Characteristics of very slow stepping in healthy adults and validity of the activPAL3™ activity monitor in detecting these steps. Issue 1 (January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Stansfield, Ben; Hajarnis, Mugdha; Sudarshan, Radhika
• Is Part Of: Medical engineering & physics. Volume 37:Issue 1(2015:Jan.)
• Page Start: 42
• Page End: 47
• Publication Date: 2015-01
• Subjects: Biomedical engineering -- Periodicals; Biomedical Engineering -- Periodicals; Physics -- Periodicals; Génie biomédical -- Périodiques; Biomedical engineering; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 610.28
• DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2014.10.003
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1350-4533

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">The validity of the activPAL3™ activity monitor was assessed at low speed and cadence.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">A treadmill walking protocol was used from 1.0 down to 0.1 m/s.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">Above 0.5 m/s and 69 steps/min over 90% of steps were detected.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">Below these thresholds performance reduced rapidly.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0025"> <label></label> <p id="par0025">At 0.1 m/s and below 27 steps/min no steps were detected.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>