Abstract
SenseWear Mini Armband, an accelerometer with multiple physiological sensors, could be a practical means to estimate energy expenditure (EE) of children and adolescents, but its validity reported for these age groups has not been consistent within the literature. EE of twenty-six healthy Chinese 12-year-old adolescents was measured simultaneously using both SenseWear Mini Armband (SWMA) and metabolic chamber (MC) during a 16-hour stay in a MC. SWMA systematically underestimated the adolescents’ EE during sedentary behaviors, resting metabolic rate (RMR), basal metabolic rate (BMR), and total EE, with the absolute error rate ranging from 14.85% to 28.65%. The SWMA significantly underestimated EE compared with MC in Chinese adolescents. However, the amount of error can be reduced by applying correction equation proposed in this study.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 52-56 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Kinesiology |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2018 |
Keywords
- Accelerometer
- Activity monitor
- Physical inactivity
- Sitting
- Whole-room calorimetry
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation