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Assessing daily physical activity using a pedometer among middle aged and older people in Dundee, Scotland [PDF]

, 2006
Obesity has been increasing in Westernized countries probably because decreased daily physical activities. In addition, inactive lifestyle is considered closely associated with obesity.
Shimaoka, Kiyoshi, Mitsui, Takahiro
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Associations between Objectively Determined Physical Activity and Cardiometabolic Health in Adult Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Biology, 2022
The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to qualitatively synthesize and quantitatively assess the evidence of the relationship between objectively determined volumes of physical activity (PA) and cardiometabolic health in women.
Yining Lu, Huw D. Wiltshire, Julien S. Baker, Qiaojun Wang, Shanshan Ying, Jianshe Li, Yichen Lu   +6 more
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What do pedometer counts represent? A comparison between pedometer data and data from four different questionnaires [PDF]

, 2008
OBJECTIVES: To compare physical activity (PA) reported through pedometer registrations (step counts) with PA reported in four different questionnaires; to compare step count thresholds (7,500, 10,000 and 12,500 steps/d) with the PA guideline of 30 min of
De Cocker, Katrien A., De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse M., Cardon, Greet M.   +2 more
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Effect of body composition on the validity and reliability of an electronic pedometer [PDF]

, 2007
This paper examines the effect of body composition and pedometer position on the validity and reliability of a pedometer. 52 adults (24F, 28M, BMI range 21-52kg/m2) participated.
Herd, J, Gardner, C, Kirk, Alison
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Higher Mobility Scores in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis Are Associated with Better Lung Function

Pulmonary Medicine, 2015
Objective. The purpose of this study was to determine whether mobility and physical activity were associated with lung function in adults with cystic fibrosis (CF). Design.
Aneesha Thobani, Jessica A. Alvarez, Shaina Blair, Kaila Jackson, Eric R. Gottlieb, Seth Walker, Vin Tangpricha   +6 more
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Status of physical activity in the Japanese population

Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, 2012
Physical activity surveillance at a population level is important. The National Health and Nutrition Survey of Japan has been carried out annually, and two kinds of assessments for physical activity are included in the survey: total step counts per day ...
Shigeho Tanaka
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A primary care nurse-delivered walking intervention in older adults: PACE (Pedometer Accelerometer Consultation Evaluation)-lift cluster randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2015
© 2015 Harris et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are ...
Ekelund, U, Annabelle Rogers (692851), Derek G Cook, Michael Ussher, Victor, Christina R, Fredrika Adams (692850), Brewin, Debbie, Cook, Derek G., Debbie Brewin, Kerry, Sally M., Woodcock, Alison, Carole Beighton, Christina R. Victor (480260), Elizabeth S. Limb (692847), Limb, Elizabeth S, Victor, CR, Lee David, Sally M. Kerry (692843), Kerry, Sally M, Limb, Elizabeth S., Rogers, Annabelle, Fredrika Adams, Ekelund, Ulf, Tess Harris (480258), Lee David (692848), Victor, Christina R., Peter H Whincup, Beighton, C, Carole Beighton (692845), Adams, Fredrika, Whincup, PH, Woodcock, A, Tess Harris, Debbie Brewin (692849), Christina R Victor, Ussher, M, Limb, ES, Rogers, A, Michael Ussher (692846), Beighton, Carole, David, L, Peter H. Whincup (168892), Harris, T, Kerry, SM, Ulf Ekelund (115075), Brewin, D, Whincup, Peter H, Alison Woodcock, Alison Woodcock (692844), Iliffe, S, Annabelle Rogers, Derek G. Cook (168879), David, Lee, Iliffe, Steve, Cook, Derek G, Elizabeth S Limb, Steve Iliffe (124625), Ulf Ekelund, Adams, F, Ussher, Michael, Cook, DG, Harris, Tess, Sally M Kerry, Steve Iliffe, Whincup, Peter H.   +64 more
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How many steps/day are enough? for children and adolescents [PDF]

