Systematic review of accelerometer-based methods for 24-h physical behavior assessment in young children (0–5 years old)

A Lettink, TM Altenburg, J Arts, VT van Hees… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Accurate accelerometer-based methods are required for assessment of 24-h
physical behavior in young children. We aimed to summarize evidence on measurement …

A calibration protocol for population-specific accelerometer cut-points in children

KA Mackintosh, SJ Fairclough, G Stratton, ND Ridgers - PLoS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Purpose To test a field-based protocol using intermittent activities representative of
children's physical activity behaviours, to generate behaviourally valid, population-specific …

Accelerometer-derived physical activity estimation in preschoolers–comparison of cut-point sets incorporating the vector magnitude vs the vertical axis

CS Leeger-Aschmann, EA Schmutz, AE Zysset… - BMC public health, 2019 - Springer
Background ActiGraph accelerometers are a widely used tool to objectively measure
physical activity (PA) behavior in young children and several validated cut-point sets exist to …

A systematic review of proxy-report questionnaires assessing physical activity, sedentary behavior and/or sleep in young children (aged 0–5 years)

J Arts, JS Gubbels, AP Verhoeff, MJM Chinapaw… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Accurate proxy-report questionnaires, adapted to the child's developmental
stage, are required to monitor 24-h movement behaviors in young children, especially for …

Accelerometer-derived physical activity levels of preschoolers: a meta-analysis

DB Bornstein, MW Beets, W Byun, K McIver - Journal of Science and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Objectives: This study synthesized the published estimates of daily moderate-to-vigorous
physical activity (MVPAd− 1) of preschooler-age children (3–5years). Design: Meta-analysis …

Moving forward with accelerometer-assessed physical activity: two strategies to ensure meaningful, interpretable, and comparable measures

AV Rowlands - Pediatric exercise science, 2018 - journals.humankinetics.com
Significant advances have been made in the measurement of physical activity in youth over
the past decade. Monitors and protocols promote very high compliance, both night and day …

Infants' and toddlers' physical activity and sedentary time as measured by accelerometry: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BA Bruijns, S Truelove, AM Johnson, J Gilliland… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Early experiences in physical activity (PA) are important to shape healthy
movement behaviours long-term; as such, it is critical that PA is promoted from infancy, and …

[HTML][HTML] Calibration and validation of accelerometry using cut-points to assess physical activity in paediatric clinical groups: A systematic review

MS Bianchim, MA McNarry, L Larun, AR Barker… - Preventive Medicine …, 2020 - Elsevier
Regular physical activity is associated with physiological and psychosocial benefits in both
healthy and clinical populations. However, little is known about tailoring the analysis of …

Feasibility and validity of accelerometer measurements to assess physical activity in toddlers

E Van Cauwenberghe, J Gubbels… - International Journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Background Accelerometers are considered to be the most promising tool for measuring
physical activity (PA) in free-living young children. So far, no studies have examined the …

Cross-validation of two accelerometers for assessment of physical activity and sedentary time in preschool children

S Alhassan, JR Sirard… - Pediatric …, 2017 - journals.humankinetics.com
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to cross-validate previously developed Actiwatch
(AW; Ekblom et al. 2012) and AcitGraph (AG; Sirard et al. 2005; AG-P, Pate et al. 2006) cut …