Journal: Journal for the measurement of physical behaviour

Article Title: Agreement of sedentary behaviour metrics derived from hip-worn and thigh-worn accelerometers among older adults: with implications for studying physical and cognitive health

doi: 10.1123/jmpb.2020-0036

Figure Lengend Snippet: Summary and Agreement Results for Sedentary Time and Patterns of Sedentary Time Measured Using ActiGraph GT3X+ and activPAL Micro Among Adult Changes in Thought (ACT) Participants; n=953

Article Snippet: Thigh-worn activPAL micro monitors were concurrently worn with hip-worn ActiGraph GT3X+ accelerometers (with SB measured using the 100 count-per-minute (cpm) cut-point; ActiGraph 100cpm ) by 953 older adults (age 77±6.6, 54% women) for 4-to-7 days.

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Journal: JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Article Title: Parents’ Perceptions of Children’s and Adolescents’ Use of Electronic Devices to Promote Physical Activity: Systematic Review of Qualitative Evidence

doi: 10.2196/44753

Figure Lengend Snippet: Summary of findings.

Article Snippet: , Phillips et al [ ], United Kingdom , To examine parents’ acceptability and feasibility of measurement tools to assess PA , ActiGraph GT3X+, ActivPAL4 micro, Actical (Philips Respironics Inc): 3 accelerometers , Parents reported that ActivPAL was the least preferred electronic device (children’s opposition to wearing it on their chest, skin irritation). ActiGraph was the most accepted..

Techniques: Activity Assay