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  • 1Department of Kinesiology, Iowa State University, Ames Iowa, United States of America.

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|May 9, 2017
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This study found that current wrist-worn accelerometer processing methods show limited accuracy for assessing physical activity and energy expenditure. Further research is needed to improve these objective physical activity measurement tools.

Area of Science:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Exercise Physiology
  • Wearable Technology

Background:

  • Wrist-worn accelerometers are increasingly used for objective physical activity assessment.
  • The accuracy of various data processing methods for wrist-worn devices remains undetermined.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the validity of four processing methods for wrist-worn ActiGraph data.
  • To compare these methods against energy expenditure (EE) measured by a portable metabolic analyzer and the Compendium of Physical Activity.

Main Methods:

  • Fifty-one adults performed 15 activities (sedentary to vigorous) while wearing an ActiGraph and metabolic analyzer.
  • Four processing methods were used: Hildebrand Linear Method (HLM), Hildebrand Non-Linear Method (HNLM), Staudenmayer Linear Model (SLM), and Staudenmayer Random Forest (SRF).

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  • Data were compared using Bland-Altman plots, equivalence testing, Mean Absolute Percent Error (MAPE), and Kappa statistics.

    • Main Results:

    • Classification agreement with the Compendium was moderate (Kappa 0.46-0.54) but varied by method and intensity.
    • Sensitivity and specificity differed across methods, with 0% sensitivity for sedentary activity by HLM and ~99% specificity for vigorous activity by all methods.
    • None of the tested methods demonstrated significant equivalence to the criterion measure (portable metabolic analyzer).

    Conclusions:

    • Current processing methods for wrist-worn accelerometer data show insufficient agreement with criterion measures across various activities.
    • Further research is essential to enhance the accuracy of objective physical activity assessment using wrist-based devices.