BACKGROUND: The purpose was to determine if waist placement of the pedometer affected accuracy in normal, overweight, and obese children, when attaching the pedometer to the waistband or a belt. METHODS: Seventy-seven children (ages 10-12 years) wore 5 pedometers on the waistband of their pants and a belt at the following placements: navel (NV), anterior midline of the right thigh (AMT), right side (RS), posterior midline of the right thigh (PMT), and middle of the back (MB). Participants walked 100 steps on a treadmill at 80 m x min(-1). RESULTS: The RS, PMT, and MB sites on the waistband and the AMT and RS sites on the belt produced the least error. CONCLUSIONS: Of these sites, the RS placement is recommended because of the ease of reading the pedometer during activity. Using a belt did not significantly improve accuracy except for normal weight groups at the NV placement site.
BACKGROUND: The purpose was to determine if waist placement of the pedometer affected accuracy in normal, overweight, and obesechildren, when attaching the pedometer to the waistband or a belt. METHODS: Seventy-seven children (ages 10-12 years) wore 5 pedometers on the waistband of their pants and a belt at the following placements: navel (NV), anterior midline of the right thigh (AMT), right side (RS), posterior midline of the right thigh (PMT), and middle of the back (MB). Participants walked 100 steps on a treadmill at 80 m x min(-1). RESULTS: The RS, PMT, and MB sites on the waistband and the AMT and RS sites on the belt produced the least error. CONCLUSIONS: Of these sites, the RS placement is recommended because of the ease of reading the pedometer during activity. Using a belt did not significantly improve accuracy except for normal weight groups at the NV placement site.
Authors: Renee M Jeffreys; Thomas H Inge; Todd M Jenkins; Wendy C King; Vedran Oruc; Andrew D Douglas; Molly S Bray Journal: J Phys Act Health Date: 2014-09-10
Authors: Travis John Saunders; Casey Ellen Gray; Michael Marc Borghese; Allison McFarlane; Afekwo Mbonu; Zachary Michael Ferraro; Mark Stephen Tremblay Journal: BMC Public Health Date: 2014-05-28 Impact factor: 3.295