Influence of number of days and valid hours using accelerometry on the estimates of physical activity level in preschool children from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

• Main Authors: Rodrigo Antunes Lima (Author), Simone Storino Honda Barros (Author), Crivaldo Gomes Cardoso Júnior (Author), Gustavo Silva (Author), José Cazuza Farias Júnior (Author), Lars Bo Andersen (Author), Mauro Virgilio Gomes Barros (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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A few studies have proposed the number of hours/day and the number of days of monitoring that should be completed to obtain good quality accelerometry data for preschool children. The aim of this study was to analyze how the estimates of physical activity levels and sample profiles (demographic and...