Background/Purpose Regular physical activity is associated with reduced chronic disease burden and mortality. Recognizing the importance of physical activity, there are US federal guidelines for adults that also include persons with arthritis. Improving physical activity may be key to improving overall public health and reducing health care spending. Quality ...
Introduction The prolonged length of stay on the bed is related to the development of musculoskeletal and respiratory disorders. Therefore, the investigation of the level of physical activity and to verifying which factors are associated with the physical activity level in hospitalized patients might be important for future strategies to ...
Numerous studies have reported positive impacts of physical activity on cognitive function. However, the majority of these studies have utilised physical activity questionnaires or surveys, thus results may have been influenced by reporting biases. Through the objective measurement of routine levels of physical activity via actigraphy, we report a significant ...
Background Accurate objective assessment of sedentary and physical activity behaviours during childhood is integral to the understanding of their relation to later health outcomes, as well as to documenting the frequency and distribution of physical activity within a population. Purpose To calibrate the ActiGraph GT1M accelerometer, using energy expenditure (...
Background There is increasing evidence of the impact of physical activity (PA) in childhood on future health and well-being. The use of accelerometers in population-based studies provides objectively measured activity levels, although there are very few studies using this technology to collect data from young children. The resulting data are ...
Background Physical inactivity is common in stable COPD and independently predicts poor outcomes. Longitudinal assessments of physical activity in outpatients with COPD, covering periods of stability and exacerbations, have not been evaluated previously. Methods Patients with clinically-stable COPD and a history of 2 or more clinical exacerbations in the preceding 12 months ...
Objective To describe levels of physical activity, sedentary time and adherence to Chief Medical Officers (CMO) physical activity guidelines among primary school-aged children across the UK using objective accelerometer-based measurements. Design Nationally representative prospective cohort study. Setting Children born across the UK, between 2000 and 2002. Participants 6497 7-year-old to 8-year-old singleton children ...
Background To test for cross-sectional (at age 11) and longitudinal associations between objectively measured free-living physical activity (PA) and academic attainment in adolescents.Method Data from 4755 participants (45% male) with valid measurement of PA (total volume and intensity) by accelerometry at age 11 from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) ...
Growing attention has lately been given to the importance of Vitamin D as a factor protecting people’s health. As an exploratory study, we investigated the relationship between physical activity, light level and individuals’ vitamin D status within an intervention promoting physical activity. Fourteen adults (age 49.2±8.0 yr.) underwent a short ...
Introduction Recent physical activity (PA) guidelines incorporate recognition of the greater health benefits from higher intensity PA, but still dichotomize intensity into moderate or vigorous categories. New ubiquitous wearable accelerometry enables the estimation of intensity along the continuum from moderate intensity upwards. Purpose To compare two versions of a MET-min ...