Moving forward with accelerometer-assessed physical activity: two strategies to ensure meaningful, interpretable, and comparable measures

Physical Activity in the United States Measured by Accelerometer

TROIANO, R. P., BERRIGAN, D., DODD, K. W., MÂSSE, L. C., TILERT, T., & MCDOWELL, M. (2008) · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · doi:10.1249/mss.0b013e31815a51b3 · Cited by 7,638 · see citing works

Calibration of two objective measures of physical activity for children

Evenson, K. R., Catellier, D. J., Gill, K., Ondrak, K. S., & McMurray, R. G. (2008) · Journal of Sports Sciences · doi:10.1080/02640410802334196 · Cited by 2,677 · see citing works

Canadian 24-hour movement guidelines for children and youth: an integration of physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep

Tremblay, M. S., Carson, V., Chaput, J.-P., Connor Gorber, S., Dinh, T., Duggan, M., Faulkner, G., Gray, C. E., Gruber, R., Janson, K., et al. (2016) · Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism · doi:10.1139/apnm-2016-0151 · Cited by 2,024 · see citing works

Physical activity and clustered cardiovascular risk in children: a cross-sectional study (The European Youth Heart Study)

Andersen, L. B., Harro, M., Sardinha, L. B., Froberg, K., Ekelund, U., Brage, S., & Anderssen, S. A. (2006) · The Lancet · doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(06)69075-2 · Cited by 1,465 · see citing works

Age and gender differences in objectively measured physical activity in youth

Trost, S. G., PATE, R. R., Sallis, J. F., Freedson, P., Taylor, W. C., Dowda, M. C., & Sirard, J. R. (2002) · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · doi:10.1097/00005768-200202000-00025 · Cited by 1,451 · see citing works

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

Doherty, A., Jackson, D., Hammerla, N., Plötz, T., Olivier, P., Granat, M. H., White, T., van Hees, V. T., Trenell, M. I., Owen, C. G., et al. (2017) · PLOS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0169649 · Cited by 1,250 · see citing works

Age Group Comparability of Raw Accelerometer Output from Wrist- and Hip-Worn Monitors

HILDEBRAND, M., VAN HEES, V. T., HANSEN, B. H., & EKELUND, U. (2014) · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · doi:10.1249/mss.0000000000000289 · Cited by 1,043 · see citing works

Validation and Calibration of Physical Activity Monitors in Children

Puyau, M. R., Adolph, A. L., Vohra, F. A., & Butte, N. F. (2002) · Obesity Research · doi:10.1038/oby.2002.24 · Cited by 1,013 · see citing works

Separating Movement and Gravity Components in an Acceleration Signal and Implications for the Assessment of Human Daily Physical Activity

van Hees, V. T., Gorzelniak, L., Dean‐Leon, E., Eder, M., Pias, M. R., Taherian, S., Ekelund, U., Renström, F., Franks, P. W., Horsch, A., et al. (2013) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061691 · Cited by 937 · see citing works

Physical activity of Canadian children and youth: accelerometer results from the 2007 to 2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey.

Colley, R. C., Garriguet, D., Janssen, I., Craig, C. L., Clarke, J., & Tremblay, M. S. (2011) · PubMed · Cited by 859 · see citing works

A novel, open access method to assess sleep duration using a wrist-worn accelerometer

van Hees, V. T., Sabia, S., Anderson, K. N., Denton, S. J., Oliver, J., Catt, M., Abell, J. G., Kivimäki, M., Trenell, M. I., & Singh-Manoux, A. (2015) · PLOS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0142533 · Cited by 744 · see citing works

Validation and Calibration of an Accelerometer in Preschool Children

Pate, R. R., Almeida, M. J., McIver, K. L., Pfeiffer, K. A., & Dowda, M. C. (2006) · Obesity · doi:10.1038/oby.2006.234 · Cited by 726 · see citing works

Autocalibration of accelerometer data for free-living physical activity assessment using local gravity and temperature: an evaluation on four continents

van Hees, V. T., Fang, Z., Langford, J., Assah, F. K., Mohammad, A., Crochemore‐Silva, I., Trenell, M. I., White, T., Wareham, N. J., & Brage, S. (2014) · Journal of Applied Physiology · doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00421.2014 · Cited by 680 · see citing works

Objective measurement of levels and patterns of physical activity

Riddoch, C., Mattocks, C., Deere, K. C., Saunders, J., Kirkby, J., Tilling, K. M., Leary, S. D., Blair, S. N., & Ness, A. (2007) · Archives of Disease in Childhood · doi:10.1136/adc.2006.112136 · Cited by 519 · see citing works

Proportion of children meeting recommendations for 24-hour movement guidelines and associations with adiposity in a 12-country study

for the ISCOLE Research Group, Roman-Viñas, B., Chaput, J.-P., Katzmarzyk, P. T., Fogelholm, M., Lambert, E. V., Maher, C., Maia, J., Olds, T., Onywera, V., et al. (2016) · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · doi:10.1186/s12966-016-0449-8 · Cited by 368 · see citing works

The International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE): design and methods

Katzmarzyk, P. T., Barreira, T. V., Broyles, S. T., Champagne, C. M., Chaput, J.-P., Fogelholm, M., Hu, G., Johnson, W. D., Kuriyan, R., Kurpad, A., et al. (2013) · BMC Public Health · doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-900 · Cited by 357 · see citing works

Calibration of the GENEA accelerometer for assessment of physical activity intensity in children

Phillips, L. R. S., Parfitt, G., & Rowlands, A. V. (2012) · Journal of science and medicine in sport · doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2012.05.013 · Cited by 322 · see citing works

Calibration and Validation of Wearable Monitors

BASSETT, D. R., Rowlands, A. V., & Trost, S. G. (2011) · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · doi:10.1249/mss.0b013e3182399cf7 · Cited by 293 · see citing works

