Large Scale Population Assessment of Physical Activity Using Wrist Worn Accelerometers: The UK Biobank Study

Doherty, Aiden; Jackson, Dan; Hammerla, Nils; Plötz, Thomas; Olivier, Patrick; Granat, Malcolm; White, Tom; T. van Hees, Vincent; I. Trenell, Michael; G. Owen, Christopher; Preece, Stephen; Gillions, Rob; Sheard, Simon; Peakman, Tim; Brage, Søren; J. Wareham, Nicholas

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0169649

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Large Scale Population Assessment of Physical Activity Using Wrist Worn Accelerometers: The UK Biobank Study

Published in PLoS ONE • Feb 1, 2017

Authors:

Aiden Doherty

Dan Jackson

Nils Hammerla

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Physical activity has not been objectively measured in prospective cohorts with sufficiently large numbers to reliably detect associations with multiple health outcomes. Technological advances now make this possible. We describe the methods used to collect and analyse accelerometer measu...

Subject

Accelerometer

Biobank

Medicine

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