Table 1.
Details of the identified reviews, including AMSTAR quality assessment information
| Author and Date | Physical Activity Measures of Interest that were Examined | Population Focus | Review Type | AMSTAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ainsle et al. (2003) [12] | 1. Heart Rate Monitoring 2. Questionnaires and Activity Recalls 3. Pedometers 4. Uniaxial Accelerometers/Activity Monitors 5. Triaxial Accelerometers/Activity Monitors 6. Combined Heart Rate and Motion Sensors |
Adult and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Andrew et al. (2010) [72] | 1. Questionnaires and Activity Recalls | Adult (age not specified) |
Non-Systematic Review | 1. Y 2. CA 3. Y 4. N 5. N 6. N 7. N 8. N 9. N 10. N 11. Y Score = 3 |
| Bassett (2000) [20] | 1. Heart Rate Monitoring 2. Pedometers 3. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors |
Adult and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Bassett et al. (2008) [17] | 1. Pedometers 2. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors 3. Direct Observation 4. Questionnaires |
Adults (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Berlin et al. (2006) [39] | 1. Pedometers 2. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors |
Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Bonomi & Westerterp (2012) [21] | 1. Pedometers 2. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors 3. Multi-site Activity Monitors |
Adults (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Bort-Roig et al. (2014) [13] | 1. Smartphone Technology | Adults (age not specified) |
Systematic Review | 1. Y 2. Y 3. Y 4. N 5. N 6. Y 7. N 8. N 9. N 10. N 11. Y Score = 5 |
| Butte et al. (2012) [40] | 1. Pedometers 2. Load Transducers 3. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors 4. Heart Rate Monitors 5. Combined Heart Rate and Motion Sensors |
Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Chen & Bassett (2005) [41] | 1. Accelerometers/ Activity Monitors | Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Cheung et al. (2011) [30] | 1. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors | Adults/Older Adults (>17 years) |
Systematic Review | 1. Y 2. N 3. Y 4. N 5. N 6. Y 7. N 8. N 9. N 10. N 11. Y Score = 4 |
| Corder et al. (2007) [42] | 1. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors 2. Pedometers 3. Combined Heart Rate and Motion Sensors |
Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Davidson & deMorton (2007) [43] | 1. Self-reported Human Activity Profile | Adults (age not specified) |
Systematic Review | 1. Y 2. Y 3. Y 4. Y 5. N 6. N 7. N 8. N 9. N 10. N 11. Y Score = 5 |
| DeLany (2012) [44] | 1. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors | Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Dishman et al. (2001) [6] | 1. Direct Observation 2. Questionnaires and Activity Recalls 3. Heart Rate Monitoring 4. Pedometers 5. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors |
Adults (age not specified) | Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Forsen et al. (2010) [29] | 1. Self-Administered Physical Activity Questionnaires | Older Adults (mean age > 55 years.) |
Systematic Review | 1. Y 2. CA 3. Y 4. N 5. N 6. N 7. Y 8. Y 9. CA 10. N 11. Y Score = 5 |
| Freedson & Miller (2000) [14] | 1. Pedometers 2. Uniaxial Accelerometers/Activity Monitors 3. Triaxial Accelerometers/Activity Monitors 4. Heart Rate Monitors |
Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Garatachea et al. (2010) [27] | 1. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors | Older Adults (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Gorman et al. (2014) [28] | 1. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors | Older Adults (mean age ≥ 65 years or median age >60 years) |
Systematic Review | 1. Y 2. Y 3. Y 4. N 5. N 6. Y 7. N 8. N 9. Y 11. N 12. Y Score = 6 |
| Haskell et al. (2000) [45] | 1. Self-report surveys, Diaries, Physical Activity Logs, Recall Surveys, Retrospective Quantitative History, Global self-report 2. Heart Rate Monitors 3. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors |
Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Helmerhorst et al. (2012) [31] | 1. Physical Activity Questionnaires | Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Systematic Review | 1. Y 2. Y 3. Y 4. Y 5. N 6. Y 7. N 8. N 9. NA 10. N 11. Y Score = 6 |
| Kim et al. (2013) [18] | 1. International Physical Activity Questionnaire | Adults (15-69 years) |
Systematic Review (Meta-analysis) | 1. Y 2. Y 3. Y 4. N 5. N 6. Y 7. Y 8. Y 9. Y 10. N 11. Y Score = 8 |
