Validity of consumer-grade activity monitor to identify manual wheelchair propulsion in standardized activities of daily living.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hypoactive lifestyle contributes to the development of secondary complications and lower quality of life in wheelchair users. There is a need for objective and user-friendly physical activity monitors for wheelchair-dependent individuals in order to increase physical activity through self-monitoring, goal setting, and feedback provision.

Objective

To determine the validity of Activ8 Activity Monitors to 1) distinguish two classes of activities: independent wheelchair propulsion from other non-propulsive wheelchair-related activities 2) distinguish five wheelchair-related classes of activities differing by the movement intensity level: sitting in a wheelchair (hands may be moving but wheelchair remains stationary), maneuvering, and normal, high speed or assisted wh

SUBMITTER: Leving MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5894999 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature