Can a physical activity monitor provide a valid measure of arm elevation angle? A study to assess agreement between the SenseWear Mini Armband and the universal goniometer

• Published in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders Vol. 16; no. 1; p. 46
• Main Authors: Hirschhorn, Andrew D, Lockhart, John W, Breckenridge, John D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 03.03.2015; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Actigraphy - instrumentation; Adult; Algorithms; Arthrometry, Articular - instrumentation; Biomechanical Phenomena; Female; Healthy Volunteers; Humans; Male; Posture; Predictive Value of Tests; Range of Motion, Articular; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Upper Extremity - physiology; Young Adult

We undertook the current study to assess whether an accelerometer-based physical activity monitor, the SenseWear Mini Armband (SMA), could be used to provide data on static arm elevation, and to assess the agreement between static arm elevation measures obtained using SMA-derived data and those obta...