| Kowalski et al. (2012) [32] | 1. Self-reported diaries, physical activity logs, physical activity questionnaires, physical activity surveys 2. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors 3. Pedometers 4. Heart Rate Monitoring 5. Direct Observation |
Older Adults (mean age > 65 years) |
Systematic Review | 1. Y 2. Y 3. Y 4. Y 5. N 6. Y 7. Y 8. Y 9. NA 10. N 11. Y Score = 8 |
| Kwak et al. (2011) [19] | 1. Physical Activity Questionnaires (assess occupational physical activity) | Adults (age not specified) |
Systematic Review | 1. Y 2. Y 3. Y 4. N 5. N 6. Y 7. Y 8. Y 9. NA 10. N 11. Y Score = 7 |
| Lamonte & Ainsworth (2001) [46] | 1. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors 2. Pedometers 3. Physical Activity Questionnaires, Records, Logs and Recalls 4. Heart Rate Monitoring |
Adults (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Lee et al. (2011) [47] | 1. International Physical Activity Questionnaire (short form) | Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Systematic Review | 1. Y 2. N 3. Y 4. N 5. N 6. Y 7. N 8. N 9. NA 10. N 11. Y Score = 4 |
| Levine (2005) [48] | 1. Heart Rate Monitoring 2. Physical Activity Recalls, Logs 3. Pedometers 4. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors |
Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Liu et al. (2012) [49] | 1. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors 2. Foot Pressure Sensors 3. Heart Rate Monitoring 4. Armbands (Consisting of heat flux, galvanic skin response and skin temperature |
Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Lowe & O’Laighin (2014) [50] | 1. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors | Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Mathie et al (2004) [51] | 1. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors | Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Matthews (2005) [52] | 1. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors | Adults (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Meyer et al. (2009) [24] | 1. Physical Activity Recall Questionnaires, Surveys, Records, Diaries 2. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors 3. Pedometers |
Older Adults (mean age >60 years) |
Systematic Review | 1. Y 2. CA 3. Y 4. N 5. N 6. Y 7. Y 8. Y 9. NA 10. N 11. N Score = 5 |
| Murphy (2009) [25] | 1. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors | Older Adults (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Neilson et al. (2008) [10] | 1. Physical Activity Recall Questionnaires, Surveys, Records. | Adults (≥ 19 years) | Systematic Review | 1. Y 2. CA 3. Y 4. N 5. N 6. Y 7. Y 8. Y 9. NA 10. N 11. N Score = 6 |
| Pedišić et al. (2014) [53] | 1. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors | Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Pennathur et al. (2003) [23] | 1. Physical Activity Diaries, Questionnaires 2. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors |
Older Adults (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Pierannunzi et al. (2013) [54] | 1. Behavioural Risk Factor Surveillance System | Adults (age not specified) |
Systematic Review | 1. Y 2. N 3. Y 4. N 5. N 6. N 7. Y 8. N 9. NA 10. N 11. Y Score = 4 |
| Plasqui & Westerterp (2007) [33] | 1. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors | Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Systematic Review | 1. Y 2. CA 3. N 4. N 5. N 6. Y 7. N 8. N 9. NA 10. N 11. Y Score = 3 |
| Plasqui et al. (2013) [55] | 1. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors | Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Systematic Review | 1. Y 2. N 3. N 4. N 5. N 6. Y 7. N 8. N 9. NA 10. N 11. Y Score = 3 |
| Prince et al. (2008) [16] | 1. Physical Activity Diaries, Logs, Questionnaires, Surveys and Recall interviews 2. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors 3. Pedometers 4. Heart Rate Monitoring 5. Direct Observation |
Adults (mean age > 18 years) |
Systematic Review | 1. Y 2. Y 3. Y 4. Y 5. N 6. Y 7. Y 8. Y 9. Y 10. N 11. Y Score = 9 |
| Reilly et al. (2008) [56] | 1. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors | Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Reiser & Schlenk (2009) [34] | 1. Physical Activity Diaries, Logs, Questionnaires, Surveys and Recall interviews 2. Direct Observation 3. Pedometers 4. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors 5. Heart Rate Monitors |
Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Ridgers & Fairclough (2011) [57] | 1. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors | Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Sallis & Saelens (2000) [9] | 1. Physical Activity Diaries, Logs, Questionnaires, Surveys and Recall interviews | Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Schutz et al. (2001) [58] | 1. Heart Rate Monitors 2. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors |
Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Shephard (2003) [59] | 1. Physical Activity Diaries, Logs, Questionnaires, Surveys and Recall interviews | Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Shephard and Aoyagi (2012) [4] | 1. Direct Observation 2. Physical Activity Diaries, Logs, Questionnaires, Surveys and Recall interviews 3. Pedometers 4. Uniaxial Accelerometers/Activity Monitors 5. Triaxial Accelerometers/Activity Monitors 6. Mutiphasic Devices 7. Heart Rate Monitoring 8.Multi Physiologic Measures |
Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Strath et al. (2013) [60] | 1. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors | Adults, Older Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Trost et al. (2005) [7] | 1. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors | Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Tudor-Locke & Myers (2001) [15] | 1. Pedometers | Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Tudor-Locke & Rowe (2012) [61] | 1. Pedometers | Adults (age not specified) |
Systematic Review | 1. Y 2. CA 3. Y 4. N 5. N 6. Y 7. N 8. N 9. NA 10. N 11. Y Score = 4 |
| Tudor-Locke et al. (2002) [62] | 1. Pedometers | Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Systematic Review | 1. Y 2. CA 3. Y 4. Y 5. N 6. Y 7. N 8. N 9. NA 10. N 11. Y Score = 5 |
| Tudor-Locke et al. (2004) [63] | 1. Pedometers | Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Systematic Review | 1. Y 2. CA 3. Y 4. Y 5. N 6. Y 7. N 8. N 9. NA 10. N 11. Y Score = 5 |
| Valanou et al. (2006) [64] | 1. Physical Activity Diaries, Logs, Recall Questionnaires, Quantitative History Questionnaires, Global self-report questionnaires 2. Direct Observation 3. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors 4. Pedometers 5. Heart Rate Monitoring |
Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| van Poppel et al. (2010) [11] | 1. Physical Activity Questionnaires | Adults (Mean age 18-55 years) |
Systematic Review | 1. Y 2. CA 3. Y 4. Y 5. N 6. Y 7. Y 8. Y 9. NA 10. N 11. Y Score = 7 |
| Van Remoortel et al. (2012) [65] | 1. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors | Adults (Mean age >18 years) |
Systematic Review | 1. Y 2. Y 3. Y 4. N 5. N 6. Y 7. N 8. N 9. Y 10. N 11. Y Score = 6 |
| Vanhees et al. (2005) [66] | 1. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors 2. Pedometers 3. Heart Rate Monitoring 4. Combined Heart Rate and Movement Sensors 5. Physical Activity Diaries, Logs, Questionnaires, Surveys and Recall interviews |
Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Warren et al. (2010) [5] | 1. Physical Activity Diaries, Logs, Questionnaires, Surveys and Recall interviews 2. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors 3. Heart Rate Monitoring 4. Pedometers |
Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Washburn (2000) [22] | 1. Selected self-reported measures of physical activity | Older Adults (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Washburn et al. (2000) [67] | 1. Selected self-reported measures of physical activity | Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Welk (2005) [68] | 1. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors | Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Westerterp (2009) [69] | 1. Direct Observation 2. Physical Activity Diaries, Logs, Questionnaires, Surveys and Recall interviews 3. Heart Rate Monitoring 4. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors |
Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Westerterp & Plasqui (2004) [70] | 1. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors | Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
| Yang & Hsu (2010) [71] | 1. Accelerometers/Activity Monitors | Adults and Youth (age not specified) |
Narrative Review | Not Appropriate |
The AMSTAR [38] tool was used to score the reviews as follows: 1. Was an ‘a priori’ design provided? 2. Was there duplicate study selection and data extraction? 3. Was a comprehensive literature search performed? 4. Was the status of publication (i.e. grey literature) used as an inclusion criterion? 5. Was a list of studies (included and excluded) provided? 6. Were the characteristics of the included studies provided? 7. Was the scientific quality of the included studies assessed and documented? 8. Was the scientific quality of the included studies used appropriately in formulating conclusions? 9. Were the methods used to combine the findings of studies appropriate? 10. Was the likelihood of publication bias assessed? 11. Was conflict of interest reported? Answers: Y=Yes; N=No; CA=Can’t answer; NA=Not applicable