title: Accelerometer assessment of physical activity in children: an update.
abstract: Accelerometry is frequently used to assess physical activity in children. The number of articles in this area has increased dramatically in the last 10 years. The aim of this article is to provide a contemporary overview of accelerometry research in children. Specifically, the review addresses the choice of monitor, choice of epoch, when and for how long activity should be measured, the lack of consensus over how to define a complete day of activity data, issues of compliance, methods for the calibration of activity output, and the richness of data available from accelerometry.
authors.affiliation: Children's Health and Exercise Research Centre, School of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Exeter, UK.
authors.forename: Ann V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Rowlands
mesh_terms: D002138:Calibration; D002648:Child; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D004867:Equipment Design; D016552:Ergometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012372:ROC Curve; D015203:Reproducibility of Results