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Comparing the Actical and ActiGraph Approach to Measuring Young Children's Physical Activity Levels and Sedentary Time.

Abstract

Young children's activity and sedentary time were simultaneously measured via the Actical method (i.e., Actical accelerometer and specific cut-points) and the ActiGraph method (i.e., ActiGraph accelerometer and specific cut-points) at both 15-s and 60-s epochs to explore possible differences between these 2 measurement approaches. For 7 consecutive days, participants (n = 23) wore both the Actical and ActiGraph side-by-side on an elastic …

Authors

Vanderloo LM; Di Cristofaro NA; Proudfoot NA; Tucker P; Timmons BW

Journal

Pediatric Exercise Science, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 133–142

Publisher

Human Kinetics

Publication Date

February 2016

DOI

10.1123/pes.2014-0218

ISSN

0899-8493