Open AccessPhysical Activity Behaviors of a Middle-Age South African Cohort as Determined by Integrated Hip and Thigh Accelerometry
Author(s) -
Lisa K. Micklesfield,
Kate Westgate,
Antonia Smith,
Clément Kufe,
Amy E. Mendham,
Tim Lindsay,
Katrien Wijndaele,
Julia H. Goedecke,
Søren Brage
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0000000000002940
Subject(s) - sitting , overweight , cohort , medicine , actigraphy , demography , physical activity , physical therapy , body mass index , circadian rhythm , pathology , sociology
Descriptive studies of objectively measured physical activity behaviors in African populations are rare. We developed a method of combining hip and thigh accelerometery signals to quantify and describe physical behaviors in middle-age South African men and women.