Validity of the inexpensive Stepping Meter in counting steps in free living conditions: a pilot study
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Article Title | Validity of the inexpensive Stepping Meter in counting steps in free living conditions: a pilot study |
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ERA Journal ID | 9744 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | De Cocker, K. (Author), Cardon, G. (Author) and De Bourdeaudhuij, I. (Author) |
Journal Title | British Journal of Sports Medicine |
Journal Citation | 40 (8), pp. 714-716 |
Number of Pages | 3 |
Year | 2006 |
Publisher | BMJ |
Place of Publication | United kingdom |
ISSN | 0306-3674 |
1473-0480 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.2005.025296 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2579467/pdf/714.pdf |
Abstract | OBJECTIVES: To evaluate if inexpensive Stepping Meters are valid in counting steps in adults in free living conditions. METHODS: For six days, 35 healthy volunteers wore a criterion Yamax Digiwalker and five Stepping Meters every day until all 973 pedometers had been tested. Steps were recorded daily, and the differences between counts from the Digiwalker and the Stepping Meter were expressed as a percentage of the valid value of the Digiwalker step counts. The criterion used to determine if a Stepping Meter was valid was a maximum deviation of 10% from the Digiwalker step counts. RESULTS: A total of 252 (25.9%) Stepping Meters met the criterion, whereas 74.1% made an overestimation or underestimation of more than 10%. In more than one third (36.6%) of the invalid Stepping Meters, the deviation was greater than 50%. Most (64.8%) of the invalid pedometers overestimated the actual steps taken. CONCLUSIONS: Inexpensive Stepping Meters cannot be used in community interventions as they will give participants the wrong message. |
Keywords | adult; equipment design; ergometry; economics; instrumentation; standards; female; male; humans; health promotion; middle Aged; monitoring; ambulatory economics; pilot projects; reproducibility of results; walking |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 429999. Other health sciences not elsewhere classified |
420799. Sports science and exercise not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Ghent University, Belgium |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q560q/validity-of-the-inexpensive-stepping-meter-in-counting-steps-in-free-living-conditions-a-pilot-study
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