Waist-Worn Actigraphy: Population-Referenced Percentiles for Total Activity Counts in U.S. Adults

Large Scale Population Assessment of Physical Activity Using Wrist Worn Accelerometers: The UK Biobank Study

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Physical activity behaviours in adolescence: Current evidence and opportunities for intervention

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Daily energy expenditure through the human life course

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Beyond Cut Points: Accelerometer Metrics that Capture the Physical Activity Profile

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Association between Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Mortality in NHANES

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Re-evaluating the effect of age on physical activity over the lifespan

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US Population-referenced Percentiles for Wrist-Worn Accelerometer-derived Activity

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Classification of occupational activity categories using accelerometry: NHANES 2003–2004

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Daily physical activity is negatively associated with thyroid hormone levels, inflammation, and immune system markers among men and women in the NHANES dataset

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Joint and Individual Representation of Domains of Physical Activity, Sleep, and Circadian Rhythmicity

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Lifestyle Behaviors in Metabolically Healthy and Unhealthy Overweight and Obese Women: A Preliminary Study

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Physical performance analysis: A new approach to assessing free-living physical activity in musculoskeletal pain and mobility-limited populations

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Daily patterns of physical activity by type 2 diabetes definition: Comparing diabetes, prediabetes, and participants with normal glucose levels in NHANES 2003–2006

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Accelerometer-Derived Total Activity Counts, Bouted Minutes of Moderate to Vigorous Activity, and Insulin Resistance: NHANES 2003–2006

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Total volume of physical activity: TAC, TLAC or TAC( λ )

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Physical Activity and Total Daily Energy Expenditure in Older US Adults: Constrained versus Additive Models

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Cross-Sectional Association Between Normal-Range Lactate Dehydrogenase, Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Score

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Does physical activity and BMI mediate the association between DCD and internalizing problems in early childhood? A partial test of the Environmental Stress Hypothesis.

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Enhancing clinical and public health interpretation of accelerometer-assessed physical activity with age-referenced values based on UK Biobank data

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Using real-world accelerometry-derived diurnal patterns of physical activity to evaluate disability in multiple sclerosis

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Associations Between Social Media Use, Physical Activity, and Emotional Well-Being From the Midlife in the United States Refresher Daily Diary Study

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Exposure to useable green space and physical activity during active travel: A longitudinal GPS and accelerometer study before and after retirement

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Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors by Race-Ethnicity: 2003–2006 NHANES

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TSUBASA Study: Evaluating Association of Physical Activity and Bleeding Events in People With Haemophilia A Without Factor VIII Inhibitors Receiving Emicizumab

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Physical activity is directly associated with total energy expenditure without evidence of constraint or compensation

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A prospective examination of the impact of high levels of exercise training on sedentary behaviour

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Lifestyle and patterns of physical activity in Hadza foragers

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The association of moderate-to-vigorous and light-intensity physical activity on static balance in middle-aged and older-aged adults

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Does work-related and commuting physical activity predict changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior during the transition to retirement? GPS and accelerometer study

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Quantifying shoulder activity after rotator cuff repair: Technique and preliminary results

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Objectively Measured Physical Activity in Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

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Isotemporal Substitution Analysis of Accelerometer-derived Sedentary Behavior, Physical Activity Time, and Physical Function in Older Women: A Preliminary Study

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Use of population-referenced total activity counts percentiles to assess and classify physical activity of population groups

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Population-referenced percentiles for total movement and energetic play at early childhood education and care

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Increased physical activity is not related to markers of cardiometabolic health in two lemur species

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In response to: Re-evaluating the effect of age on physical activity over the lifespan

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Movement Discordance between Healthy and Non-Healthy US Adults

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Resources for Data Interpretation and Reporting

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Evaluating Factors Influencing Filipinos’ Perceived Behavior to Boost Healthy Lifestyle through Multiple Regression Analysis

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Estimation de la sollicitation énergétique des patients AVC en situation réelle de vie

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Association between Waist Circumference and High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Korean Adults: Based on the Data of Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2015

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