Validity of a Physical Activity Questionnaire in Shanghai
- 1 December 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
- Vol. 42 (12), 2222-2230
- https://doi.org/10.1249/mss.0b013e3181e1fcd5
Abstract
Purpose:In large epidemiologic studies, physical activity (PA) is often assessed using PA questionnaires (PAQ). Because available PAQ may not capture the full range of PA in which urban Chinese adults engage, a PAQ was developed for this purpose. We examined the validity of this PAQ and theThis publication has 41 references indexed in Scilit:
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