Field-based measurement of cardiorespiratory fitness to evaluate physical activity interventions

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, 785 Carling Ave, Ottawa, K1S 5H4 Canada.
² Healthy Active Living and Obesity (HALO) Research Group, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
³ School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Promoting Fitness and Health through physical activity research group (PROFITH), Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
⁵ Research Center in Kinanthropometry and Human Performance, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil.
⁶ Kinesiology and Public Health Education, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, United States of America.

Justin J Lang et al. Bull World Health Organ. 2018.

. 2018 Nov 1;96(11):794-796.

doi: 10.2471/BLT.18.213728. Epub 2018 Sep 12.

¹ Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, 785 Carling Ave, Ottawa, K1S 5H4 Canada.
² Healthy Active Living and Obesity (HALO) Research Group, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
³ School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Promoting Fitness and Health through physical activity research group (PROFITH), Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
⁵ Research Center in Kinanthropometry and Human Performance, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil.
⁶ Kinesiology and Public Health Education, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, United States of America.

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