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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 3.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Appl Physiol. 2010 Sep 15;111(2):187–201. doi: 10.1007/s00421-010-1639-8

Table 3.

ActiGraph Bias (95% CI); RMSE

Freedson (MET) Swartz (MET) Crouter (MET) Freedson (kcal)
Bias
(95% CI)
RMSE Bias
(95% CI)
RMSE Bias
(95% CI)
RMSE Bias
(95% CI)
RMSE
Across All
Activities
−1.4
(−1.4, −1.3)
2.3 −0.6
(−0.6, −0.5)
2.0 −0.6
(−0.7, −0.6)
2.0 −1.1
(−1.2, −1.0)
2.9
Treadmill
Activities
−0.8
(−0.8, −0.7)
1.5 −0.1
(−0.2, −0.1)
1.3 −1.0
(−1.1, −0.9)
1.7 −0.4
(−0.5, −0.3)
1.9
Activities of
Daily Living
−2.0
(−2.1, −1.9)
3.1 −1.1
(−1.2, −0.9)
2.6 −0.2
(−0.3, −0.1)
2.3 −1.8
(−2.0, −1.7)
3.7
Walking 1.34
m·sec−1 0% gr
0.0*
(−0.1, 0.1)
0.6 0.8
(0.8, 0.9)
1.0 0.0*
(−0.1, 0.1)
0.9 0.7
(0.5, 0.9)
1.6
Walking 1.56
m·sec−1 0% gr
0.0 *
(−0.1, 0.1)
0.9 0.7
(0.6, 0.8)
1.1 −0.3
(−0.4, −0.2)
1.0 0.6
(0.5,0.8)
1.6
Running 2.23
m·sec−1 0% gr
−1.1
(−1.3, −1.0)
1.8 −0.8
(−0.9, −0.6)
1.5 −1.4
(−1.7, −1.2)
2.2 −1.2
(−1.4, −0.9)
2.0
Walking 1.34
m·sec−1 3% gr
−0.8
(−0.9, −0.7)
1.1 0.1
(0.0, 0.1)
0.7 −0.9
(−1.0, −0.8)
1.3 −0.2
(−1.0, −0.8)
1.4
Walking 1.56
m·sec−1 3% gr
−1.0
(−1.1, −0.9)
1.3 −0.2
(−.03, −0.1)
0.8 −1.3
(−1.4, −1.2)
1.6 −0.6
(−0.7, −0.4)
1.4
Running 2.23
m·sec−1 3% gr
−2.4
(−2.5, −2.2)
2.7 −2.0
(−2.2, −1.8)
2.3 −2.7
(−2.9, −2.4)
3.1 −2.7
(−2.9, −2.5)
3.1
Ascend Stairs −5.9
(−6.2, −5.7)
6.2 −5.1
(−5.3, −4.9)
5.3 −3.9
(−4.1, −3.6)
4.3 −7.1
(−7.4, −6.8)
7.4
Basketball −3.2
(−3.6, −2.7)
3.5 −2.5
(−3.0, −2.0)
3.0 −0.8
(−1.2, −0.3)
1.7 −3.3
(−4.0, −2.7)
4.0
Move 6kg
Box
−1.4
(−1.5, −1.3)
1.6 −0.4
(−0.5, −0.3)
1.0 0.8
(0.7, 0.9)
1.2 −0.9
(−1.1, −0.7)
1.9
Descend
Stairs
0.0*
(−0.2, 0.1)
1.1 0.8
(0.7, 0.9)
1.3 2.1
(1.9, 2.2)
2.5 0.6
(0.4, 0.8)
1.8
Dishes −0.4
(−0.5, −0.3)
0.5 0.7
(0.6, 0.8)
0.8 −0.8
(−0.9, −0.7)
0.9 0.4*
(−0.1, 0.9)
1.7
Dust −0.8
(−1.0, −0.7)
0.9 0.3
(0.2, 0.4)
0.5 0.3
(0.2, 0.5)
0.5 −0.4*
(−0.8, 0.1)
1.5
Garden −1.2
(−1.5, −0.9)
1.5 −0.2*
(−0.4, 0.1)
0.9 0.5
(0.2, 0.8)
1.0 −0.6
(−1.2, −0.1)
1.8
Laundry −0.7
(−0.8, −0.6)
0.8 0.4
(0.3, 0.5)
0.6 0.0
(−0.3, 0.2)
0.8 0.1*
(−0.4, 0.6)
1.6
Mop −1.5
(−1.8, −1.3)
1.7 −0.5
(−0.7, −0.2)
0.8 −0.2
(−0.4, 0.1)
0.9 −1.0
(−1.6, −0.4)
2.1
Mow −2.3
(−2.5, −2.0)
2.4 −1.3
(−1.6, −1.0)
1.6 −0.2
(−0.5, 0.1)
1.0 −2.1
(−2.6, −1.7)
2.6
Paint −0.9
(−1.1, −0.7)
1.1 0.1
(0.0, 0.3)
0.6 0.5
(0.3, 0.7)
0.9 −0.4*
(−1.0, 0.2)
1.9
Rake −2.2
(−2.5, −1.9)
2.4 −1.1
(−1.4, −0.8)
1.4 −0.8
(−1.1, −0.5)
1.2 −1.8
(−2.4, −1.2)
2.6
Clean Room −0.7
(−1.1, −0.2)
1.5 0.1*
(−0.3, 0.5)
1.3 1.7
(1.3, 2.2)
2.2 −0.1*
(−0.8, 0.6)
2.2
Sweep −1.2
(−1.4, −1.0)
1.4 −0.1*
(−0.3, 0.1)
0.6 0.0
(−0.2, 0.3)
0.8 −0.6
(−1.0, −0.1)
1.6
Tennis −4.9
(−5.3, −4.4)
5.1 −4.1
(−4.5, −3.6)
4.3 −2.4
(−2.9, −2.0)
2.8 −5.5
(−6.0, −5.0)
5.8
Trim −1.5
(−1.7, −1.3)
1.6 −0.4
(−0.5, −0.2)
0.7 −0.7
(−1.0, −0.5)
1.1 −1.2
(−1.7, −0.7)
2.0
Vacuum −1.3
(−1.5, −1.2)
1.4 −0.2
(−0.4, −0.1)
0.6 0.0
(−0.2, 0.2)
0.6 −1.1
(−1.5, −0.6)
1.7

CI = Confidence Interval; RMSE = Root Mean Squared Error; m = meters; sec = seconds; gr = grade;

*

Predicted EE not significantly different than measured EE