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Complexity of Daily Physical Activity Is More Sensitive Than Conventional Metrics to Assess Functional Change in Younger Older Adults

The emerging mHealth applications, incorporating wearable sensors, enables continuous monitoring of physical activity (PA). This study aimed at analyzing the relevance of a multivariate complexity metric in assessment of functional change in younger older adults. Thirty individuals (60–70 years old)...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Wei, Schwenk, Michael, Mellone, Sabato, Paraschiv-Ionescu, Anisoara, Vereijken, Beatrix, Pijnappels, Mirjam, Mikolaizak, A. Stefanie, Boulton, Elisabeth, Jonkman, Nini H., Maier, Andrea B., Klenk, Jochen, Helbostad, Jorunn, Taraldsen, Kristin, Aminian, Kamiar
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Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6069067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29941835
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s18072032
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author Zhang, Wei
Schwenk, Michael
Mellone, Sabato
Paraschiv-Ionescu, Anisoara
Vereijken, Beatrix
Pijnappels, Mirjam
Mikolaizak, A. Stefanie
Boulton, Elisabeth
Jonkman, Nini H.
Maier, Andrea B.
Klenk, Jochen
Helbostad, Jorunn
Taraldsen, Kristin
Aminian, Kamiar
author_facet Zhang, Wei
Schwenk, Michael
Mellone, Sabato
Paraschiv-Ionescu, Anisoara
Vereijken, Beatrix
Pijnappels, Mirjam
Mikolaizak, A. Stefanie
Boulton, Elisabeth
Jonkman, Nini H.
Maier, Andrea B.
Klenk, Jochen
Helbostad, Jorunn
Taraldsen, Kristin
Aminian, Kamiar
author_sort Zhang, Wei
collection PubMed
description The emerging mHealth applications, incorporating wearable sensors, enables continuous monitoring of physical activity (PA). This study aimed at analyzing the relevance of a multivariate complexity metric in assessment of functional change in younger older adults. Thirty individuals (60–70 years old) participated in a 4-week home-based exercise intervention. The Community Balance and Mobility Scale (CBMS) was used for clinical assessment of the participants’ functional balance and mobility performance pre- and post- intervention. Accelerometers worn on the low back were used to register PA of one week before and in the third week of the intervention. Changes in conventional univariate PA metrics (percentage of walking and sedentary time, step counts, mean cadence) and complexity were compared to the change as measured by the CBMS. Statistical analyses (21 participants) showed significant rank correlation between the change as measured by complexity and CBMS (ρ = 0.47, p = 0.03). Smoothing the activity output improved the correlation (ρ = 0.58, p = 0.01). In contrast, change in univariate PA metrics did not show correlations. These findings demonstrate the high potential of the complexity metric being useful and more sensitive than conventional PA metrics for assessing functional changes in younger older adults.
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spelling pubmed-60690672018-08-07 Complexity of Daily Physical Activity Is More Sensitive Than Conventional Metrics to Assess Functional Change in Younger Older Adults Zhang, Wei Schwenk, Michael Mellone, Sabato Paraschiv-Ionescu, Anisoara Vereijken, Beatrix Pijnappels, Mirjam Mikolaizak, A. Stefanie Boulton, Elisabeth Jonkman, Nini H. Maier, Andrea B. Klenk, Jochen Helbostad, Jorunn Taraldsen, Kristin Aminian, Kamiar Sensors (Basel) Article The emerging mHealth applications, incorporating wearable sensors, enables continuous monitoring of physical activity (PA). This study aimed at analyzing the relevance of a multivariate complexity metric in assessment of functional change in younger older adults. Thirty individuals (60–70 years old) participated in a 4-week home-based exercise intervention. The Community Balance and Mobility Scale (CBMS) was used for clinical assessment of the participants’ functional balance and mobility performance pre- and post- intervention. Accelerometers worn on the low back were used to register PA of one week before and in the third week of the intervention. Changes in conventional univariate PA metrics (percentage of walking and sedentary time, step counts, mean cadence) and complexity were compared to the change as measured by the CBMS. Statistical analyses (21 participants) showed significant rank correlation between the change as measured by complexity and CBMS (ρ = 0.47, p = 0.03). Smoothing the activity output improved the correlation (ρ = 0.58, p = 0.01). In contrast, change in univariate PA metrics did not show correlations. These findings demonstrate the high potential of the complexity metric being useful and more sensitive than conventional PA metrics for assessing functional changes in younger older adults. MDPI 2018-06-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6069067/ /pubmed/29941835 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s18072032 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Zhang, Wei
Schwenk, Michael
Mellone, Sabato
Paraschiv-Ionescu, Anisoara
Vereijken, Beatrix
Pijnappels, Mirjam
Mikolaizak, A. Stefanie
Boulton, Elisabeth
Jonkman, Nini H.
Maier, Andrea B.
Klenk, Jochen
Helbostad, Jorunn
Taraldsen, Kristin
Aminian, Kamiar
Complexity of Daily Physical Activity Is More Sensitive Than Conventional Metrics to Assess Functional Change in Younger Older Adults
title Complexity of Daily Physical Activity Is More Sensitive Than Conventional Metrics to Assess Functional Change in Younger Older Adults
title_full Complexity of Daily Physical Activity Is More Sensitive Than Conventional Metrics to Assess Functional Change in Younger Older Adults
title_fullStr Complexity of Daily Physical Activity Is More Sensitive Than Conventional Metrics to Assess Functional Change in Younger Older Adults
title_full_unstemmed Complexity of Daily Physical Activity Is More Sensitive Than Conventional Metrics to Assess Functional Change in Younger Older Adults
title_short Complexity of Daily Physical Activity Is More Sensitive Than Conventional Metrics to Assess Functional Change in Younger Older Adults
title_sort complexity of daily physical activity is more sensitive than conventional metrics to assess functional change in younger older adults
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6069067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29941835
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s18072032
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