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Defining Continuous Walking Events in Free-Living Environments: Mind the Gap

Gbadamosi, Abolanle R.; Griffiths, Benjamin N.; Clarke-Cornwell, Alexandra M.; Granat, Malcolm H.

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Authors

Abolanle R. Gbadamosi

Benjamin N. Griffiths



Contributors

KH Chon
Editor

Abstract

In free-living environments, continuous walking can be challenging to achieve without encountering interruptions, making it difficult to define a continuous walking event. While limited research has been conducted to define a continuous walking event that accounts for interruptions, no method has considered the intensity change caused by these interruptions, which is crucial for achieving the associated health outcomes. A sample of 24 staff members at the University of Salford were recruited. The participants wore an accelerometer-based device (activPAL™) for seven days continuously and completed an activity diary, to explore a novel methodological approach of combining short interruptions of time between walking events based on an average walking cadence. The definition of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) used was a minimum walking cadence of either 76, 100, or 109 steps/min. The average daily time spent in MVPA increased from 75.2 ± 32.6 min to 86.5 ± 37.4 min using the 76 steps/min, 48.3 ± 29.5 min to 53.0 ± 33.3 min using the 100 steps/min threshold, and 31.4 ± 20.5 min to 33.9 ± 22.6 min using the 109 steps/min threshold; the difference before grouping and after grouping was statistically significant (p < 0.001). This novel method will enable future analyses of the associations between continuous walking and health-related outcomes.

Citation

Gbadamosi, A. R., Griffiths, B. N., Clarke-Cornwell, A. M., & Granat, M. H. (2022). Defining Continuous Walking Events in Free-Living Environments: Mind the Gap. Sensors, 22(5), 1720. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22051720

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 15, 2022
Online Publication Date Feb 22, 2022
Publication Date Feb 19, 2022
Deposit Date Mar 11, 2022
Publicly Available Date Mar 11, 2022
Journal Sensors
Publisher MDPI
Volume 22
Issue 5
Pages 1720
DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/s22051720
Publisher URL https://doi.org/10.3390/s22051720
Related Public URLs https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors
Additional Information Access Information : This article belongs to the Special Issue Sensors for Human Physical Behaviour Monitoring (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/Sensors_for_Human_Physical_Behaviour_Monitoring)