Using accelerometers in youth physical activity studies: a review of methods

KL Cain, JF Sallis, TL Conway… - … of Physical Activity …, 2013 - journals.humankinetics.com
Background: In 2005, investigators convened by the National Cancer Institute recommended
development of standardized protocols for accelerometer use and reporting decision rules in …

Adherence to the World Health Organization's physical activity recommendation in preschool-aged children: a systematic review and meta-analysis of accelerometer …

M Bourke, A Haddara, A Loh, V Carson… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recommend that preschool-
aged children should engage in 180 min of total physical activity (TPA) including 60 min of …

Variations in accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time across Europe–harmonized analyses of 47,497 children and adolescents

J Steene-Johannessen, BH Hansen, KE Dalene… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Levels of physical activity and variation in physical activity and sedentary time
by place and person in European children and adolescents are largely unknown. The …

[HTML][HTML] Timing of the decline in physical activity in childhood and adolescence: Gateshead Millennium Cohort Study

MA Farooq, KN Parkinson, AJ Adamson… - British journal of sports …, 2018 - bjsm.bmj.com
Background and aim There is a widely held and influential view that physical activity begins
to decline at adolescence. This study aimed to identify the timing of changes in physical …

The validity of consumer-level, activity monitors in healthy adults worn in free-living conditions: a cross-sectional study

T Ferguson, AV Rowlands, T Olds, C Maher - International journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Background Technological advances have seen a burgeoning industry for accelerometer-
based wearable activity monitors targeted at the consumer market. The purpose of this study …

Validation and comparison of ActiGraph activity monitors

JE Sasaki, D John, PS Freedson - Journal of science and medicine in sport, 2011 - Elsevier
Objective: To compare activity counts from the ActiGraph GT3X to those from the ActiGraph
GT1M during treadmill walking/running. A secondary aim was to develop tri-axial vector …

Calibration of two objective measures of physical activity for children

KR Evenson, DJ Catellier, K Gill, KS Ondrak… - Journal of sports …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
A calibration study was conducted to determine the threshold counts for two commonly used
accelerometers, the ActiGraph and the Actical, to classify activities by intensity in children 5 …

Daily physical activity assessment with accelerometers: new insights and validation studies

G Plasqui, AG Bonomi, KR Westerterp - obesity reviews, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The field of application of accelerometry is diverse and ever expanding. Because by
definition all physical activities lead to energy expenditure, the doubly labelled water (DLW) …

[PDF][PDF] Prevalence of the Portuguese population attaining sufficient physical activity

F Baptista, DA Santos, AM Silva, J Mota… - Medicine & Science in …, 2012 - academia.edu
Exerc., Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 466–473, 2012. Purpose: Physical activity has many health
benefits, and to implement strategies, mainly in those groups with insufficient levels of …

Comparison of three generations of ActiGraph™ activity monitors in children and adolescents

KM Robusto, SG Trost - Journal of sports sciences, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, we evaluated agreement among three generations of ActiGraph™
accelerometers in children and adolescents. Twenty-nine participants (mean age= 14.2±3.0 …