Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 82-86 , January 2010

Methods for objective measure, quantification and analysis of sedentary behaviour and inactivity

Received 27 February 2009 ,Revised 3 September 2009 ,Accepted 8 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.09.002

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