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Physical Activity Assessment Domain
Introduction
  • What is physical activity?
  • Energy expenditure
  • Movement
  • Posture
  • Volume, intensity, duration, frequency
  • Physical behaviour type
  • Contextual information: Domain, spatial settings and social contexts
  • Sedentary behaviour
  • Physical activity guidelines
  • Physical activity variation
Subjective methods
  • Introduction to subjective methods
  • Questionnaires
  • Diaries and logs
Objective methods
  • Introduction to objective methods
  • Pedometers
  • Accelerometers
  • Heart rate monitors
  • Combined heart rate and motion sensors
  • Direct observation
  • Doubly labelled water
  • GPS and other GNSS receivers
  • Multi sensor monitors
Harmonisation
  • Harmonisation of physical activity data
  • Case study: Physical activity during pregnancy and anthropometry of the offspring
  • Comparison of three harmonisation methods using validation data
  • Network harmonisation of physical activity data using validation data
Video resources
  • Physical Activity Assessment Video Resources
  • Getting participants started with the Axivity Monitor
  • Wearing the Axivity Monitor
  • Getting participants started with the ActiGraph Monitor
  • Getting participants started with the Actiheart Monitor
  • Wearing the ActiGraph monitor
  • Step Test Procedure
Other
  • Physical activity assessment decision matrix

Physical Activity Assessment Video Resources

Contents
  • Getting participants started with the Axivity Monitor
  • Wearing the Axivity Monitor
  • Getting participants started with the ActiGraph Monitor
  • Getting participants started with the Actiheart Monitor
  • Step Test in the Lab Procedure
  • Wearing the ActiGraph monitor
Getting participants started with the Axivity Monitor

Wearing the Axivity Monitor

Getting participants started with the ActiGraph Monitor

Getting participants started with the Actiheart Monitor

Step Test in the Lab Procedure

Wearing the ActiGraph monitor

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