Table 1.

Similarities and differences of wrist- vs. hip-worn accelerometers.

	Similarities			Differences
	Wrist-Worn	Hip-Worn		Wrist-Worn	Hip-Worn
Epoch Length	1 s, 5 s, 15 s, ≥60 s		Wear time	Daytime only (ranging from 10–16 h/day)	24 h/day
Sampling Frequency	30–100 Hz		Device Placement	Right hip (preferred) or left hip	non-dominant wrist or dominant wrist
Filter	Normal filter, low-frequency extension filters

Note. The bold areas are the comparison categories.