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Objective Recording of Arm and Leg Activity in Normal and Clinical Samples

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Carl Gerhard Gottfries ,
Ingrid Gottfries  and
Eric Olsson
Carl Gerhard Gottfries
Affiliation:
Östra Sjukhuset, The Mental Hospital of Malmö, Sweden
Ingrid Gottfries
Affiliation:
The Second Department of Psychiatry, University of Lund, Sweden
Eric Olsson
Affiliation:
Psychological Department, University of Lund, Sweden
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In the study of mental diseases and their treatment physical activity seems to be an important variable. In order to get an objective recording of physical activity, we have applied two methods. In this study we wish to show how a normal group behaves under different circumstances concerning these two measures of activity, and we also report a pilot study in which the two methods were applied to a group of patients with mental diseases.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 112 , Issue 493 , December 1966 , pp. 1269 - 1278
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1966 

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