Validity of activity monitors in health and chronic disease: a systematic review

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Van Remoortel, Hans ^a,j   Giavedoni, Santiago ^b   Raste, Yogini ^c   Burtin, Chris ^a   Louvaris, Zafeiris ^d,ac   Gimeno Santos, Elena ^e   Langer, Daniel ^a   Glendenning, Alastair ^f   Hopkinson, Nicholas S ^c   Vogiatzis, Ioannis ^d,o   Peterson, Barry T ^g   Wilson, Frederick ^g   Mann, Bridget ^f   Rabinovich, Roberto ^b   Puhan, Milo A ^h,i   Troosters, Thierry ^a,j,l   Chiesi Farmaceutici, S A ^k   Brindicci, Caterina ^k   Higenbottam, Tim ^k   Dobbels, Fabienne ^l   Decramer, Marc ^l   Tabberer, Margaret X ^m   Rabinovich, Roberto A ⁿ   McNee, William ⁿ   Polkey, Michael ^p   Hopkinson, Nick ^p   Garcia Aymerich, Judith ^q   Puhan, Milo ^r   Frei, Anja ^r   van der Molen, Thys ^s   De Jong, Corina ^s   de Boer, Pim ^t   Jarrod, Ian ^u   McBride, Paul ^v   Kamel, Nadia ^w   Rudell, Katja ^x   Wilson, Frederick J ^x   Ivanoff, Nathalie ^y   Kulich, Karoly ^z   Glendenning, Alistair ^z   Karlsson, Niklas X ^aa   Corriol Rohou, Solange ^aa   Nikai, Enkeleida ^ab   Damijen Erzen, ^ac   more..

^a KU LEUVEN DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Thorax Foundation   (Greece)

^e CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^f NOVARTIS HORSHAM RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^g PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^l GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ Thorax Research Foundation   (Greece)

^o ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^p INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^q UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^r UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^s Netherlands Asthma Foundation   (Netherlands)

^t BRITISH LUNG FOUNDATION   (United Kingdom)

^u Choice Healthcare Solution   (United Kingdom)

^v European Respiratory Society   (Switzerland)

^w PFIZER INC   (United States)

^x Almirall Prodesfarma S A   (Spain)

^y Novartis   (Switzerland)

^z ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^aa UCB PHARMA   (Belgium)

^ab BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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Author keywords

Activity monitoring; Chronic diseases; Doubly labelled water; Indirect calorimetry; Physical activity; Systematic review; Validation study

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL DEVICE; MONITOR; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RUNNING; SENSOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 84863534837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-9-84     Document Type: Review

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