Comparing different accelerometer cut-points for sedentary time in children
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01/05/2012
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Resumo |
Actigraph accelerometers are hypothesized to be valid measurements for assessing children's sedentary time. However, there is considerable variation in accelerometer cut-points used. Therefore, we compared the most common accelerometer sedentary cut-points of children performing sedentary behaviors. Actigraph Actitrainer uniaxial accelerometers were used to measure children's activity intensity (29 children, 5-11 years old) during different activities, namely playing computer games, nonelectronic sedentary games, watching television and playing outdoors. A structured protocol was the criterion for assessing the validity of four common cut-points (100, 300, 800, 1100 counts/minute). The median counts during all sedentary behaviors were below the lowest comparison cut-point of 100 cpm. The 75th percentile values for the sedentary behaviors were always below the cut-point of 300 cpm. Our results suggest that the cut-point of <100 cpm is the most appropriate. |
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Idioma(s) |
eng |
Publicador |
Human Kinetics |
Relação |
http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30046264/salmon-comparingdifferent-2012.pdf |
Direitos |
2012, Human Kinetics, Inc. |
Palavras-Chave | #behavior #overweight #obesity #girls #spent #physical activity |
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Journal Article |