Accelerometer-monitored sedentary behavior and observed physical function loss

P.A. Semanik, J. Lee, J. Song, R.W. Chang, M.-W. Sohn, L.S. Ehrlich-Jones, B.E. Ainsworth, M.M. Nevitt, C.K. Kwoh and D.D. Dunlop

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 3, 560-566

Abstract: Objectives. We examined whether objectively measured sedentary behavior is related to subsequent functional loss among community-dwelling adults with or at high risk for knee osteoarthritis.

Keywords: accelerometry; aged; body mass; devices; female; gait; human; longitudinal study; male; middle aged; motor activity; Osteoarthritis, Knee; physiologic monitoring; physiology; procedures; protection; risk factor; sedentary lifestyle; time factor; United States; very elderly, Accelerometry; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Body Mass Index; Female; Gait; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Middle Aged; Monitoring, Physiologic; Motor Activity; Osteoarthritis, Knee; Protective Factors; Risk Factors; Sedentary Lifestyle; Time Factors; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302270

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