BACKGROUND To determine the effectiveness of two goal setting pedometer based walking program for people with type 2 diabetes, one employing supervised exercise group with pedometer and the other employing self reported group with pedometer. METHODS A total of 102 type 2 diabetic outpatients (28 women, 74 men) between the age of 40-70 years were recruited and randomly allocated into 3 groups:...

BACKGROUND Limited process evaluation of pedometer-based interventions has been reported. METHODS Feedback via focus groups (n=38) and exit questionnaires (n=68) was used to examine participants' experiences in a group-based, pedometer-based physical activity (PA) program delivered in the workplace. RESULTS The pedometer was described as a useful tool for increasing awareness of PA, providi...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to assess step-count accuracy of a piezoeletric pedometer (Yamax PW/EX-510), when worn at different body parts, and a triaxial accelerometer (GT3X+), and to compare device accuracy; and identify the preferred location(s) to wear a pedometer. METHODS Sixty-three healthy adults (45.8±20.6 years old) wore 7 pedometers (neck, lateral right and left of the waist, front ...

BACKGROUND Very brief interventions (VBIs) for physical activity are promising, but there is uncertainty about their potential effectiveness and cost. We assessed potential efficacy, feasibility, acceptability, and cost of three VBIs in primary care, in order to select the most promising intervention for evaluation in a subsequent large-scale RCT. METHODS Three hundred and ninety four adults ...

BACKGROUND Children who participate in regular physical activity obtain health benefits. Preliminary pedometer-based cut-points representing sufficient levels of physical activity among youth have been established; however limited evidence regarding correlates of achieving these cut-points exists. The purpose of this study was to identify correlates of pedometer-based cut-points among elementar...

the aim of the study was to develop a non-exercise vo2max predictive model using a physical activity (pa) variable determined by pedometer-determined step counts (sc: steps/day) in active lifestyle men aged between 40 and 65. for this purpose, 69 subjects were used to develop and validate the new model. vo2max was measured using rockport fitness walking test. anthropometric variables were measu...

This paper describes a decision tree (DT) based pedometer algorithm and its implementation on Android. The DTbased pedometer can classify 3 gait patterns, including walking on level ground (WLG), up stairs (WUS) and down stairs (WDS). It can discard irrelevant motion and count user’s steps accurately. The overall classification accuracy is 89.4%. Accelerometer, gyroscope and magnetic field sens...

PURPOSE To investigate the presence of reactivity, if any, to wearing sealed and unsealed pedometers, with and without step count recording. METHODS On the first visit to the laboratory, 63 participants (41 females and 22 males; age = 23.6 +/- 9.6 yr, body mass index = 22.7 +/- 3.0 kg x m(-2)), blinded to the study aim, were provided with a sealed pedometer (New Lifestyles NL-1000) and inform...

AIM The aim of this study was to determine the reliability, validity, and optimal placement of pedometers in children with cerebral palsy (CP) who ambulate without aids. METHOD Seventeen participants aged 7 to 17 years with CP (eight males, nine females; mean age 12y 4mo; SD 3y 2mo), who could ambulate without aids, wore four New Lifestyles pedometers (NL-1000) on an elasticized waist belt. F...

ObjectiveTo determine the scores of patient satisfaction with two goal setting pedometer based walking program for people with type 2 diabetes, one employing supervised exercise group with pedometer and the other employing self reported group with pedometer. MethodologyA total of 102 type 2 diabetic outpatients (28 women, 74 men) between the age of 40-70 years were recruited and randomly alloca...