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Predictive Validity of Three ActiGraph Energy Expenditure Equations for Children

Added on September 12th, 2011

Purpose: This study evaluated the predictive validity of three previously published ActiGraph energy expenditure (EE) prediction equations developed for children and adolescents. Methods: A total of 45 healthy children...   Continue Reading >>>

  • Authors: Stewart G. Trost1,3, Rebecca Way2, Anthony D. Okely2
  • Institutions: 1 - Community Health Institute and Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
    2 - Faculty of Education and Obesity Research Centre, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
    3 - School of Human Movement Studies, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA

Agreement between activity monitoring devices during home rehabilitation: a sub-study of the AAA stop trial

Added on August 29th, 2011

Purpose: To assess the association between activity monitoring devices for estimating energy expenditure (EE) in the context of a home-based rehabilitation program. Methods: Twenty four patients with abdominal aortic...   Continue Reading >>>

  • Authors: J. Myers1, M. Dupain2, A. Vu1, A. Powell1, K. Smith1, R. Dalman3
  • Institutions: 1- VA Palo Alto Health Care System/Stanford University - Palo Alto - United States of America, 2- Millersville University - Millersville - United States of America, 3- Stanford University - Stanford - United States of America,

Validity of Estimating Minute-By-Minute Energy Expenditure of Continuous Walking Bouts by Accelerometry

Added on August 25th, 2011

Objective measurement of physical activity remains an important challenge. For wearable monitors such as accelerometer-based physical activity monitors, more accurate methods are needed to convert activity counts into energy...   Continue Reading >>>

  • Authors: Erin Kuffel, Scott Crouter, Jere Haas, Edward Frongillo, David Bassett
  • Institutions: --

Actigraph Accelerometer-Defined Boundaries for Sedentary Behaviour and Physical Activity Intensities in 7 Year Old Children

Added on August 11th, 2011

Background: Accurate objective assessment of sedentary and physical activity behaviours during childhood is integral to the understanding of their relation to later health outcomes, as well as to documenting...   Continue Reading >>>

  • Authors: Richard M. Pulsford1, Mario Cortina-Borja2, Carly Rich2, Florence-Emilie Kinnafick3, Carol Dezateux2, Lucy J. Griffiths2
  • Institutions: 1 College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom, 2 Medical Research Council Centre of Epidemiology for Child Health, University College London Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom, 3 School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF ACCELEROMETER DEVICES WHEN USED TO DETECT DIFFERENCES IN ACTIVITY INTENSITY AND ESTIMATE ENERGY EXPENDITURE IN LEAN AND OVERWEIGHT ADULTS.

Added on July 26th, 2011

Reliability and validity of accelerometer devices when used to detect differences in activity intensity and estimate energy expenditure in lean and overweight adults. Khalid S. AlJaloud, Adrienne R. Hughes,...   Continue Reading >>>

  • Authors: KHALID S. ALJALOUD; ADRIENNE R. HUGHES; STUART D.R. GALLOWAY
  • Institutions: KING SAUD UNIVERSITY

The validity of the Computer Science and Applications activity monitor for use in coronary artery disease patients during level walking

Added on December 7th, 2010

The principal aim of the present study was to examine the validity of the Computer Science and Applications (CSA) activity monitor during level walking in coronary artery disease (CAl))...   Continue Reading >>>

  • Authors: Ekelund, U; Tingstroem, P; Kamwendo, K; Krantz, M; Nylander, E; Sjoestroem, M; Bergdahl, B
  • Institutions: Oerebro University

Energy Estimation of Treadmill Walking Using On-Body Accelerometers and Gyroscopes

Added on December 7th, 2010

Background -Regular physical activity (PA) has many health benefits -Walking:most common activity among the physically active -Energy expenditure due to walking assists assessments of PA levels and determine effectiveness...   Continue Reading >>>

  • Authors: Harshvardhan Vathsangam, B. Adar Emken, E. Todd Schroeder, Donna Spruijt-Metz and Gaurav S. Sukhatme
  • Institutions: Center for Embedded Networked Sensing
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Validation and Calibration of Physical Activity Monitors in Children

Added on December 7th, 2010

Objective: This study was designed to validate accelerometer-based activity monitors against energy expenditure (EE) in children; to compare monitor placement sites; to field-test the monitors: and to establish sedentary,...   Continue Reading >>>

  • Authors: Maurice R. Puyau, Anne L. Adolph, Firoz A. Vohra, and Nancy F. Butte
  • Institutions: --

Simultaneous heart rate-motion sensor technique to estimate energy expenditure

Added on November 18th, 2010

Purpose: Heart rate (HR) and motion sensors represent promising tools for physical activity (PA) assessment, as each provides an estimate of energy expenditure (EF). Although each has inherent limitations,...   Continue Reading >>>

  • Authors: SCOTT I. STRATH; DAVID R. BASSETT, JR.; ANN M. SWARTZ; DIXIE L. THOMPSON
  • Institutions: University of Tennessee

Titre du document / Document title Relationship between physical activity measured using accelerometers and energy expenditure measured using doubly labelled water in Indian children

Added on November 12th, 2010

Background/Objectives: To test the association between physical activity measured using accelerometer counts (Actigraph) and energy expenditure (EE) measured using the doubly labelled water (DLW) method in free-living children in...   Continue Reading >>>

  • Authors: KRISHNAVENI G. V; VEENA S. R; KURIYAN R; KISHORE R. P; WILLS A. K; NALINAKSHI M; KEHOE S; FALL Chd; KURPAD A. V
  • Institutions: Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, St John's National Academy of Health Sciences, and University of Southampton
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