Actigraphy as a measure of physical activity for wheelchair users with spinal cord injury

Nursing Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 136-143

  Warms, Catherine A ^a   Belza, Basia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Methods; Motor activity; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; MONITORING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WHEELCHAIR; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 2142819351     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200403000-00010     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Ainsworth, B. E., Haskell, W. L., Whitt, M. C., Irwin, M. L., Swartz, A. M., Strath, S. J., et al., (2000). Compendium of physical activities: An update of activity codes and MET intensities. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 32(9 Suppl), S498-S516.
2. Bouchard, C., Tremblay, A., Leblanc, C., Lortie, G., Savard, R., & Theriault, G. (1983). A method to assess energy expenditure in children and adults. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 37, 461-467.
3. Dearwater, S. R., LaPorte, R. E., Cauley, J. A., & Brenes, G. (1985). Assessment of physical activity in inactive populations. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 17(6), 651-655.
4. Finn, K. J., & Specker, B. (2000). Comparison of Actiwatch monitor and Children's Activity Rating Scale. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 32(10), 1794-1797.
5. Fisher, S. V., & Gullickson, G. (1978). Energy cost of ambulation in health and disability: A literature review. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 59(3), 124-133.
6. Mason, D. J., & Redeker, N. (1993). Measurement of activity. Nursing Research, 42(2), 87-92.
7. Mollinger, L. A., Spurr, G. B., ElGhatit, A. Z., Barboriak, J. J., Rooney, C. B., Davidoff, D. D., et al., (1985). Daily energy expenditure and basal metabolic rates of patients with spinal cord injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 66(7), 420-426.
8. Monroe, M. B., Tataranni, P. A., Pratley, R., Manore, M. M., Skinner, J. S., & Ravussin, E. (1998). Lower daily energy expenditure as measured by a respiratory chamber in subjects with spinal cord injury compared with control subjects. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 68(6), 1223-1227.
9. Montoye, H. J., Kemper, H. C. G., Saris, W. H. M., & Washburn, R. A. (1996). Measuring physical activity aand energy expenditure. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
10. Ng, A. V., & Kent-Braun, J. A. (1997). Quantitation of lower physical activity in persons with multiple sclerosis. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 29(4), 517-523.
11. Patterson, S. M., Krantz, D. S., Montgomery, L. C., Deuster, P. A., Hedges, S. A., & Nebel, L. E. (1993). Automated physical activity monitoring: Validation and comparison with physiological and self-report measures. Psychophysiology, 30(3), 296-305.
12. Sarna, L., & Conde, F. (2001). Physical activity and fatigue during radiation therapy: A pilot study using actigraph monitors. Oncology Nursing Forum, 28(6), 1043-1046.
13. Sugimoto, A., Hara, Y., Findley, T. W., & Yonemoto, K. (1997). A useful method for measuring daily physical activity by a three-direction monitor. Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 29(1), 37-42.
14. Tudor-Locke, C. E., & Myers, A. M. (2001). Challenges and opportunities for measuring physical activity in sedentary adults. Sports Medicine, 31(2), 91-100.
15. Van den Berg-Emons, H. J., Bussmann, J. B., Brobbel, A. S., Roebroeck, M. E., van Meeteren, J. & Stam, H. J. (2001). Everyday physical activity in adolescents and young adults with meningomyelocele as measured with a novel activity monitor. Journal of Pediatrics, 139(6), 880-886.
16. Warms, C. A., Belza, B. L., Whitney, J. D., Mitchell, P. H., & Stiens, S. A. (2004). Lifestyle physical activity for individuals with spinal cord injury: A pilot study. American Journal of Health Promotion, 18(4), 288-291.
17. Washburn, R. A., & Copay, A. G. (1999). Assessing physical activity during wheelchair pushing: Validity of a portable accelerometer. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 16(3), 290-299.