Application and Validation of Activity Monitors’ Epoch Lengths and Placement Sites for Physical Activity Assessment in Exergaming

Application and Validation of Activity Monitors’ Epoch Lengths and Placement Sites for Physical Activity Assessment in Exergaming

We assessed the agreement of two ActiGraph activity monitors (wGT3X vs. GT9X) placed at the hip and the wrist and determined an appropriate epoch length for physical activity levels in an exergaming setting. Forty-seven young adults played a 30-min exergame while wearing wGT3X and GT9X on both hip a...

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Main Authors: Jungyun Hwang, Austin Michael Fernandez, Amy Shirong Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-09-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
active video game
accelerometry
physical activity assessment
epoch
placement site
heart rate
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/7/9/268

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