Issues and Future Directions in Assessing Physical Activity: An Introduction to the Conference Proceedings. From: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport | Date: June 1, 2000| Author: Wood, Terry M. | COPYRIGHT 2000 American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Keywords: physical activity, assessment, measurement, reliability; validity

Issues and Future Directions in Assessing Physical Activity: An Introduction to the Conference Proceedings

For decades, assessment of physical activity has captured the interest of epidemiologists, exercise scientists, and clinicians. Spurred by the rising cost of health care and the much publicized relationship between lack of physical activity and prevalence of chronic disease state...