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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Res Q Exerc Sport. 2012 Dec;83(4):485–502. doi: 10.1080/02701367.2012.10599138

Table 1.

Examples of Physical Activity Measures Collected During Pregnancy

Physical Activity Type of Measure Measurement Examples Reference
Self-Reported:
Questionnaire Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire (Chasan-Taber et al., 2004; Ota et al., 2008)
Kaiser Physical Activity Survey (Schmidt et al., 2006)
Pregnancy, Infection, and Nutrition Study-3 Physical Activity Questionnaire (Evenson & Wen, 2010a)
Diary Daily Diaries (Aittasalo, Pasanen, Fogelholm, & Ojala, 2010; Evenson & Wen, 2010a; Lindseth & Vari, 2005; Poudevigne & O’Connor, 2005; Stein, Rivera, & Pivarnik, 2003)
Objective:
Heart Rate Monitor Polar (Löf & Forsum, 2006; Löf, Hannestad, & Forsum, 2002, 2003; Stein et al., 2003)
Accelerometry Caltrac (Stein et al., 2003)
ActiGraph/CSA (Chasan-Taber et al., 2004; Connolly et al., 2011; Evenson & Wen, 2010a; Harrison, Thompson, Teede, & Lombard, 2011; Löf, et al., 2002, 2003; McParlin et al., 2010; Poudevigne & O’Connor, 2005; Savitz et al., 2006; Schmidt et al., 2006)
Actiwatch (Rousham et al., 2005)
Actireg (Brantsaeter et al., 2010; Haakstad, Gundersen, & Bo, 2010)
RT3 Triaxial Monitor (DiNallo, Le Masurier, Williams, & Symons Downs, 2008)
Intelligent Device for Energy Expenditure and Activity (IDEEA) (Löf, 2011)
Pedometer Accu-Split (Lindseth & Vari, 2005)
New Lifestyles (Connolly et al., 2011)
Omron (Aittasalo et al., 2010; Connolly et al., 2011)
Yamax Digiwalker (Cohen, Plourde, & Koski, 2010; Connolly et al., 2011; Harrison et al., 2011; Lombard, Deeks, Jolley, & Teede, 2009; Ota et al., 2008; Symons Downs, LeMasurier, & DiNallo, 2009)
Other Devices SenseWear Pro(2) Armband (Berntsen, Stafne, & Morkved, 2011)