Accelerometer data collection and processing criteria to assess physical activity and other outcomes: a systematic review and practical considerations

JH Migueles, C Cadenas-Sanchez, U Ekelund… - Sports medicine, 2017 - Springer
Background Accelerometers are widely used to measure sedentary time, physical activity,
physical activity energy expenditure (PAEE), and sleep-related behaviors, with the …

[HTML][HTML] Considerations when using the activPAL monitor in field-based research with adult populations

CL Edwardson, EAH Winkler, DH Bodicoat… - Journal of sport and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Research indicates that high levels of sedentary behavior (sitting or lying with low energy
expenditure) are adversely associated with health. A key factor in improving our …

Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on elementary schoolers' physical activity, sleep, screen time and diet: A quasi‐experimental interrupted time series study

S Burkart, H Parker, RG Weaver, MW Beets… - Pediatric …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background COVID‐19 school closures pose a threat to children's wellbeing, but no COVID‐
19‐related studies have assessed children's behaviours over multiple years. Objective To …

Compositional data analysis for physical activity, sedentary time and sleep research

D Dumuid, TE Stanford… - … methods in medical …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
The health effects of daily activity behaviours (physical activity, sedentary time and sleep)
are widely studied. While previous research has largely examined activity behaviours in …

Measurement of physical activity in clinical practice using accelerometers

D Arvidsson, J Fridolfsson… - Journal of internal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Accelerometers are commonly used in clinical and epidemiological research for more
detailed measures of physical activity and to target the limitations of self‐report methods …

The compositional isotemporal substitution model: a method for estimating changes in a health outcome for reallocation of time between sleep, physical activity and …

D Dumuid, Ž Pedišić, TE Stanford… - … methods in medical …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
How people use their time has been linked with their health. For example, spending more
time being physically active is known to be beneficial for health, whereas long durations of …

Wear compliance and activity in children wearing wrist and hip mounted accelerometers

S Fairclough, R Noonan, A Rowlands… - … & Science in …, 2016 - research.edgehill.ac.uk
Purpose This study aimed to 1) explore children's compliance to wearing wrist-and hip-
mounted accelerometers, 2) compare children's physical activity (PA) derived from raw …

Associations of total amount and patterns of sedentary behaviour with type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome: The Maastricht Study

JD Van der Berg, CDA Stehouwer, H Bosma… - Diabetologia, 2016 - Springer
Aims/hypothesis The study investigated cross-sectional associations of total amount and
patterns of sedentary behaviour with glucose metabolism status and the metabolic …

Physical activity, sedentary time, and obesity in an international sample of children

PT Katzmarzyk, TV Barreira… - … & Science in …, 2015 - researchportal.bath.ac.uk
PURPOSE: To determine the relationships between moderate-to-vigorous physical activity
(MVPA), vigorous physical activity (VPA), sedentary time and obesity in children from 12 …

Systematic review of the relationships between combinations of movement behaviours and health indicators in the early years (0-4 years)

N Kuzik, VJ Poitras, MS Tremblay, EY Lee, S Hunter… - BMC public health, 2017 - Springer
Background A recent review highlighted important relationships between combinations of
movement behaviours (ie, sleep, sedentary behaviour, and physical activity) and health …