Physical activity monitoring: Addressing the difficulties of accurately detecting slow walking speeds

S.L. Harrison; Elizabeth Horton; R. Smith; C.J. Sandland; M.C. Steiner; M.D.L. Morgan; Sally J. Singh

doi:10.1016/j.hrtlng.2013.06.004

Physical activity monitoring: Addressing the difficulties of accurately detecting slow walking speeds

S.L. Harrison, Elizabeth Horton, R. Smith, C.J. Sandland, M.C. Steiner, M.D.L. Morgan, Sally J. Singh

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Objective: To test the accuracy of a multi-sensor activity monitor (SWM) in detecting slow walking speeds in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Background: Concerns have been expressed regarding the use of pedometers in patient populations. Although activity monitors are more sophisticated devices, their accuracy at detecting slow walking speeds common in patients with COPD has yet to be proven. Methods: A prospective observational study design was employed. An incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) was completed by 57 patients with COPD wearing an SWM. The ISWT was repeated by 20 patients wearing the same SWM. Results: Differences were identified between metabolic equivalents (METS) and between step-count across five levels of the ISWT (p

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	361-364
Journal	Heart and Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume	42
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrtlng.2013.06.004
Publication status	Published - 2013

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NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Heart and Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Heart and Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care [42, 5 (2013)] DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2013.06.004].

Keywords

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
incremental shuttle walk test
physical activity
reliability and validity
sensitivity

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Physical activity monitoring: Addressing the difficulties of accurately detecting slow walking speeds

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