Review article
https://doi.org/10.24141/1/5/2/6
Methods for assessing physical activity of the elderly: a literature review
Ivana Crnković
orcid.org/0000-0002-5973-731X
; Zdravstveno veleučilište Zagreb
Abstract
This paper systematizes and describes the methods of assessment of physical activity that are most commonly used in research intended for elderly people. Before the assessment of the level of physical activity it is important to conduct the anthropometric measurements and to evaluate the functional status of the examinees. Questionnaires on physical activity are often used for these estimates for many reasons, such as administration disburdening, lower costs for research implementation, and the ability to process quantitative and qualitative data while the main disadvantages when using the questionnaire are reliability and validation issues. More recently there have been developed various systems for monitoring the domain of physical activity in this population. This method includes accelerometers, of which the most widely used is Actigraph (GT1M), and is available to wider population. Recently, there has also been developed a new method of tracking, the SenseWear Pro 3 arm bands (SP3), which not only incorporate the accelerometer into energy consumption calculations, but also record heat flux, galvanic skin resistance, skin temperature, and approximate body temperature through a series of sensors that are located on the device. DLW technical usage of water marked with the stable isotopes of hydrogen and oxygen is a “gold standard” and the most accurate method for assessing average energy expenditure over a period of time.
Keywords
elderly people; monitoring of physical activities; Actigraph (GT1M); SenseWear Pro Armband 3
Hrčak ID:
226592
URI
Publication date:
15.10.2019.
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