Use of the NL-1000 motion sensor to measure healthy physical activity in school children

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Rowe, David and McMinn, David and Stark, Michelle and Nicol, Louise (2010) Use of the NL-1000 motion sensor to measure healthy physical activity in school children. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 14 (2). pp. 67-78. ISSN 1091-367X (http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/1091367X.as...)

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Abstract

Current interest in promoting physical activity in the school environment necessitates an inexpensive, accurate method of measuring physical activity in such settings. Additionally, it is recognized that physical activity must be of at least moderate intensity in order to yield substantial health benefits. The purpose of the study, therefore, was to determine the validity of the New Lifestyles NL-1000 (New Lifestyles, Inc., Lee's Summit, Missouri, USA) accelerometer for measuring moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in school settings, using the Actigraph GT1M (ActiGraph, Pensacola, Florida, USA) as the criterion. Data were collected during a cross-country run (n = 12), physical education (n = 18), and classroom-based physical activities (n = 42). Significant and meaningful intraclass correlations between methods were found, and NL-1000 estimates of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity were not meaningfully different from GT1M-estimated moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. The NL-1000 therefore shows promising validity evidence as an inexpensive, convenient method of measuring moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in school settings.

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Rowe, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5249-9008, McMinn, David, Stark, Michelle and Nicol, Louise;
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