Table 2.
Measured (Cosmed K4b2) oxygen consumption (VO2), METy (measured VO2 for the activity divided by measured resting VO2), and vector magnitude (VM) counts per 5 seconds from an ankle mounted ActiGraph accelerometer for each structured activity.
| Activity | Measured VO2 (ml⋅kg−1⋅min−1) |
Measured METy |
ActiGraph VM Ankle (counts per 5 seconds) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (± SD) | Mean (± SD) | Mean (± SD) | 25th and 75th percentiles |
|
| Supine Rest (n=177) | 4.9 (1.5) | 1.0 (0.0) | 19 (30.0) | 0.0, 9.5 |
| Watching Television (n=36) | 4.9 (1.4) | 1.1 (0.3) | 24 (31.6) | 3.3, 24.3 |
| Searching Internet (n=36) | 4.7 (1.3) | 1.1 (0.3) | 14 (17.3) | 0.6, 22.5 |
| Reading (n=38) | 4.9 (1.6) | 1.1 (0.4) | 24 (29.6) | 0.9, 13.2 |
| Playing Computer Games (n=42) | 6.3 (2.3) | 1.4 (0.5) | 21 (63.1) | 1.3, 11.6 |
| Playing Board Games/Cards (n=42) | 6.6 (2.1) | 1.4 (0.5) | 29 (74.5) | 1.1, 13.5 |
| Workout Video (n=36) | 10.1 (3.2) | 2.2 (0.7) | 199 (97.6) | 159.3, 257.3 |
| Nintendo Wii (n=38) | 11.4 (5.7) | 2.4 (1.1) | 192 (271.8) | 42.1, 230.5 |
| Vacuuming (n=37) | 11.6 (3.0) | 2.6 (0.6) | 306 (104.3) | 265.3, 444.6 |
| Sweeping (n=38) | 13.0 (6.3) | 2.8 (1.1) | 349 (151.1) | 245.2, 428.9 |
| Light Cleaning (n=42) | 13.2 (3.5) | 3.0 (1.3) | 245 (206.1) | 165.6, 266.5 |
| Slow Track Walking (n=38; avg. 74.6 ± 8.6 m⋅min−1) | 15.0 (3.2) | 3.3 (1.1) | 1067 (238.2) | 972.3, 1261.4 |
| Dance Dance Revolution (n=37) | 15.2 (4.2) | 3.3 (1.0) | 365 (102.2) | 339.1, 431.0 |
| Playing Catch (n=36) | 17.1 (5.2) | 3.7 (1.1) | 437 (219.3) | 345.7, 535.8 |
| Walk with 4.5 kg Backpack (n=36; avg. 78.8 ± 13.6 m⋅min−1) | 17.0 (4.7) | 3.7 (1.2) | 1105 (298.2) | 912.0, 1350.6 |
| Walking Course (n=61; avg. 71.7 ± 11.8 m⋅min−1) | 18.4 (4.8) | 4.1 (1.5) | 1036 (189.5) | 876.9, 1144.5 |
| Brisk Track Walking (n=37; avg. 93.0 ± 11.3 m⋅min−1) | 19.6 (3.9) | 4.3 (1.4) | 1442 (242.9) | 1270.4, 1613.2 |
| Trazer (n=36) | 19.4 (7.5) | 4.4 (1.8) | 599 (148.3) | 506.3, 710.5 |
| Floor Light Space (n=38) | 21.5 (7.0) | 4.6 (1.8) | 680 (197.6) | 533.4, 809.0 |
| Soccer Around Cones (n=37) | 21.2 (8.0) | 4.6 (2.1) | 935 (255.2) | 786.3, 1075.8 |
| Jackie Chan (n=42) | 21.7 (5.9) | 4.7 (1.4) | 521 (170.5) | 389.6, 657.0 |
| Wall Light Space (n=37) | 21.0 (6.1) | 4.5 (1.6) | 521 (150.1) | 436.5, 617.7 |
| Wall Ball (n=42) | 22.2 (7.5) | 5.0 (2.3) | 530 (229.5) | 467.0, 669.6 |
| Sport Wall (n=37) | 24.2 (8.6) | 5.5 (2.2) | 1055 (374.1) | 800.4, 1292.2 |
| Track Running (n=36; avg. 121.2 ± 21.2 m⋅min−1) | 24.2 (10.6) | 5.5 (2.5) | 1623 (414.3) | 1369.8, 1887.4 |
| Running Course (n=59; avg. 113.1 ± 19.1 m⋅min−1) | 31.2 (7.7) | 7.0 (2.8) | 1719 (329.8) | 1469.2, 1960.1 |