Estimation of Daily Energy Expenditure in Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Women Using a Wrist-Worn Tri-Axial Accelerometer

van Hees, V. T., Renström, F., Wright, A., Gradmark, A., Catt, M., Chen, K. Y., Löf, M., Bluck, L. J. C., Pomeroy, J. J., Wareham, N. J., et al. (2011) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0022922 · Cited by 289 · see citing works

Physical activity levels in three Brazilian birth cohorts as assessed with raw triaxial wrist accelerometry

Crochemore‐Silva, I., van Hees, V. T., Ramires, V. V., Knuth, A. G., Bielemann, R. M., Ekelund, U., Brage, S., & Hallal, P. C. (2014) · International Journal of Epidemiology · doi:10.1093/ije/dyu203 · Cited by 245 · see citing works

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

Rowlands, A. V., Edwardson, C. L., Davies, M. J., Khunti, K. K., Harrington, D. M., & Yates, T. E. (2018) · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · doi:10.1249/mss.0000000000001561 · Cited by 244 · see citing works

Health Survey for England 2008: Physical activity and fitness

Craig, R. T., Mindell, J. S., & Hirani (2009) · Cited by 240 · see citing works

Accelerometer-assessed Physical Activity in Epidemiology: Are Monitors Equivalent?

ROWLANDS, A. V., MIRKES, E. M., YATES, T., CLEMES, S., DAVIES, M., KHUNTI, K., & EDWARDSON, C. L. (2018) · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · doi:10.1249/mss.0000000000001435 · Cited by 187 · see citing works

Field evaluation of a random forest activity classifier for wrist-worn accelerometer data

Pavey, T. G., Gilson, N. D., Gomersall, S. R., Clark, B., & Trost, S. G. (2017) · Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport · doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2016.06.003 · Cited by 174 · see citing works

International children's accelerometry database (ICAD): Design and methods

Sherar, L. B., Griew, P., Esliger, D., Cooper, A. R., Ekelund, U., Judge, K., & Riddoch, C. (2011) · BMC Public Health · doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-485 · Cited by 162 · see citing works

Accelerometer assessed moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and successful ageing: results from the Whitehall II study

Menai, M., van Hees, V. T., Elbaz, A., Mika Kivimaki, B., Singh‐Manoux, A., & Sabia, S. (2017) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/srep45772 · Cited by 160 · see citing works

Weather and children’s physical activity; how and why do relationships vary between countries?

collaborators, O. B. T. I., Harrison, F., Goodman, A., van Sluijs, E. M. F., Andersen, L. B., Cardon, G., Davey, R., Janz, K. F., Kriemler, S., Molloy, L., et al. (2017) · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · doi:10.1186/s12966-017-0526-7 · Cited by 128 · see citing works

Protocols for evaluating equivalency of accelerometry-based activity monitors

WELK, G. J., MCCLAIN, J., & AINSWORTH, B. E. (2012) · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · doi:10.1249/mss.0b013e3182399d8f · Cited by 124 · see citing works

Assessing Sedentary Behavior with the GENEActiv

Rowlands, A. V., Olds, T., Hillsdon, M. M., Pulsford, R. M., HURST, T. L., Eston, R. G., Gomersall, S. R., Johnston, K., & Langford, J. (2013) · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · doi:10.1249/mss.0000000000000224 · Cited by 119 · see citing works

Associations between meeting combinations of 24-h movement guidelines and health-related quality of life in children from 12 countries

Sampasa-Kanyinga, H., Standage, M., Tremblay, M. S., Katzmarzyk, P. T., Hu, G., Kuriyan, R., Maher, C., Maia, J., Olds, T., Sarmiento, O. L., et al. (2017) · Public Health · doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2017.07.010 · Cited by 106 · see citing works

Accelerometer data reduction in adolescents: effects on sample retention and bias

Toftager, M., Kristensen, P. L., Oliver, M., Duncan, S., Christiansen, L. B., Boyle, E., Brønd, J. C., & Troelsen, J. (2013) · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · doi:10.1186/1479-5868-10-140 · Cited by 99 · see citing works

Comment on “Estimating Activity and Sedentary Behavior from an Accelerometer on the Hip and Wrist”

Freedson, P. S., & John, D. (2013) · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · doi:10.1249/mss.0b013e31827f024d · Cited by 90 · see citing works

Population-Referenced Percentiles for Waist-Worn Accelerometer-Derived Total Activity Counts in U.S. Youth: 2003 – 2006 NHANES

Wolff‐Hughes, D. L., Bassett, D. R., & Fitzhugh, E. C. (2014) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0115915 · Cited by 76 · see citing works

Equating accelerometer estimates of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity: In search of the Rosetta Stone

Bornstein, D. B., Beets, M. W., Byun, W., Welk, G. J., Bottai, M., Dowda, M. C., & Pate, R. R. (2011) · Journal of science and medicine in sport · doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2011.03.013 · Cited by 67 · see citing works

Daylight saving time as a potential public health intervention: an observational study of evening daylight and objectively-measured physical activity among 23,000 children from 9 countries

Collaborators, I. C. A. D. (., Goodman, A., Page, A. S., & Cooper, A. R. (2014) · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · doi:10.1186/1479-5868-11-84 · Cited by 59 · see citing works

Introducing growing up in Australia's child health checkpoint: A physical health and biomarkers module for the longitudinal study of Australian children

Wake, M. A., Clifford, S. A., York, E., Mensah, F. K., Gold, L. H., Burgner, D. P., & Davies, S. (2014) · Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) · Cited by 49 · see citing works

