Open AccessFeasibility and Validity of the Actiheart Activity Monitor in Children Who Were Hospitalized With Cancer Coadmitted With Classmates: A RESPECT Study
Author(s) -
Peter SchmidtAndersen,
Tom Møller,
Preben Mogensen,
Kjeld Schmiegelow,
Hanne Bækgaard Larsen,
Martin Nielsen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pediatric physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.621
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1538-005X
pISSN - 0898-5669
DOI - 10.1097/pep.0000000000000712
Subject(s) - energy expenditure , medicine , test (biology) , step test , energy metabolism , statistics , physical therapy , mathematics , significant difference , biology , paleontology
We investigated the feasibility of the Actiheart monitor to determine total daily energy expenditure and the validity of the Actiheart step test as an accurate estimate of peak oxygen uptake.