ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2015
Validation of five minimally obstructive methods to estimate physical activity energy expenditure in young adults in semi-standardized settings.
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- Validity of Actigraph for Measuring Energy Expenditure in Healthy Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Pooled it
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- From Single Movement Behaviors to Complete 24-h Behaviors Profiles and Multiple Health Outcomes-A Cross-Sectional Study Using Accelerometry.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2025Article
- Estimating Physical Activity and Sleep using the Combination of Movement and Heart Rate: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of exercise science · 2023Review
- Energy cost of walking in older adults: accuracy of the ActiGraph accelerometer predictive equations.Nutrition research and practice · 2022Article
- Validity of three smartwatches in estimating energy expenditure during outdoor walking and running.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Light-intensity physical activity derived from count or activity types is differently associated with adiposity markers.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2020Article
- Do all daily metabolic equivalent task units (METs) bring the same health benefits?British journal of sports medicine · 2019Article
- Accuracy of the energy expenditure during uphill exercise measured by the Waist-worn ActiGraph.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2019Article
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- Self-Reported Physical Activity is Not a Valid Method for Measuring Physical Activity in 15-Year-Old South African Boys and Girls.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- Validation of a method for estimating energy expenditure during walking in middle-aged adults.European journal of applied physiology · 2018Article
- Energy Expenditure in People with Diabetes Mellitus: A Review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2016Review
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Abstract
We compared the accuracy of five objective methods, including two newly developed methods combining accelerometry and activity type recognition (Acti4), against indirect calorimetry, to estimate total energy expenditure (EE) of different activities in semi-standardized settings. Fourteen participants performed a standardized and semi-standardized protocol including seven daily life activity types, while having their EE measured by indirect calorimetry. Simultaneously, physical activity was quantified by an ActivPAL3, two ActiGraph GT3X+'s and an Actiheart. EE was estimated by the standard ActivPAL3 software (ActivPAL), ActiGraph GT3X+ (ActiGraph) and Actiheart (Actiheart), and by a combination of activity type recognition via Acti4 software and activity counts per minute (CPM) of either a hip- or thigh-worn ActiGraph GT3X+ (AGhip + Acti4 and AGthigh + Acti4). At group level, estimated physical activities EE by Actiheart (MSE = 2.05) and AGthigh + Acti4 (MSE = 0.25) were not significantly different from measured EE by indirect calorimetry, while significantly underestimated by ActiGraph, ActivPAL and AGhip + Acti4. AGthigh + Acti4 and Actiheart explained 77% and 45%, of the individual variations in measured physical activity EE by indirect calorimetry, respectively. This study concludes that combining accelerometer data from a thigh-worn ActiGraph GT3X+ with activity type recognition improved the accuracy of activity specific EE estimation against indirect calorimetry in semi-standardized settings compared to previously validated methods using CPM only.
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