Feasibility of a laboratory-based accelerometer calibration protocol for children with intellectual disabilities

McGarty, Arlene M.; Penpraze, Victoria; Melville, Craig A.

doi:10.1186/s40814-015-0014-2

Pilot and Feasibility Studies

Table 5 Activity protocols of previous child calibration studies which included treadmill and free-living activities

From: Feasibility of a laboratory-based accelerometer calibration protocol for children with intellectual disabilities

Study	Participant age range (years)	Treadmill activities	Time per treadmill activity (min)	Free-living activities	Time per free-living activity (min)
Eston et al. [13]^a	8–10	Walk 4 km/h	4	Playing catch	4
		Walk 6 km/h	4	Hopscotch	4
		Run 8 km/h	4	Sitting crayoning	4
		Run 10 km/h	4
Evenson et al. [14]^b	6–8	Light		Sedentary
		Walk 2 mph	7	Rest	15
		Moderate		Sitting watching DVD	7
		Walk 3 mph	7	Sitting colouring books	7
		Vigorous		Moderate
		Run 4 mph	7	Stair climb	7
				Dribble basketball	7
				Vigorous
				Cycle on stationary bike	7
				Jumping jacks	7
McMurray et al. [35]^b	8–18	Walk 4 km/h	10	Standing arcade game	10
		Walk 5.6 km/h	10	Stretching	10
		Run 8 km/h	10	Sweeping	10
				Vacuuming	10
				Shovelling	10
				Stair climb (88 steps/min)	10
				Rope skipping	10
Puyau et al. [15]^c	6–16	Light		Sedentary
		Walk 2.5 mph	10	Rest	20
		Moderate		Sitting playing Nintendo	20
		Walk 3.5 mph (6–7 years)	10	Arts and crafts	20
		Walk 4 mph (8–16 years)	10	Free play sitting, e.g. cards, lego, miniature cars	20
		Vigorous		Light
		Jog 4.5 mph (6–7 years)	10	Aerobic warm up	10
		Jog 5 mph (8–10 years)	10	Moderate
		Jog 6 mph (11–16 years)	10	Tae Bo martial arts exercises	10
				Free play standing, e.g. hula hoop, throwing ball, jumping jacks	10
				Vigorous
				Jump rope	3
				Walk—self-selected pace	5
				Skip	3
				Jog—self-selected pace	3
				Soccer	3
Puyau et al. [28]^c	7–18	Walk 2 mph	7	Rest	30
		Walk 3.5–4 mph	7	Sitting playing handheld Nintendo	20
		Jog/run 4.5–7 mph	7	Sitting playing computer	20
				Cleaning (dusting)	10
				Aerobic exercises	12
				Ball toss	10
Vanhelst et al. [23]^a	10–16	Light	15 min consecutive	Sedentary	15 min consecutive
		Walk 1.5 km/h, 3 % gradient		Lying in bed watching TV
		Moderate		Sitting reading
		Walk 3 km/h, 3 % gradient		Sitting playing computer game
		Run 4 km/h, 3 % gradient		Light
		Run 4 km/h, 3 % gradient		Standing drawing
		Vigorous		Passing football
		Run 6 km/h, 3 % gradient

^aRespiratory gas exchange was measured using a stationary metabolic system, which restricts movement within a laboratory environment
^bRespiratory gas exchange was measured using a portable metabolic system, which allows almost unrestricted movement within a designed indoor or outdoor area
^cRespiratory gas exchange was measured using a whole room calorimeter, which allows unrestricted body movement within a confined room

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