Segmenting accelerometer data from daily life with unsupervised machine learning

van Kuppevelt, D., Heywood, J., Hamer, M., Sabia, S., Fitzsimons, E., & van Hees, V. (2018) · doi:10.1101/263046 · Cited by 41 · see citing works

Segmenting accelerometer data from daily life with unsupervised machine learning

van Kuppevelt, D., Heywood, J., Hamer, M., Sabia, S., Fitzsimons, E., & van Hees, V. (2019) · PLOS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0208692 · Cited by 41 · see citing works

Compliance of Adolescent Girls to Repeated Deployments of Wrist-Worn Accelerometers

Rowlands, A. V., Harrington, D. M., Bodicoat, D. H., Davies, M. J., Sherar, L. B., Gorely, T., Khunti, K. K., & Edwardson, C. L. (2018) · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · doi:10.1249/mss.0000000000001588 · Cited by 37 · see citing works

Moving Forward with Backward Compatibility

Rowlands, A. V., Cliff, D. P., Fairclough, S. J., Boddy, L. M., Olds, T., Parfitt, G., Noonan, R. J., Downs, S. J., Knowles, Z. R., & Beets, M. W. (2016) · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · doi:10.1249/mss.0000000000001015 · Cited by 36 · see citing works

A cluster randomised controlled trial to investigate the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of the ‘Girls Active’ intervention: a study protocol

Edwardson, C. L., Harrington, D. M., Yates, T. E., Bodicoat, D. H., Khunti, K. K., Gorely, T., Sherar, L. B., Edwards, R., Wright, C., Harrington, K., et al. (2015) · BMC Public Health · doi:10.1186/s12889-015-1886-z · Cited by 31 · see citing works

levels and sociodemographic correlates of accelerometer-based physical activity in Irish children: a cross-sectional study

Li, X., Kearney, P. M., Keane, E., Harrington, J. M., & Fitzgerald, T. (2017) · Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health · doi:10.1136/jech-2016-207691 · Cited by 28 · see citing works

Harmonising data on the correlates of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in young people: Methods and lessons learnt from the international Children’s Accelerometry database (ICAD)

Collaborators, O. B. O. T. I. C. A. D. (., Atkin, A. J., Biddle, S., Broyles, S. T., Chinapaw, M. J. M., Ekelund, U., Esliger, D., Hansen, B. H., Kriemler, S., Puder, J. J., et al. (2017) · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · doi:10.1186/s12966-017-0631-7 · Cited by 22 · see citing works

Impact of the choice of threshold on physical activity patterns in free living conditions among adolescents measured using a uniaxial accelerometer: The HELENA study

Vanhelst, J., Béghin, L., Salleron, J., Ruiz, J. R., Ortega, F. B., Ottevaere, C., Molnar, D., Kafatos, A., Manios, Y., Widhalm, K., et al. (2014) · Journal of Sports Sciences · doi:10.1080/02640414.2013.809473 · Cited by 17 · see citing works

Introducing growing up in Australia's child health checkpoint: a physical and biomarkers module for the longitudinal study of Australian children

(9394701), M. W., (9852083), S. C., (13690837), E. Y., (7401437), F. M., (13071603), L. G., (13309263), D. B., & (6285992), S. D. (2025) · Figshare · Cited by 13 · see citing works

Unique contributions of ISCOLE to the advancement of accelerometry in large studies

Tudor‐Locke, C., Barreira, T. V., Schuna, J. M., & Katzmarzyk, P. T. (2015) · International Journal of Obesity Supplements · doi:10.1038/ijosup.2015.20 · Cited by 11 · see citing works

Children’s Compliance With Wrist-Worn Accelerometry Within a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial: Findings From the Healthy Lifestyles Programme

Price, L., Wyatt, K. M., Lloyd, J., Abraham, C., Creanor, S., Dean, S. G., & Hillsdon, M. M. (2018) · Pediatric Exercise Science · doi:10.1123/pes.2017-0179 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

A mixed-studies systematic review and meta-analysis of school-based interventions to promote physical activity and/or reduce sedentary time in children

Jones, M., Defever, E., Letsinger, A., Steele, J., & Mackintosh, K. A. (2020) · Journal of Sport and Health Science · doi:10.1016/j.jshs.2019.06.009 · Cited by 189 · see citing works

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

Belcher, B. R., Wolff‐Hughes, D. L., Dooley, E. E., STAUDENMAYER, J. W., Berrigan, D. A., Eberhardt, M. S., & Troiano, R. P. (2021) · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · doi:10.1249/mss.0000000000002726 · Cited by 119 · see citing works

Assessment of Physical Activity in Adults Using Wrist Accelerometers

Liu, F., Wanigatunga, A. A., & Schrack, J. A. (2021) · Epidemiologic Reviews · doi:10.1093/epirev/mxab004 · Cited by 98 · see citing works

Enhancing the value of accelerometer-assessed physical activity: meaningful visual comparisons of data-driven translational accelerometer metrics

Rowlands, A. V., Dawkins, N. P., Maylor, B. D., Edwardson, C. L., Fairclough, S. J., Davies, M. J., Harrington, D. M., Khunti, K. K., & Yates, T. (2019) · Sports Medicine - Open · doi:10.1186/s40798-019-0225-9 · Cited by 89 · see citing works

Assessing physical behavior through accelerometry – State of the science, best practices and future directions

Burchartz, A., Anedda, B., Auerswald, T., Giurgiu, M., Hill, H., Ketelhut, S., Kolb, S., Mall, C., Manz, K., Nigg, C. R., et al. (2020) · Psychology of sport and exercise · doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2020.101703 · Cited by 90 · see citing works

Levels of Physical Activity during School Hours in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

Grao‐Cruces, A., Velázquez-Romero, M. J., & Rodríguez‐Rodríguez, F. (2020) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph17134773 · Cited by 95 · see citing works

