Abstract: The environment has long been associated with physical activity engagement, and recent developments in technology have resulted in the ability to objectively quantify activity behaviours and activity context. This paper reviews studies that have combined Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and accelerometry to investigate the PA-environment ...
Purpose: The dominant methodology for assessing the effects of environment on physical activity focuses on the home environment. However physical activity may occur throughout the day in other locations. These environments may play a role in influencing amount of physical activity conducted, and should be considered.
Methods: Eight studies using ...
Purpose: Most studies of neighbourhood features examine singular neighbourhood attributes, which may pattern in different ways. This study aimed to identify typologies of neighbourhood attributes and their associations with physical activity among children.
Methods: The homes of 808 children aged 5-6 and 10-12 years were mapped in a Geographic Information System. ...
Purpose: The importance of greenspace for young people’s moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) is still unknown. Few studies exist which combine accelerometry, Global Positioning System (GPS), and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) among youths. This study investigated the relationship between (i) amount of neighbourhood greenspace and MVPA, and (ii) MVPA time ...
Purpose: Explore environment-related patterns of GPS signal-loss, levels of objectively measured physical activity (PA) during periods of GPS signal loss, and the effect of missing GPS data on relationships between environmental variables, PA and sedentary behavior.
Methods: Eight free-living studies using GPS and accelerometer devices were pooled, representing a range ...
Purpose: Being outdoors is as a correlate for enhanced physical activity (PA), but the association has seldom been investigated using objective measures. This paper investigates the association between week day outdoor time and context-specific moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA) by gender.
Methods: Children (n=170, 11-16 years old) from the When ...
Purpose: To compare relations of neighborhood walkability and home equipment to (1) total and (2) location-specific physical activity.
Methods: 290 adolescents (M age=14.1±1.4 years; 45% girls; 74.7% White non-Hispanic) wore GPS and accelerometers for 5.4±1.9 days set to record at 30-second epochs. GIS was used to calculate a walkability index (sum of z-scores for density, mixed-use, ...
Purpose: Increasing physical activity (PA) may be an important non-pharmacological approach to improve sleep quality but it is not clear how level and timing and co-current light exposure influence sleep quality. PA time outdoors may be more beneficial for sleep, but only recently has it been possible to measure sleep, ...
Purpose: To pilot test the Bluetooth based ZONITH Indoor Positioning System (IPS) and investigate if different indoor areas in a science museum are associated with different types of behavior.
Methods: 171 students (grade 6) were invited to participate in the study and were asked to wear a Bluetooth-enabled Global Positioning System (GPS) ...
Purpose: To investigate how schoolchildren use different schoolyard areas and whether these areas are associated with different types of behavior. Schoolyard characteristics seem to be related to behavior during recess, but exactly which behavior takes place where is unclear.
Methods: Time spent by 316 students (grade 5-8) in 5 types of schoolyard ...