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Validity and Reproducibility of Motion Sensors in Youth: A Systematic Update
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PURPOSE: To review recently published studies on the reproducibility, validity, and feasibility of motion sensors used to assess physical activity in healthy children and adolescents (2-18 yr). METHODS: On October 2004, a systematic literature search in PubMed, EMBASE, and PsycINFO was performed. This search has been updated on October 2007. In this update, the clinimetric quality of three pedometers (Digi-Walker, Walk4Life, and Sun TrekLINQ) and nine accelerometers (ActiGraph, BioTrainer, StepWatch Activity Monitor, Actiwatch, Actical, Tritrac-R3D, RT3, ActivTracer, and Mini-Motionlogger) has been evaluated and compared using a checklist. RESULTS: Thirty-two recently published clinimetric studies have been reviewed. All 12 motion sensors have been validated in youth in one or more studies. There is strong evidence for moderate validity of the StepWatch in children and adolescents (4-18 yr) and moderate to good validity of the ActiGraph in preschool children and young children (2-8 yr). There is less evidence for the reproducibility and feasibility of the 12 motion sensors. Strong evidence exists for good reproducibility of the ActiGraph in preschool children (2-4 yr). CONCLUSION: Compared to the review performed in 2004, there is increased evidence for the clinimetric quality of pedometers and accelerometers in youth. Most motion sensors seem reproducible, valid, and feasible in assessing physical activity in youth.
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Metadata
- Authors
- DE VRIES, S. I., VAN HIRTUM, H. W. J. E. M., BAKKER, I., HOPMAN-ROCK, M., HIRASING, R. A., & VAN MECHELEN, W.
- Affiliations
- Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (NL)
- ORCID
- HOPMAN-ROCK, MARIJKE
- Venue
- Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
- Published
- 2009-04
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 818-827
- ISSN
- 0195-9131 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2116049436
- Cited by
- 201
- References
- 44
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 15 · 2013: 26 · 2012: 17
- FWCI
- 2.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Pure Amsterdam UMC (publishedVersion)
- Amsterdam UMC (VU Amsterdam) - Institutional Repository (publishedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Physical Activity and Health
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Keywords
- motion sensors, accelerometer, pedometers, physical activity measurement, children and adolescents, validity, reproducibility, feasibility, ActiGraph, preschool children
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Humans, Monitoring, Physiologic, Movement, Validation Studies as Topic
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