A data-driven, meaningful, easy to interpret, standardised accelerometer outcome variable for global surveillance

Rowlands, A. V., Sherar, L. B., Fairclough, S. J., Yates, T. E., Edwardson, C. L., Harrington, D. M., Davies, M. J., Munir, F., Khunti, K. K., & Stiles, V. H. (2019) · Journal of science and medicine in sport · doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2019.06.016 · Cited by 75 · see citing works

Activity Intensity, Volume, and Norms: Utility and Interpretation of Accelerometer Metrics

Rowlands, A. V., Fairclough, S. J., Yates, T. E., Edwardson, C. L., Davies, M. J., Munir, F., Khunti, K. K., & Stiles, V. H. (2019) · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · doi:10.1249/mss.0000000000002047 · Cited by 72 · see citing works

Average acceleration and intensity gradient of primary school children and associations with indicators of health and well-being

Fairclough, S. J., Taylor, S. L., Rowlands, A. V., Boddy, L. M., & Noonan, R. J. (2019) · Journal of Sports Sciences · doi:10.1080/02640414.2019.1624313 · Cited by 70 · see citing works

Metabolic health, menopause, and physical activity—a 4-year follow-up study

Hyvärinen, M., Juppi, H.-K., Taskinen, S., Karppinen, J., Karvinen, S., Tammelin, T., Kovanen, V., Aukee, P., Kujala, U., Rantalainen, T., et al. (2021) · International Journal of Obesity · doi:10.1038/s41366-021-01022-x · Cited by 57 · see citing works

Accelerometer-derived physical activity estimation in preschoolers – comparison of cut-point sets incorporating the vector magnitude vs the vertical axis

Leeger‐Aschmann, C. S., Schmutz, E. A., Zysset, A. E., Kakebeeke, T. H., Messerli‐Bürgy, N., Stülb, K., Arhab, A., Meyer, A. H., Munsch, S., Jenni, O. G., et al. (2019) · BMC Public Health · doi:10.1186/s12889-019-6837-7 · Cited by 54 · see citing works

Cross-sectional associations between 24-hour activity behaviours and mental health indicators in children and adolescents: A compositional data analysis

Fairclough, S. J., Tyler, R., Dainty, J. R., Dumuid, D., Richardson, C., Shepstone, L., & Atkin, A. J. (2021) · Journal of Sports Sciences · doi:10.1080/02640414.2021.1890351 · Cited by 54 · see citing works

Providing a Basis for Harmonization of Accelerometer-Assessed Physical Activity Outcomes Across Epidemiological Datasets

Rowlands, A. V., Plekhanova, T., Yates, T. E., Mirkes, E. M., Davies, M. J., Khunti, K., & Edwardson, C. L. (2019) · Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour · doi:10.1123/jmpb.2018-0073 · Cited by 51 · see citing works

Generation and validation of ActiGraph GT3X+ accelerometer cut-points for assessing physical activity intensity in older adults. The OUTDOOR ACTIVE validation study

Bammann, K., Thomson, N. K., Albrecht, B. M., Buchan, D. S., & Easton, C. (2021) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0252615 · Cited by 46 · see citing works

Back to school after lockdown: The effect of COVID-19 restrictions on children's device-based physical activity metrics

Hurter, L., McNarry, M. A., Stratton, G., & Mackintosh, K. A. (2022) · Journal of sport and health science/Journal of Sport and Health Science · doi:10.1016/j.jshs.2022.01.009 · Cited by 45 · see citing works

Advanced analytical methods to assess physical activity behavior using accelerometer time series: A scoping review

Backes, A., Gupta, T., Schmitz, S., Fagherazzi, G., van Hees, V. T., & Malisoux, L. (2021) · Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports · doi:10.1111/sms.14085 · Cited by 42 · see citing works

The use of the intensity gradient and average acceleration metrics to explore associations with BMI z-score in children

Buchan, D. S., McLellan, G., Donnelly, S., & Arthur, R. (2019) · Journal of Sports Sciences · doi:10.1080/02640414.2019.1664536 · Cited by 42 · see citing works

Accessibility and use of novel methods for predicting physical activity and energy expenditure using accelerometry: a scoping review

Pfeiffer, K. A., Clevenger, K. A., Kaplan, A. S., Camp, C. A. V., Strath, S. J., & Montoye, A. H. K. (2022) · Physiological Measurement · doi:10.1088/1361-6579/ac89ca · Cited by 29 · see citing works

Cut‐point‐free accelerometer metrics to assess children’s physical activity: An example using the school day

Fairclough, S. J., Rowlands, A. V., Taylor, S. L., & Boddy, L. M. (2019) · Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports · doi:10.1111/sms.13565 · Cited by 24 · see citing works

Calibration of the Online Youth Activity Profile Assessment for School-Based Applications

Welk, G. J., Saint‐Maurice, P. F., Dixon, P. M., Hibbing, P. R., Bai, Y., McLoughlin, G. M., & da Silva, M. P. (2021) · Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour · doi:10.1123/jmpb.2020-0048 · Cited by 24 · see citing works

Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded renal biopsy tissues: an underexploited biospecimen resource for gene expression profiling in IgA nephropathy

Cox, S. N., Chiurlia, S., Divella, C., Rossini, M., Serino, G., Bonomini, M., Sirolli, V., Aiello, F. B., Zaza, G., Squarzoni, I., et al. (2020) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-020-72026-2 · Cited by 23 · see citing works

The Physical Behaviour Intensity Spectrum and Body Mass Index in School-Aged Youth: A Compositional Analysis of Pooled Individual Participant Data

Fairclough, S. J., Hurter, L., Dumuid, D., Gába, A., Rowlands, A. V., Cruz, B. D. P., Cox, A., Crotti, M., Foweather, L., Graves, L., et al. (2022) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph19148778 · Cited by 21 · see citing works

