: Optimal measurement of physical activity across the lifecourse

7. The technology of accelerometry

8. Assessing physical activity using a single accelerometer

9. E-science: big data, management, processing and analysis

10. Physical activity assessment in lifecourse epidemiology: future horizons

Author(s)

Biography

Paul Innerd is a Lecturer in Exercise Physiology at the University of Sunderland, UK.

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