Physical Activity Assessment With Accelerometers: An Evaluation Against Doubly Labeled Water

• Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) Vol. 15; no. 10; pp. 2371 - 2379
• Main Authors: Plasqui, Guy, Westerterp, Klaas R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2007
• Subjects: Accelerometers; Body Water - metabolism; calorimetry; Digital archives; Energy; energy expenditure; Energy Metabolism; Exercise; Female; Humans; isotope; Kinesiology, Applied - instrumentation; Kinesiology, Applied - methods; Male; Metabolism; Monitoring, Ambulatory - instrumentation; Movement; Obesity; physical activity; Sensors; Netherlands

This review focuses on the ability of different accelerometers to assess daily physical activity as compared with the doubly labeled water (DLW) technique, which is considered the gold standard for measuring energy expenditure under free‐living conditions. The PubMed Central database (U.S. NIH free...