Riding to health: Investigating the relationship between micromobility use and objective physical activity in Barcelona adults

Bretones, A., & Marquet, O. (2023) · Journal of Transport & Health · doi:10.1016/j.jth.2023.101588 · Cited by 22 · see citing works

Comparison of Free-Living and Laboratory Activity Outcomes from ActiGraph Accelerometers Worn on the Dominant and Non-Dominant Wrists

Buchan, D. S., Boddy, L. M., & McLellan, G. (2020) · Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science · doi:10.1080/1091367x.2020.1801441 · Cited by 20 · see citing works

Day-to-Day Variability and Year-to-Year Reproducibility of Accelerometer-Measured Free-Living Sit-to-Stand Transitions Volume and Intensity among Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Löppönen, A., Karavirta, L., Portegijs, E., Koivunen, K., Rantanen, T., Finni, T. J., Delecluse, C., Roie, E. V., & Rantalainen, T. (2021) · Sensors · doi:10.3390/s21186068 · Cited by 20 · see citing works

Individual Scaling of Accelerometry to Preferred Walking Speed in the Assessment of Physical Activity in Older Adults

Karavirta, L., Rantalainen, T., Skantz, H., Lisko, I., Portegijs, E., & Rantanen, T. (2020) · The Journals of Gerontology Series A · doi:10.1093/gerona/glaa142 · Cited by 19 · see citing works

Effects of an Individualized Active Aging Counseling Intervention on Mobility and Physical Activity: Secondary Analyses of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Siltanen, S., Portegijs, E., Pynnönen, K., Hassandra, M., Rantalainen, T., Karavirta, L., Saajanaho, M., & Rantanen, T. (2020) · Journal of Aging and Health · doi:10.1177/0898264320924258 · Cited by 18 · see citing works

Physical activity intensity profiles associated with cardiometabolic risk in middle-aged to older men and women

Dempsey, P. C., Aadland, E., Strain, T., Kvalheim, O. M., Westgate, K. L., Lindsay, T., Khaw, K., Wareham, N. J., Brage, S., & Wijndaele, K. (2022) · Preventive Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.106977 · Cited by 18 · see citing works

Sociodemographic differences in 24-hour time-use behaviours in New Zealand children

Hedayatrad, L., Stewart, T. I., Paine, S., Marks, E. J., Walker, C. G., & Duncan, S. (2022) · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · doi:10.1186/s12966-022-01358-1 · Cited by 15 · see citing works

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

Rowlands, A. V., Kingsnorth, A. P., Hansen, B. H., Fairclough, S. J., Boddy, L. M., Maylor, B. D., Eckmann, H. R., Cruz, B. D. P., Dawkins, N. P., Razieh, C., et al. (2024) · Journal of sport and health science/Journal of Sport and Health Science · doi:10.1016/j.jshs.2024.100977 · Cited by 15 · see citing works

Equating NHANES Monitor-Based Physical Activity to Self-Reported Methods to Enhance Ongoing Surveillance Efforts

Welk, G. J., Lamoureux, N. R., Zeng, C., Zhu, Z., Berg, E. J., Wolff‐Hughes, D. L., & Troiano, R. P. (2023) · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · doi:10.1249/mss.0000000000003123 · Cited by 13 · see citing works

Expert’s Choice: 2018’s Most Exciting Research in the Field of Pediatric Exercise Science

Eliakim, A., Falk, B., Armstrong, N., Baptista, F., Behm, D. G., Dror, N., Faigenbaum, A. D., Janz, K. F., Jürimäe, J., McGowan, A. L., et al. (2019) · Pediatric Exercise Science · doi:10.1123/pes.2019-0010 · Cited by 13 · see citing works

Calibrating Wrist-Worn Accelerometers for Physical Activity Assessment in Preschoolers: Machine Learning Approaches

Li, S., Howard, J. T., Sosa, E. T., Cordova, A., Parra-Medina, D. M., & Yin, Z. (2020) · JMIR Formative Research · doi:10.2196/16727 · Cited by 13 · see citing works

Equivalence of activity outcomes derived from three research grade accelerometers worn simultaneously on each wrist

Buchan, D. S. (2021) · Journal of Sports Sciences · doi:10.1080/02640414.2021.2019429 · Cited by 13 · see citing works

Cross-validation of cut-points in preschool children using different accelerometer placements and data axes

Altenburg, T. M., de Vries, L., den Buijsch, R. O., Eyre, E. L. J., Dobell, A., Duncan, M. J., & Chinapaw, M. J. M. (2022) · Journal of Sports Sciences · doi:10.1080/02640414.2021.1994726 · Cited by 13 · see citing works

Comparing 24 h physical activity profiles: Office workers, women with a history of gestational diabetes and people with chronic disease condition(s)

Dawkins, N. P., Yates, T., Edwardson, C. L., Maylor, B. D., Davies, M. J., Dunstan, D. W., HIGHTON, P. J., Herring, L. Y., Khunti, K. K., & Rowlands, A. V. (2020) · Journal of Sports Sciences · doi:10.1080/02640414.2020.1812202 · Cited by 11 · see citing works

Personalised Accelerometer Cut-point Prediction for Older Adults’ Movement Behaviours using a Machine Learning approach

Nnamoko, N., Cabrera-Diego, L. A., Campbell, D., Sanders, G., Fairclough, S. J., & Korkontzelos, I. (2021) · Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine · doi:10.1016/j.cmpb.2021.106165 · Cited by 10 · see citing works

Protocol and Data Description: The Free-Living Activity Study for Health

Hibbing, P. R., Lamoureux, N. R., Matthews, C. E., & Welk, G. J. (2021) · Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour · doi:10.1123/jmpb.2020-0052 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