, 2011
Worldwide, public health physical activity guidelines include special emphasis on populations of children (typically 6-11 years) and adolescents (typically 12-19 years).
Rogers, Laura Q., Cardon, GM, Tanaka, S., Tanaka, S, Duncan, Scott,, Tanaka, Shigeho,, John C Spence, Cardon, Greet M., Belton, S, Blair, SN, Tudor-Locke, Catrine, Timothy S Olds, Gardner, Andrew W., Schmidt, Michael D, Olds, Timoty S.,, Tudor-Locke, Catrine,, Catrine Tudor-Locke, Bell, Rhonda C., Croteau Karen A, Michael W Beets, Cardon, Greet M.,, Farah A Ramirez-Marrero, Rhonda C Bell, Cardon, G. M., Aoyagi, Yukitoshi, Belton, S., Scott Duncan, Blair Steven N, Sandra M Matsudo, Craig, Cora L, Yukitoshi Aoyagi, Blair, Steven N.,, Croteau, Karen A., Sarahjane Belton, Spence John C, Cardon, Greet M, Lubans, David R, Shigeho Tanaka, Tudor Locke, C, Schmidt, Michael D., Belton Sarahjane, Lubans, DR, Matsudo, Sandra M., Olds, T. S., Beets, MW, Beets Michael W, Raustorp, Anders,, Laura Q Rogers, Tully, Mark, Cora L Craig, Raustorp, A, Beets, Michael W.,, Tanaka, Shigeho, Spence, JC, Ewald Ben, Duncan Scott, Hatano Yoshiro, Raustorp, Anders, Cardon Greet M, Tanaka Shigeho, Anders Raustorp, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Raustorp Anders, De Bourdeaudhuij Ilse, Hatano, Yoshiro,, De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse, Craig, CL, Michael D Schmidt, Rowe, Davod A., Rowe, David A, Lutes, Lesley D, Craig, Cora L.,, Rowe, David A.,, Ewald, Ben, Tudor-Locke, Ramirez-, Gardner Andrew W, Tully, Mark A., Blair, Steven N., Hatano, Yoshiro, Ramirez-Marrero, Farah A, Tully, Mark A, Matsudo, Sandra M, Olds, TS, Ben Ewald, Lubans, D. R., Mark A Tully, Belton, Sarahjane, Blair, Steven N, Schmidt Michael D, NC DOCKS at East Carolina University, Karen A Croteau, Bell, Rhonda C, Matsudo Sandra M, Raustorp, A., Beets, Michael W., Ramirez-Marrero, Farah A., Steven N Blair, Lubans, David L.,, Hatano, Y., Lesley D Lutes, Rogers, Laura Q, Olds, Timothy S, Craig, Cora L., Craig Cora L, Lubans, David R., Spence, John C.,, Tudor-Locke, C., Bell Rhonda C, Lutes, Lesley D., Yoshiro Hatano, Spence, John C, Tudor-Locke Catrine, Beets, Michael W, Belton, Sahrajane,, Rowe, David A., Spence, John C., Rowe, David, Andrew W Gardner, Duncan, S, Craig, C. L., Hatano, Y, Olds Timothy S, Rogers Laura Q, Aoyagi Yukitoshi, Ramirez-Marrero Farah A, Duncan, Scott, Olds, Timothy S., Croteau, Karen A, Lubans David R, David A Rowe, Tully Mark A, Beets, M. W., Gardner, Andrew W, David R Lubans, Rowe, DA, Rowe David A, Lutes Lesley D, Greet M Cardon   +137 more
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Validation of a leg-mounted pedometer for the measurement of steps in lactating Holstein cows

JDS Communications
The aim of this study was to validate the pedometer AfiAct II (AfiMilk) for the measurement of steps in lactating Holstein cows housed in a freestall design by assessing its agreement with visual observation of step counts. A total of 41 primiparous (n =
J.C.S. Marques, T.A. Burnett, J. Denis-Robichaud, A.M.L. Madureira, R.L.A. Cerri   +4 more
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Participant characteristics associated with greater reductions in waist circumference during a four-month, pedometer-based, workplace health program

BMC Public Health, 2011
Background Workplace health programs have demonstrated improvements in a number of risk factors for chronic disease. However, there has been little investigation of participant characteristics that may be associated with change in risk factors during ...
Freak-Poli Rosanne LA, Wolfe Rory, Walls Helen, Backholer Kathryn, Peeters Anna   +4 more
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