Population
159 Anglo-, African-, and Mexican-American children aged 3-5 years
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
2 days of observation separated by 3-6 months
Authors
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Supports moderate long-term reliability of heart rate monitoring in children; leaves open optimal sampling windows to minimize bias.
Daily heart rate monitoring is a reliable measure of physical activity among young children from different ethnic and gender groups, though monitoring during limited portions of the day may provide biased estimates.
DuRant et al. (1992) studied this question.
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