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

Ruder, M. C., Zauel, R. R., Diefenbach, B. J., & Bey, M. J. (2021) · Journal of Orthopaedic Research® · doi:10.1002/jor.25122 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

A novel ViT-BILSTM model for physical activity intensity classification in adults using gravity-based acceleration

Wang, L., Luo, Z., & Zhang, T. (2025) · BMC Biomedical Engineering · doi:10.1186/s42490-025-00088-2 · Cited by 8 · see citing works

Associations of novel 24-h accelerometer-derived metrics with adiposity in children and adolescents

Dygrýn, J., Medrano, M., Molina‐García, P., Rubín, L., Jakubec, L., Janda, D., & Gába, A. (2021) · Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine · doi:10.1186/s12199-021-00987-5 · Cited by 8 · see citing works

The behavioural epidemiology of sedentary behaviour in inflammatory arthritis: where are we, and where do we need to go?

Fenton, S. A. M., O’Brien, C. M., Kitas, G. D., Duda, J. L., Zanten, J. V., & Metsios, G. S. (2022) · Rheumatology Advances in Practice · doi:10.1093/rap/rkac097 · Cited by 6 · see citing works

A 24-h activity profile and adiposity among children and adolescents: Does the difference between school and weekend days matter?

Janda, D., Gába, A., Vencálek, O., Fairclough, S. J., Dygrýn, J., Jakubec, L., & Rubín, L. (2023) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0285952 · Cited by 8 · see citing works

Associations between motor competence and physical activity levels of children with intellectual disabilities and/or autism spectrum disorder: Movement matters

Taylor, S. L., Downs, S. J., Rudd, J. R., McGrane, B., Melville, C. A., McGarty, A. M., Boddy, L. M., & Foweather, L. (2023) · Journal of Intellectual Disabilities · doi:10.1177/17446295231203764 · Cited by 8 · see citing works

Real-world and traffic-adjusted physical activity levels of micromobility modes in Barcelona

Bretones, A., Miralles‐Guasch, C., & Marquet, O. (2023) · Journal of Transport & Health · doi:10.1016/j.jth.2023.101732 · Cited by 8 · see citing works

Device-based physical activity and late-life depressive symptoms: An analysis of influential factors using share data

Félez-Nóbrega, M., Werneck, A. O., Fatouhi, D. E., de Luca, K. E., Islam, S. M. S., & Franzese, F. (2022) · Journal of Affective Disorders · doi:10.1016/j.jad.2022.11.006 · Cited by 8 · see citing works

Relationship Between Parent and Child Physical Activity Using Novel Acceleration Metrics

Donnelly, S., Buchan, D. S., McLellan, G., & Arthur, R. (2020) · Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport · doi:10.1080/02701367.2020.1817295 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

Physical activity levels in asthma: relationship with disease severity, body mass index and novel accelerometer-derived metrics

Ricketts, H. C., Buchan, D. S., Steffensen, F., Chaudhuri, R., Baker, J. S., & Cowan, D. C. (2022) · Journal of Asthma · doi:10.1080/02770903.2022.2102037 · Cited by 8 · see citing works

Mining Sensor Data to Assess Changes in Physical Activity Behaviors in Health Interventions: Systematic Review

Díaz, C., Caillaud, C., & Yacef, K. (2023) · JMIR Medical Informatics · doi:10.2196/41153 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

Challenges and opportunities related to the objective assessment of physical activity within U.S. health surveys

LaMunion, S. R., Fitzhugh, E. C., & Crouter, S. E. (2020) · Annals of Epidemiology · doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.01.011 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

Gender Gap for Accelerometry-Based Physical Activity Across Different Age Groups in 5 Brazilian Cohort Studies.

Ricardo, L., Wendt, A., Tornquist, D., Gonçalves, H., Wehrmeister, F., da Silva, B. G. D., Tovo-Rodrigues, L., Santos, I. S., Barros, A., Matijasevich, A., et al. (2024) · Journal of Physical Activity and Health · doi:10.1123/jpah.2024-0018 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Agreement and equivalence of estimated physical activity behaviours, using ENMO- and counts-based processing methods, for wrist-worn accelerometers in adolescents

Williams, R. A., Dring, K. J., Morris, J. G., Sun, F., & Cooper, S. B. (2022) · Journal of Sports Sciences · doi:10.1080/02640414.2023.2167254 · Cited by 6 · see citing works

Accelerometer-measured 24-hour movement behaviours over 7 days in Malaysian children and adolescents: A cross-sectional study

Brady, S. M., Salway, R., Mariapun, J., Millard, L. A. C., Ramadas, A., Rizal, H., Skinner, A., Stone, C., Johnson, L., Su, T. T., et al. (2024) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0297102 · Cited by 6 · see citing works

Calibration of an Accelerometer Activity Index Among Older Women and Its Association With Cardiometabolic Risk Factors

Wang, G., Wu, S., Evenson, K. R., Kang, I., LaMonte, M. J., Bellettiere, J., Lee, I.-M. M., Howard, A. G., LaCroix, A. Z., & Di, C. (2022) · Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour · doi:10.1123/jmpb.2021-0031 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Comparing Five Generations of ActiGraph Devices Using an Orbital Shaker

LaMunion, S. R., NGUYEN, J., Brychta, R. J., Troiano, R. P., Friedl, K. E., & Chen, K. Y. (2025) · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · doi:10.1249/mss.0000000000003652 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Capturing Free-Living Physical Activity: Impacts of Data Collection and Processing Decisions on Mean Acceleration and Intensity Gradient

Clevenger, K. A., McKee, K. L., Elwood, R. E., Pfeiffer, K. A., & Montoye, A. H. K. (2025) · Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science · doi:10.1080/1091367x.2025.2473904 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Physical Activity Scaled to Preferred Walking Speed as a Predictor of Walking Difficulty in Older Adults: A 2-Year Follow-up

