1. Comparability and feasibility of wrist- and hip-worn accelerometers in free-living adolescents
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David R. Lubans, Dylan P. Cliff, Joseph J. Scott, Ronald C. Plotnikoff, Alex V. Rowlands, Philip J. Morgan, Scott, Joseph J, Rowlands, Alex V, Cliff, Dylan P, Morgan, Philip J, Plotnikoff, Ronald C, and Lubans, David R
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Male ,musculoskeletal diseases ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Concurrent validity ,Physical activity ,physical activity youth ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,Fitness Trackers ,Wrist ,Accelerometer ,compliance ,perceptions ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Paired samples ,Accelerometry ,medicine ,Humans ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Exercise ,Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic ,Hip ,GENEActi ,business.industry ,Comparability ,Patient Preference ,030229 sport sciences ,body regions ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Linear relationship ,Physical therapy ,Feasibility Studies ,Patient Compliance ,actigraph ,Female ,New South Wales ,business - Abstract
Objective: To determine the comparability and feasibility of wrist- and hip-worn accelerometers among free-living adolescents. Design: 89 adolescents (age = 13-14. years old) from eight secondary schools in New South Wales (NSW), Australia wore wrist-worn GENEActiv and hip-worn ActiGraph (GT3X+) accelerometers simultaneously for seven days and completed an accelerometry behavior questionnaire. Methods: Bivariate correlations between the wrist- and hip-worn out-put were used to determine concurrent validity. Paired samples t-test were used to compare minutes per day in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). Group means and paired sample t-tests were used to analyze participants' perceptions of the wrist- and hip-worn monitoring protocols to assist with determining the feasibility. Results: Wrist-worn accelerometry compared favorably with the hip-worn in average activity (r = 0.88, p.
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- 2017
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