Guide to the assessment of physical activity: clinical and research applications: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

SJ Strath, LA Kaminsky, BE Ainsworth, U Ekelund… - Circulation, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
2260 Circulation November 12, 2013 week at moderate intensity or 150 minutes per week at
vigorous intensity or an equivalent combination of both; and (4) muscle-strengthening …

A review of signals used in sleep analysis

A Roebuck, V Monasterio, E Gederi… - Physiological …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
This article presents a review of signals used for measuring physiology and activity during
sleep and techniques for extracting information from these signals. We examine both clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating activity and sedentary behavior from an accelerometer on the hip or wrist

ME Rosenberger, WL Haskell, F Albinali… - Medicine and science …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Previously the National Health and Examination Survey measured physical activity
with an accelerometer worn on the hip for seven days, but recently changed the location of …

[HTML][HTML] Validity of actigraphs uniaxial and triaxial accelerometers for assessment of physical activity in adults in laboratory conditions

LA Kelly, DGE McMillan, A Anderson, M Fippinger… - BMC medical …, 2013 - Springer
Background Few studies to date have directly compared the Actigraphs GT1M and the
GT3X, it would be of tremendous value to know if these accelerometers give similar …

Comparison of steps and energy expenditure assessment in adults of Fitbit Tracker and Ultra to the Actical and indirect calorimetry

J Adam Noah, DK Spierer, J Gu… - Journal of medical …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Epidemic levels of inactivity are associated with chronic diseases and rising healthcare
costs. To address this, accelerometers have been used to track levels of activity. The Fitbit …

The ActivityStat hypothesis: the concept, the evidence and the methodologies

SR Gomersall, AV Rowlands, C English, C Maher… - Sports medicine, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background The ActivityStat hypothesis suggests that when physical activity is
increased or decreased in one domain, there will be a compensatory change in another …

[HTML][HTML] METs and accelerometry of walking in older adults: standard versus measured energy cost

KS Hall, CA Howe, SR Rana, CL Martin… - Medicine and science …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose This study aimed to measure the metabolic cost (METs) of walking activities in older
adults, to examine the relationship between accelerometer output and METs across walking …

Daily spousal influence on physical activity in knee osteoarthritis

LM Martire, MAP Stephens, J Mogle… - Annals of Behavioral …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background Physical activity is critical for the management of knee osteoarthritis, and the
spouse may play a role in encouraging or discouraging physical activity. Purpose The …

Effect of cardiovascular training on fitness and perceived disease activity in people with ankylosing spondylitis

K Niedermann, E Sidelnikov, C Muggli… - Arthritis care & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Several studies suggest that patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) have an
increased risk of cardiovascular disease. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a 12 …

[HTML][HTML] Classification accuracy of the wrist-worn GENEA accelerometer

WA Welch, DR Bassett, DL Thompson… - Medicine and science …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine whether the published left-wrist cut-
points for the triaxial GENEA accelerometer, are accurate for predicting intensity categories …