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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Physical activity (PA) may need to produce high impacts to be osteogenic.
AIMS: to identify threshold(s) for defining high impact PA for future analyses in the VIBE (Vertical Impact and Bone in the Elderly) study, based on home recordings with triaxial accelerometers.
METHODS: Recordings were obtained from 19 Master Athlete Cohort (MAC; mean 67.6 years) and 15 Hertfordshire Cohort Study (HCS; mean 77.7 years) participants. Data cleaning protocols were developed to exclude artefacts. Accelerations expressed in g units were categorised into three bands selected from the distribution of positive Y-axis peak accelerations.
RESULTS: Data was available for 6.6 and 4.4 days from MAC and HCS participants respectively, with approximately 14 hours recording daily. Three-fold more 0.5-1.0g impacts were observed in MAC versus HCS, 20 fold more 1.0-1.5g impacts, and 140 fold more impacts >1.5g.
CONCLUSIONS: Our analysis protocol successfully distinguishes PA levels in active and sedentary older individuals.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 24 |
Pages (from-to) | 290-295 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Aging and Physical Activity |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2015 |
Keywords
- peak g
- accelerometry
- VIBE
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Lifelong Health & Wellbeing Scheme: Describing habitual levels of physical activity (PA) in older people in terms of impact loads and how this relates to bone and other systems
Tobias, J. H. (Principal Investigator)
1/10/13 → 30/09/17
Project: Research, Parent
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Lifelong Health & Wellbeing
Tobias, J. H. (Principal Investigator)
1/10/13 → 30/09/17
Project: Research