Table 2.
Body fixed sensors with their properties and applications.
| Device type | Outcome Measure(s)/Placement |
|---|---|
| Pedometers | |
| Yamax Digi-walker Modell SW-200 [26,29,34,36,49,50], SW 700 [41], ML AW-320 [40], (Yamax, Tokyo, Japan), SW 701 [38] (New Lifestyles, Kansas City, MI) | Step counts, distance, Energy Expenditure/Waist |
| Sportline Distance Pedometer Model 342 (Sportline, Campbell CA) [28] | Distance/Waist |
| Pedometer (Seiko, Tokyo, Japan) (no further specifications) [27] | Step Counts/Waist |
| Accusplit Eagle 170 (Pleasanton, CA) [48] | Step counts, distance, Energy Expenditure/Waist |
| NL-800 (New Lifestyles, USA) | Step Counts/Waist |
| Uniaxial Accelerometers | |
| Z80/32KV1 activity monitor (Gaehwiler Electronics; Hombrechtikon, Switzerland) [30] | Activity counts/Waist |
| Caltrac Accelerometer (Muscle Dynamics, Torrance, CA, USA) | Energy Expenditure/Waist |
| MIT Accelerometer Modell 7164 (MIT, Shalimar, Florida, USA) [33] | Activity counts/Ankle |
| Computer Science and Applications (CSA) uniaxial Accelerometer, (Computer Science and Applications, Shalimar, Florida, USA) [44,45,47] | Activity counts/Waist |
| Multiaxial Accelerometers | |
| Step Activity Monitor (SAM) (Prosthetic Research Study, Seattle, WA, USA)/StepWatch Activity Monitor (OrthoCare Innovations, Washington DC) [48,63] | Step counts, step rate/Ankle |
| RT3 Accelerometer (Stayhealthy Inc, Monrovia, CA, USA) [31,37] | Activity counts, vector magnitude, energy expenditure/Waist |
| ActiGraph model GT1M (ActiGraph LLC, Pensacola, FL, USA)[43]; Manufacturing Technology, Fort Walton Beach, FL) [35] | Step counts, activity counts, energy expenditure/Wrist, waist, ankle |
| Tritrac-R3D (Hemokinetics, Madison, WI, USA)[26] | Activity counts, vector magnitude, energy expenditure/Waist |