Mechanical and free living comparisons of four generations of the Actigraph activity monitor

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Niels Christian Møller³  Lars Bo Andersen¹  May Grydeland¹  Bjørge Herman Hansen¹  Søren Brage²  Jan Christian Brønd³  Mathias Ried-Larsen³ 

[1] Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway;MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, UK;University of Southern Denmark, Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, Centre of Research in Childhood Health, Campusvej, Odense M, 55 5230, Denmark

关键词: Free living;    Mechanical testing;    Physical activity intensity;    Physical activity assessment;    Accelerometry;   

Others  :  811788
DOI  :  10.1186/1479-5868-9-113

 received in 2012-03-21, accepted in 2012-09-04,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

More studies include multiple generations of the Actigraph activity monitor. So far no studies have compared the output including the newest generation and investigated the impact on the output of the activity monitor when enabling the low frequency extension (LFE) option. The aims were to study the responses of four generations (AM7164, GT1M, GT3X and GT3X+) of the Actigraph activity monitor in a mechanical setup and a free living environment with and without enabling the LFE option.

Methods

The monitors were oscillated in a mechanical setup using two radii in the frequency range 0.25-3.0 Hz. Following the mechanical study a convenience sample (N = 20) wore three monitors (one AM7164 and two GT3X) for 24 hours.

Results

The AM7164 differed from the newer generations across frequencies (p < 0.05) in the mechanical setup. The AM7164 produced a higher output at the lower and at the highest intensities, whereas the output was lower at the middle intensities in the mid-range compared to the newer generations. The LFE option decreased the differences at the lower frequencies, but increased differences at the higher. In free living, the mean physical activity level (PA) of the GT3X was 18 counts per minute (CPM) (8%) lower compared to the AM7164 (p < 0.001). Time spent in sedentary intensity was 26.6 minutes (95% CI 15.6 to 35.3) higher when assessed by the GT3X compared to the AM7164 (p < 0.001). Time spend in light and vigorous PA were 23.3 minutes (95% CI 31.8 to 14.8) and 11.7 minutes (95% CI 2.8 to 0.7) lower when assessed by the GT3X compared to the AM7164 (p < 0.05). When enabling the LFE the differences in the sedentary and light PA intensity (<333 counts*10 sec^-1) were attenuated (p > 0.05 for differences between generations) thus attenuated the difference in mean PA (p > 0.05) when the LFE option was enabled. However, it did not attenuate the difference in time spend in vigorous PA and it introduced a difference in time spend in moderate PA (+ 3.0 min (95% CI 0.4 to 5.6)) between the generations.

Conclusion

We observed significant differences between the AM7164 and the newer Actigraph GT-generations (GT1M, GT3X and GT3X+) in a mechanical setup and in free-living. Enabling the LFE option attenuated the differences in mean PA completely, but induced a bias in the moderate PA intensities.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Ried-Larsen et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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