Comparison of Pedometer and Accelerometer Accuracy under Controlled Conditions

Masurier, Guy C. Le; Tudor‐Locke, Catrine

doi:10.1249/01.mss.0000064996.63632.10

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“…Researchers sealed the pedometers on site and placed them on participants on day 1 of the monitoring period and removed them on day 3. The Yamax Digiwalker SW series has consistently been found among the most accurate of pedometers (22)(23)(24)(25)(26) , and the Yamax SW-200 is recommended as a reliable monitor for use in children (27,28) .…”

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Effects of peer influence on dietary intake and physical activity in schoolchildren

Finnerty

Reeves

Dabinett

et al. 2009

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To investigate the dietary intake and physical activity of boys and girls aged 9-13 years, and the influence of peers on these behaviours. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Nine primary and secondary schools in south-west London. Subjects: A total of 315 children wore sealed pedometers, provided self-report measures of dietary intake and answered a questionnaire relating to peer influence. Anthropometric measures of height and weight were also obtained. Results: Obese children had the lowest reported energy intakes and the lowest step counts per day. Boys took significantly more steps per day than girls, however girls were closer to achieving their recommended cut-offs for physical activity. Girls had lower energy intakes per day and lower BMI Z-scores than boys, however both genders, across all age groups, had higher than recommended intakes of saturated fat. There were significant associations between peer influence and physical activity levels but not between peer influence and dietary intake. Conclusions: Low energy intake and physical activity levels but high saturated fat intakes among boys and girls across all age groups highlight the importance of promoting both physical activity and healthy food choices. The finding that peers have a significant effect on physical activity levels but not on dietary intake offers an important approach for the design of health promotion interventions and obesity prevention programmes. Such designs may be particularly beneficial for obese youth, since the low physical activity levels found could be a major contributing factor to the maintenance of the condition.

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Section: Physical Activitymentioning

confidence: 98%

Effects of peer influence on dietary intake and physical activity in schoolchildren

Finnerty

Reeves

Dabinett

et al. 2009

Public Health Nutr.

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“…The SW pedometer range has been shown to accurately detect steps in controlled laboratory (Le Masurier and Tudor-Locke 2003;Swartz et al 2003;Melanson et al 2004) and freeliving conditions (Le Masurier et al 2004;Schneider et al 2004) and has consequently been employed in numerous free-living activity studies (Chan et al 2004;Tudor-Locke et al 2004b;Hornbuckle et al 2005). The pedometer accurately assesses walking activity of all BMI classifications (Swartz et al 2003).…”

Section: Physical Activity Assessmentmentioning

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UK adults exhibit higher step counts in summer compared to winter months

Hamilton

Clemes

Griffiths

2008

Annals of Human Biology

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“…This brand of pedometer has been shown to accurately detect steps taken in both laboratory [13][14][15][16] and free-living conditions. 17 Participants were instructed to wear the pedometer throughout waking hours for a period of 4 weeks, only removing the pedometer when either bathing, showering or swimming.…”

Section: Assessment Of Physical Activitymentioning

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Four-week pedometer-determined activity patterns in normal weight and overweight UK adults

2006

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Objective: To assess pedometer-determined physical activity levels and activity patterns in a sample of free-living normal weight and overweight UK adults. Design: Pedometer-based 4-week observational study. Participants: One hundred and twenty-two healthy participants, recruited from two regions in the UK, classified as normal weight (33 females and 26 males) or overweight (31 females and 32 males), in the age range of 18 to 65 years, completed the study. Measurements: Daily step counts were measured using a Yamax SW-200 pedometer, and were then recorded in an activity log. Comparisons were made between activity patterns occurring over different days of the week for the normal weight and overweight groups. Measurements of height, weight and percentage body fat, by bioelectrical impedance, were taken pre-and post-study. Results: A consistent reduction in activity was observed on a Sunday in the overweight group, and mean daily step counts accumulated on Sundays were significantly lower, by an average of 2221 steps/day, when compared with all other days of the week (all Po0.001). In comparison, no day-of-the-week effect was observed in the normal weight group. Mean step counts reported on each day of the week did not differ significantly between the two groups, with the exception of Sunday when the overweight group reported significantly fewer steps than the normal weight participants (8093 versus 10 538, Po0.001). Conclusions: Activity levels dropped dramatically in the sample of overweight adults on a Sunday. Simple instructions to at-risk individuals, to increase their general activity levels on a Sunday, via general practitioners and public health messages could prove to be a subtle, but effective, strategy to tackle obesity.

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Comparison of Pedometer and Accelerometer Accuracy under Controlled Conditions

Cited by 304 publications

References 15 publications

Effects of peer influence on dietary intake and physical activity in schoolchildren

Effects of peer influence on dietary intake and physical activity in schoolchildren

UK adults exhibit higher step counts in summer compared to winter months

Four-week pedometer-determined activity patterns in normal weight and overweight UK adults

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