Reference Values for Daily Physical Activity Measured with Accelerometers in a Danish Background Population between 18 and 80 Years of Age
Physical activity provides essential information to assess general health and evaluate the outcome of interventions. However, evaluation of physical activity necessitates reference values for comparison. The current study aimed to present reference values for accelerometer-based data on physical act...
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| author | Christine Krogsgaard Schrøder Lisa Urup Tønning Marianne Tjur Pia Kjær Kristensen Inger Mechlenburg |
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| description | Physical activity provides essential information to assess general health and evaluate the outcome of interventions. However, evaluation of physical activity necessitates reference values for comparison. The current study aimed to present reference values for accelerometer-based data on physical activity in a background population. We conducted a population-based cross-sectional study using accelerometer-based data on physical activity and self-reported data on demographics and health from a cohort of randomly selected individuals of 18–80 years of age registered in the Danish Civil Registration System (CRS) (n = 242). Participants took an average of 6095 daily steps, had an average cadence of 98.5, spent 3.7 h standing, 1.4 h walking, 3.8 min cycling, 7.0 h in sedentary activities, and had 43 sit to stand transfers. The results varied when examining sex and individual age groups. Our findings are important to clinical practice and research, as they provide sex- and age-specific reference values to enable comparison of daily physical activity levels. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4589f1708f97443fa4aa57a0fd2d432f2023-11-16T16:05:32ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172023-01-01133144310.3390/app13031443Reference Values for Daily Physical Activity Measured with Accelerometers in a Danish Background Population between 18 and 80 Years of AgeChristine Krogsgaard Schrøder0Lisa Urup Tønning1Marianne Tjur2Pia Kjær Kristensen3Inger Mechlenburg4Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99, DK-8200 Aarhus, DenmarkDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99, DK-8200 Aarhus, DenmarkDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99, DK-8200 Aarhus, DenmarkDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99, DK-8200 Aarhus, DenmarkDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99, DK-8200 Aarhus, DenmarkPhysical activity provides essential information to assess general health and evaluate the outcome of interventions. However, evaluation of physical activity necessitates reference values for comparison. The current study aimed to present reference values for accelerometer-based data on physical activity in a background population. We conducted a population-based cross-sectional study using accelerometer-based data on physical activity and self-reported data on demographics and health from a cohort of randomly selected individuals of 18–80 years of age registered in the Danish Civil Registration System (CRS) (n = 242). Participants took an average of 6095 daily steps, had an average cadence of 98.5, spent 3.7 h standing, 1.4 h walking, 3.8 min cycling, 7.0 h in sedentary activities, and had 43 sit to stand transfers. The results varied when examining sex and individual age groups. Our findings are important to clinical practice and research, as they provide sex- and age-specific reference values to enable comparison of daily physical activity levels.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/3/1443accelerometer-based datareference dataphysical activitysedentary behavior |
| spellingShingle | Christine Krogsgaard Schrøder Lisa Urup Tønning Marianne Tjur Pia Kjær Kristensen Inger Mechlenburg Reference Values for Daily Physical Activity Measured with Accelerometers in a Danish Background Population between 18 and 80 Years of Age Applied Sciences accelerometer-based data reference data physical activity sedentary behavior |
| title | Reference Values for Daily Physical Activity Measured with Accelerometers in a Danish Background Population between 18 and 80 Years of Age |
| title_full | Reference Values for Daily Physical Activity Measured with Accelerometers in a Danish Background Population between 18 and 80 Years of Age |
| title_fullStr | Reference Values for Daily Physical Activity Measured with Accelerometers in a Danish Background Population between 18 and 80 Years of Age |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reference Values for Daily Physical Activity Measured with Accelerometers in a Danish Background Population between 18 and 80 Years of Age |
| title_short | Reference Values for Daily Physical Activity Measured with Accelerometers in a Danish Background Population between 18 and 80 Years of Age |
| title_sort | reference values for daily physical activity measured with accelerometers in a danish background population between 18 and 80 years of age |
| topic | accelerometer-based data reference data physical activity sedentary behavior |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/3/1443 |
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