Karavirta, L., Skantz, H., Rantalainen, T., Eronen, J., Portegijs, E., & Rantanen, T. (2021) · The Journals of Gerontology Series A · doi:10.1093/gerona/glab277 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Comparison of physical activity metrics from two research-grade accelerometers worn on the non-dominant wrist and thigh in children

Buchan, D. S., & Maylor, B. D. (2023) · Journal of Sports Sciences · doi:10.1080/02640414.2023.2197726 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Associations Between Intersecting Sociodemographic Characteristics and Device-Measured Physical Activity Among Children and Adolescents Living in the United States

Brown, D. M. Y., Summerville, B., Fairclough, S. J., Mielke, G. I., & Tyler, R. (2024) · Journal of Physical Activity and Health · doi:10.1123/jpah.2023-0360 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Handgrip strength predicts leg power but not cardiorespiratory fitness in children

Alotaibi, S., Qaisar, R., Hussain, M. A., Aljuhani, O. E., Alhussain, M. H., Marques, D. L., Marinho, D. A., & Alkahtani, S. A. (2025) · Frontiers in Physiology · doi:10.3389/fphys.2025.1645483 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Comparison of ActiGraph CentrePoint Insight Watch Placement on Dominant and Nondominant Wrists in Young Adults in Free-Living Conditions: Observational Validation Study

Lee, D., Voermans-Dean, H., Lee, J. E., Shin, J. C., & Dominick, G. M. (2025) · JMIR mhealth and uhealth · doi:10.2196/63033 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Adapting the Intensity Gradient for Use Across Commonly Derived Accelerometer Epoch Summary Measures: A Learning Network for Advanced Behavioural Data Analysis (LABDA) Project

Eckmann, H. R., Razieh, C., CHASTIN, S. F. M., Sherar, L. B., Hansen, B. H., & Rowlands, A. V. (2025) · Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour · doi:10.1123/jmpb.2025-0015 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Physical activity assessment and vascular function in adults with cystic fibrosis and their non-CF peers

Shelley, J., Boddy, L. M., Knowles, Z. R., Stewart, C. E., Frost, F. J., Nazareth, D. S., Walshaw, M. J., & Dawson, E. A. (2022) · Journal of Sports Sciences · doi:10.1080/02640414.2022.2115224 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Impact of cut-point methods on classification of physical activity and sedentary behaviour of toddlers

Ferry, J. M., Escribano, J., Gispert‐Llauradó, M., Koletzko, B., & Grote, V. (2025) · BMC Public Health · doi:10.1186/s12889-025-24636-6 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

The Association Between Physical Activity and Markers of Obesity in Children Living With Obesity

dos Santos, E. S. B., de Medeiros, I. A. C. M., Oliveira, M. S. D. S., Cureau, F. V., Mortatti, A. L., & Oliveira, R. S. (2025) · Pediatric Exercise Science · doi:10.1123/pes.2024-0079 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Impact of accelerometer epoch summary measure on associations between physical activity and all-cause mortality in Whitehall II and UK Biobank

Eckmann, H. R., Razieh, C., Danilevicz, I. M., Vidil, S., CHASTIN, S. F. M., Sherar, L. B., Hansen, B. H., Dempsey, P. C., Sabia, S., & Rowlands, A. V. (2025) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-025-30237-5 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences abstracts

NEEDHAM, R., ROBSON, J., SAYWER, D., BODDEN, J., CARTER, R., & WALKER, P. (2024) · Journal of Sports Sciences · doi:10.1080/02640414.2024.2419272 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Average acceleration and intensity gradient of 9–11-year-old rural and urban Kenyan school-going children and associations with cardiorespiratory fitness and BMI: The Kenya-LINX project

Kinuthia, S. K., Stratton, G., Wachira, L.-J. M., Okoth, V., Owino, G., Ochola, S., Kiplamai, F., Onywera, V. O., & Swindell, N. J. (2025) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0329173 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Physical Activity Volume and Intensity for Healthy Body Mass Index and Cardiorespiratory Fitness: Enhancing the Translation of Children's and Adolescents' Accelerometer Physical Activity Reference Values

Boddy, L. M., Rowlands, A. V., Cruz, B. D. P., Taylor, S. L., Noonan, R. J., Hurter, L., Crotti, M., Foweather, L., Graves, L., Jones, O., et al. (2025) · Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports · doi:10.1111/sms.70118 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Investigating the relationship between habitual physical activity and cardiovascular health in healthy and clinical populations

Marshall, Z. A. (2021) · doi:10.23889/suthesis.58608

The use of the intensity gradient and average acceleration metrics to explore associations with measures of health and wellbeing in childrenPreprint

Buchan, D. S., McLellan, G., Donnelly, S., & Arthur, R. (2019) · doi:10.31236/osf.io/3pj2e

Improving the identification of bone‐specific physical activity using wrist‐worn accelerometry: A cross‐sectional study in 11–12‐year‐old Australian children

Brailey, G., Metcalf, B. S., Price, L., Cumming, S. P., Rowlands, A. V., Olds, T., Simm, P. J., Wake, M. A., & Stiles, V. H. (2024) · European Journal of Sport Science · doi:10.1002/ejsc.12122

Device-Agnostic Physical Activity Metrics and Adiposity-Related Indicators Among Children and Adolescents in the United StatesPreprint

Brown, D. M. Y., Pfledderer, C. D., Stoepker, P., Chong, K. H., Kracht, C. L., & Fairclough, S. J. (2024) · doi:10.31234/osf.io/vxbd3

Weekend physical activity profiles and their relationship with quality of life: The SOPHYA cohort of Swiss children and adolescents

