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. 2019 Feb 12;10:75. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00075

Table 1.

Ambulatory assessment specification.

Ambulatory assessment specification References
Device Customized device (e.g., Actigraph, Tracmor, IDEEA, etc.) Troped et al., 2008; De Vries et al., 2011; Ruch et al., 2011; Skotte et al., 2014; Fergus et al., 2015,
Bonomi et al., 2009; Godfrey et al., 2011; Gyllensten and Bonomi, 2011; Reiss and Stricker, 2011; Kwak and Lee, 2012; Nguyen et al., 2013; van Hees et al., 2013; Adaskevicius, 2014; Barshan and Yuksek, 2014; el Achkar et al., 2016
Smartphone Bisio et al., 2012; Bayat et al., 2014; Shoaib et al., 2014; Spinsante et al., 2016
Sensor type Accelerometer
Accelerometer + Additional sensor
(e.g., heart rate, GPS, pressure sensor, imaging sensor, barometer, etc.)
1D De Vries et al., 2011,
Troped et al., 2008; Ruch et al., 2011; Nguyen et al., 2013; Fergus et al., 2015; el Achkar et al., 2016
2D Nguyen et al., 2013; el Achkar et al., 2016
3D Bonomi et al., 2009; Godfrey et al., 2011; Gyllensten and Bonomi, 2011; Bisio et al., 2012; Bayat et al., 2014; Spinsante et al., 2016,
Kwak and Lee, 2012; van Hees et al., 2013; Adaskevicius, 2014; Shoaib et al., 2014; Skotte et al., 2014
IMU (3D accelerometer + 3D gyroscope + 3D magnetometer)
IMU+ Additional sensor
Barshan and Yuksek, 2014,
Reiss and Stricker, 2011; el Achkar et al., 2016
Number of sensors 1 Accelerometer
1 Accelerometer + Additional Sensor
Bonomi et al., 2009; Godfrey et al., 2011; Bisio et al., 2012; Bayat et al., 2014; Spinsante et al., 2016,
Troped et al., 2008; Kwak and Lee, 2012; Adaskevicius, 2014; Fergus et al., 2015
>1 Accelerometer
>1 Accelerometer + Additional Sensor
De Vries et al., 2011,
Reiss and Stricker, 2011; Ruch et al., 2011; Nguyen et al., 2013; van Hees et al., 2013; Barshan and Yuksek, 2014; Shoaib et al., 2014; Skotte et al., 2014; el Achkar et al., 2016
Sampling rate Counts/steps Troped et al., 2008; De Vries et al., 2011; Godfrey et al., 2011; Ruch et al., 2011; Nguyen et al., 2013; Fergus et al., 2015; el Achkar et al., 2016
Medium (20–50 Hz) Bonomi et al., 2009; Gyllensten and Bonomi, 2011; Adaskevicius, 2014; Barshan and Yuksek, 2014; Shoaib et al., 2014 Skotte et al., 2014 Garcia-Ceja and Brena, 2016 Spinsante et al., 2016
High (>50 Hz) Reiss and Stricker, 2011; van Hees et al., 2013; Bayat et al., 2014; Garcia-Ceja and Brena, 2016
Sensor placement One part of body C Makikawa and Murakami, 1996; Troped et al., 2008; Bonomi et al., 2009; Fergus et al., 2015
U Godfrey et al., 2011; Kwak and Lee, 2012; Adaskevicius, 2014
L Bisio et al., 2012; Spinsante et al., 2016
Two parts of body H&L Bayat et al., 2014
C&L De Vries et al., 2011; Nguyen et al., 2013; Skotte et al., 2014; el Achkar et al., 2016
C&H Ruch et al., 2011
Three parts of body U&C&L Gyllensten and Bonomi, 2011
U&L&H Reiss and Stricker, 2011; Barshan and Yuksek, 2014
C&L&H van Hees et al., 2013; Shoaib et al., 2014
Four parts of body C&L&H&U Garcia-Ceja and Brena, 2016

D, Dimension; IMU, inertial measurement unit; Hz, Hertz; C, central part of body; U, upper part of body; L, lower part of body; H, hand.