Impact of Activity Monitors on Quantification of Physical Activity - A Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis (Preprint)

Abstract

Abstract:Utilization of several research and consumer grade activity monitors for quantification of Physical Activity has created an uncertainty due to imprecise measurement. The aim of this analysis was to determine the impact of different activity monitors for quantifying PA among the sedentary population for accurate measurement of EE, MET and Temporospatial parameters of Conclusion:Evidences presented in the paper reveals that a paradigm shift has been seen from subjective measurement approach to objective measurement due to availability of several types of accelerometers. activPAL has found to effective in quantification of PA during life style behaviors Keywords, Physical Activity, sedentary lifestyle, activPAL, actigraph, research-grade activity monitor Introduction:

Health-Related Telemonitoring Parameters/Signals of Older Adults: An Umbrella Review

“…Accordingly, 18 systematic reviews were included in this umbrella review ( Figure 1 ). Nine of the reviews were developed in European countries [ 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 ], four in North American countries [ 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 ], three in Australia [ 30 , 31 , 32 ], one in Pakistan [ 33 ], and one in India [ 34 ]. The number of studies included in each review varied between 7 and 73, with an average of 32 studies, and a median of 25 studies.…”

“…The databases most commonly searched by the studies included MEDLINE (ten studies [ 17 , 19 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 26 , 28 , 30 , 31 , 33 ]), PubMed by nine [ 18 , 20 , 24 , 25 , 27 , 29 , 31 , 32 , 33 ]), EMBASE by eight [ 17 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 26 , 28 , 29 , 32 ], CINAHL by six [ 17 , 20 , 23 , 29 , 30 , 31 ], SCOPUS by five [ 19 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 34 ], COCHRANE by four [ 18 , 26 , 30 , 33 ], Web of Science by three [ 19 , 22 , 25 ], Science Direct [ 19 , 23 ], Google Scholar [ 29 , 33 ], ACM digital [ 19 , 24 ], IEE Xplorer [ 19 ,…”

“…Different types of studies were included in each review, varying between observational [ 19 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 26 , 28 , 30 , 32 ], CC [ 19 ], CSS [ 18 , 19 , 25 ], CO [ 19 ], RCT [ 17 , 21 , 22 , 28 , 32 , 33 ], nRCT [ 17 ], CS [ 28 ], PRO [ 27 ], and the development of a monitoring system [ 18 ].…”

“…The methodological quality of each systematic review is shown in Table 2 . Only four reviews were considered high quality [ 21 , 22 , 29 , 32 ], five presented moderate quality [ 17 , 23 , 25 , 26 , 30 ], eight presented low quality [ 18 , 19 , 20 , 24 , 27 , 28 , 31 , 33 ], and one showed critically low quality [ 34 ].…”

“…The reviews included samples ranging from 290 to 17131 participants [ 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 ].…”