Darkhawaja, R., Hänggi, J. M., Bringolf‐Isler, B., Kayser, B., Suggs, L. S., Kwiatkowski, M., & Probst-Hensch, N. M. (2024) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0298890

Intensity Gradients: A Novel Method for Interpreting External Loads in Football

McGregor, R., Anderson, L. J., Weston, M., Brownlee, T. E., & Drust, B. (2024) · International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance · doi:10.1123/ijspp.2023-0435

Does the Placement Matter?: Comparison of ActiGraph CentrePoint Insight Watches Worn on Dominant and Non-Dominant Wrists of Young Adults in Free-Living Environments (Preprint)Preprint

Lee, D., Voermans-Dean, H., Lee, J. E., Shin, J. C., & Dominick, G. M. (2024) · doi:10.2196/preprints.63033

Effects of an Educational Intervention based on the Theory of Planned Behavior on Physical Activity Behavior of Male Teenagers: An Accelerometer-Based Study

Eskandarnejad, M., & Alimohammadi, T. (2024) · Physical activity in children. · doi:10.61186/pach.2024.489767.1040

The 2025 European Cystic Fibrosis Society position statement on physical activity assessment in cystic fibrosis

Williams, C. A., Button, B., Dwyer, T., Hatziagorou, E., Mackintosh, K. A., McNarry, M. A., Paris, D., Shelley, J., Hebestreit, H. U., Bradley, J. M., et al. (2025) · European Respiratory Review · doi:10.1183/16000617.0279-2024

Seasonal changes in the volume and intensity of children’s school year physical activityPreprint

Fairclough, S. J., Clifford, L., Banks, J., Edwards, P., Gilmour, A.-M., Tyler, R., Brown, D. M. Y., Rowlands, A. V., & MacDonald, M. (2025) · Research Square · doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-7122314/v1

Device-independent Physical Activity metrics and adiposity-related indicators among children and adolescents in the United States

Brown, D. M. Y., Pfledderer, C. D., Stoepker, P., Chong, K. H., Kracht, C. L., & Fairclough, S. J. (2025) · Journal of Sports Sciences · doi:10.1080/02640414.2025.2540663

The health role of Saudi family in Riyadh toward their children

Al-Otaibi, A. (2025) · Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care · doi:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_840_25

Prospective association between descriptive accelerometer-derived physical behaviour metrics and cardiometabolic risk indicators in Dutch children: The ABCD study

Taj, F., Chinapaw, M. J. M., Altenburg, T. M., & Vrijkotte, T. G. M. (2025) · Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness · doi:10.1016/j.jesf.2025.200431

The Relation of Alpha Asymmetry to Physical Activity Duration and Intensity

Herrera, B. M., O’Brokta, M. M., Pasupathi, P. A., & Drollette, E. S. (2025) · Brain Sciences · doi:10.3390/brainsci15121322

Comparing Two Wrist-Worn Accelerometers (Axivity AX3 and Matrix 003) for Measuring Movement Behaviors in British and Chinese Older Adults

Brocklebank, L. A., Steptoe, A., Zhao, Y., Bloomberg, M., Acquah, A., Yuan, H., Chan, S., Wang, Y., Maylor, B. D., Plekhanova, T., et al. (2025) · Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour · doi:10.1123/jmpb.2025-0011

Does sit-to-stand transition velocity vary across the day? Association with physical functioning and fatigability in community-dwelling older adults

Löppönen, A., Karavirta, L., Rantakokko, M., Lindeman, K., Delecluse, C., Roie, E. V., Rantanen, T., & Palmberg, L. (2026) · Innovation in Aging · doi:10.1093/geroni/igag040

Optimal composition of movement behaviours for healthy weight across the lifespan: a one-stage individual participant data meta-analysis of 11 studiesPreprint

Gába, A., Pedišić, Ž., Hartwig, T. B., Ševčíková, P., Sanders, T., Dygrýn, J., Vencálek, O., Antczak, D., Conigrave, J. H., Parker, P., et al. (2026) · Research Square · doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-10064313/v1

Monitoring Within-Person Dynamics in Adolescents Hospitalized for Acute Suicidal Distress: Protocol for an Intensive Longitudinal Study

Nigro, L., Drexl, K., Forte, A. M., Kapp, C., Plessen, K. J., Gallien, R., Michaud, L., Armando, M., & Schneider, M. (2026) · JMIR Research Protocols · doi:10.2196/93016

Accelerometer Assessment of Physical Activity in Children: An Update

Rowlands, A. V. (2007) · Pediatric Exercise Science · doi:10.1123/pes.19.3.252 · Cited by 342 · see citing works

Advancing accelerometer-based measurement and analysis of 24-hour physical behaviors in early childhood

Lettink, A. (2025) · doi:10.5463/thesis.1319

Objective measurement of physical activity and sedentary behaviour: review with new data

Reilly, J. J., Penpraze, V, Hislop, J., Davies, G., Grant, S., & Paton, J. Y. (2008) · Archives of Disease in Childhood · doi:10.1136/adc.2007.133272 · Cited by 564 · see citing works

[Physical activity and accelerometer; methodological training, recommendations and movement patterns in school].

Cañada, F. C., Torres‐Luque, G., Fernández, I. L., Santos‐Lozano, A., Garatachea, N., & Carnero, E. Á. (2014) · PubMed · doi:10.3305/nh.2015.31.1.7450 · Cited by 36 · see citing works

Actividad física y acelerometría: orientaciones metodológicas, recomendaciones y patrones de movimiento en escolares

Calahorro-Cañada, F., Torres-Luque, G., Lopez-Fernandez, I., Santos-Lozano, A., Garatachea, N., & Carnero, E. A. (2017) · Zaguan (Universidad de Zaragoza)