Measurement of physical activity in clinical practice using accelerometers

D Arvidsson, J Fridolfsson… - Journal of internal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Accelerometers are commonly used in clinical and epidemiological research for more
detailed measures of physical activity and to target the limitations of self‐report methods …

Historical development of accelerometry measures and methods for physical activity and sedentary behavior research worldwide: A scoping review of observational …

KR Evenson, E Scherer, KM Peter, CC Cuthbertson… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
This scoping review identified observational studies of adults that utilized accelerometry to
assess physical activity and sedentary behavior. Key elements on accelerometry data …

Health status, physical activity, and orthorexia nervosa: A comparison between exercise science students and business students

J Malmborg, A Bremander, MC Olsson, S Bergman - Appetite, 2017 - Elsevier
Orthorexia nervosa is described as an exaggerated fixation on healthy food. It is unclear
whether students in health-oriented academic programs, highly focused on physical …

Decline in cardiorespiratory fitness in the Swedish working force between 1995 and 2017

E Ekblom‐Bak, Ö Ekblom, G Andersson… - … journal of medicine …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Long‐term trend analyses of cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2max) in the general
population are limited. Objectives To describe trends in VO2max from 1995 to 2017 in the …

Accelerometer derived physical activity patterns in 27.890 middle‐aged adults: the SCAPIS cohort study

E Ekblom‐Bak, M Börjesson, F Bergman… - … journal of medicine …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The present study aims to describe accelerometer‐assessed physical activity (PA) patterns
and fulfillment of PA recommendations in a large sample of middle‐aged men and women …

Physical education and leisure-time physical activity in youth are both important for adulthood activity, physical performance, and health

E Ekblom-Bak, Ö Ekblom… - … of Physical Activity …, 2018 - journals.humankinetics.com
Background: The importance of youth physical activity (PA) for adulthood PA, performance,
and health was retrospectively evaluated. Methods: A total of 258,146 participants (49 …

Underlying contributing conditions to breathlessness among middle-aged individuals in the general population: a cross-sectional study

J Sandberg, M Ekström, M Börjesson… - BMJ Open …, 2020 - bmjopenrespres.bmj.com
Introduction Breathlessness is common in the general population and associated with
poorer health. Prevalence, frequencies and overlap of underlying contributing conditions …

Self‐reported health‐enhancing physical activity recommendation adherence among 64,380 Finnish adults

JA Bennie, Z Pedisic, JH Suni, K Tokola… - … journal of medicine …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The Finnish recommendations for health‐enhancing physical activity (PA) for adults (≥ 18
years) recommend:(i)≥ 150 minutes of moderate‐to‐vigorous‐intensity physical activity …

Maintaining or increasing cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with reduced hospital admission rate

F Griffin, E Ekblom-Bak, D Arvidsson… - European Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Aims The aim of this study was to investigate the association between change in
cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related and all-cause …

Differences in erect sitting and natural sitting spinal alignment—insights into a new paradigm and implications in deformity correction

HWD Hey, CG Wong, ETC Lau, KA Tan, LL Lau… - The Spine Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Context Sitting spinal alignment is increasingly recognized as a factor
influencing strategy for deformity correction. Considering that most individuals sit for longer …