Are accelerometers a useful way to measure activity in care home residents?

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Are accelerometers a useful way to measure activity in care home residents?

Introduction: Accurate measurement of activity in care home residents is important for monitoring and evaluating interventions for activity promotion. Accelerometers provide a potential method. However, their usefulness in this population has not been well documented. We aimed to explore the feasibi...

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Main Authors:	Walker, Gemma M., Logan, Pip, Gordon, Adam L., Conroy, S., Armstrong, S., Robertson, K., Ward, M., Frowd, Nadia, Darby, Janet, Arnold, G., Gladman, John R.F.
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press 2015
Subjects:	internship and residency medical residencies accelerometers falls fractures traumas
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40413/

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