Using accelerometers and GPS units to identify the proportion of daily physical activity located in parks with playgrounds in New Zealand children

Quigg, Robin; Gray, Andrew; Reeder, Anthony I.; Holt, Alec; Waters, Debra L.

doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.02.002

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“…To date, most use of GPS devices in physical activity research among children has utilized the devices in conjunction with accelerometry to identify where children engage in physical activity [e.g. 68,69] or to identify routes to school [70].…”

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Playability: Built and Social Environment Features That Promote Physical Activity Within Children

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The role of neighbourhood built and social environments in shaping children's physical activity has received increasing interest over the past 10 years. We reviewed recent evidence published between 2011 and 2014. Most of the recent evidence continues to be cross-sectional. Few macro-level neighbourhood attributes were consistently associated with physical activity in the expected direction. The strongest evidence for associations between neighbourhood attributes and physical activity with was for the transportation environment, particularly in relation to proximity to school and transport-related physical activity. There was intermediate evidence that neighbourhood walking/cycling infrastructure and pedestrian safety structures are associated with transport-related PA. Recent evidence on associations between the neighbourhood built and social environment and children's PA is modest. Stronger study designs and greater attention to conceptual-matching and specificity of measures are critical to advance the evidence base.

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“…While prior studies have been successful in combining GPS and accelerometers to collect data on movement patterns in children (Jones et al, 2009;Cooper et al, 2010;Quigg et al, 2010), each study employed its own unique collection methods with a wide range of returned data between the studies. As there is so far no consensus on a common procedure in this nascent field, we tried three different data collection approaches to identify whether one particular approach would provide a higher amount of combined data than the others.…”

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“…The finding that children recorded more time at home in the summer, however, suggest that these differences may not solely be due to climate. However, since prior studies combining GPS and accelerometer in children were conducted in England and New Zealand (Jones et al, 2009;Cooper et al, 2010;Quigg et al, 2010), the differences observed may also reflect different societal attitudes towards space and physical activity.…”

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“…Early work in this field indicates that GPS mapping technology combined with accelerometers can differentiate among different types and locations of physical activity among children (Jones et al, 2009;Cooper et al, 2010;Quigg et al, 2010). Data collection remains difficult with these new modalities, especially among children, in part due to the short battery life of the GPS receivers.…”

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Combining global positioning system and accelerometer data to determine the locations of physical activity in children

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Abstract. National trends indicate that children and adolescents are not achieving sufficient levels of physical activity. Combining global positioning system (GPS) technology with accelerometers has the potential to provide an objective determination in locations where youth engage in physical activity. The aim of this study was to identify the optimal methods for collecting combined accelerometer and GPS data in youth, to best locate where children spend time and are physically active. A convenience sample of 24 mid-school children in Massachusetts was included. Accelerometers and GPS units were used to quantify and locate childhood physical activity over 5 weekdays and 2 weekend days. Accelerometer and GPS data were joined by time and mapped with a geographical information system (GIS) using ArcGIS software. Data were collected in winter, spring, summer in 2009-2010, collecting a total of 26,406 matched datapoints overall. Matched data yield was low (19.1% total), regardless of season (winter, 12.8%; spring, 30.1%; summer, 14.3%). Teacher-provided, pre-charged equipment yielded the most matched (30.1%; range: 10.1-52.3%) and greatest average days (6.1 days) of data. Across all seasons, children spent most of their time at home. Outdoor use patterns appeared to vary by season, with street use increasing in spring, and park and playground use increasing in summer. Children spent equal amounts of physical activity time at home and walking in the streets. Overall, the various methods for combining GPS and accelerometer data provided similarly low amounts of combined data. No combined GPS and accelerometer data collection method proved superior in every data return category, but use of GIS to map joined accelerometer and GPS data can demarcate childhood physical activity locations.

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“…11 For children and adolescents, GPS receivers have been used to identify built-environment correlates of activity, 12,13 school playground activities, 14 -16 active transport, 17 independent mobility, 18 exposure to environmental pollutants, 19 and location of free-living activities. 20,21 One shortcoming of GPS receivers is that they require a direct line of sight with at least four satellites to determine spatial position. In obstructed conditions, such as indoors or underneath a tree canopy, signal inconsistencies arising from limited satellite visibility and/or reflection of signal off nearby buildings or objects (multipath effect) can result in substantial positional error.…”

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Using accelerometers and GPS units to identify the proportion of daily physical activity located in parks with playgrounds in New Zealand children

Cited by 102 publications

References 41 publications

Playability: Built and Social Environment Features That Promote Physical Activity Within Children

Playability: Built and Social Environment Features That Promote Physical Activity Within Children

Combining global positioning system and accelerometer data to determine the locations of physical activity in children

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