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Older adult dog owners are more physically active than their non-dog-owning counterparts (2017)
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Gee, N., Dall, P., Ellis, S., Ellis, B., Granat, M., & Mills, D. (2017). Older adult dog owners are more physically active than their non-dog-owning counterparts. Innovation in Aging, 1(Supl_1), 293-293. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igx004.1086

The study examined the influence of dog ownership on physical activity (PA) in community dwelling older adults using a longitudinal design and an objective measure of PA (activPAL monitor). Eighty six participants (aged 65–81 years) were matched... Read More about Older adult dog owners are more physically active than their non-dog-owning counterparts.

Visualisation of upper limb activity using spirals - a new approach to the assessment of daily prosthesis usage (2017)
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Chadwell, A., Kenney, L., Granat, M., Thies, S., Head, J., & Galpin, A. (2018). Visualisation of upper limb activity using spirals - a new approach to the assessment of daily prosthesis usage. Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 42(1), 37-44. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309364617706751

BACKGROUND: Current outcome measures used in upper limb myoelectric prosthesis studies include clinical tests of function and self-report questionnaires on real world prosthesis use. Research in other cohorts has questioned both the validity of self-... Read More about Visualisation of upper limb activity using spirals - a new approach to the assessment of daily prosthesis usage.

The influence of dog ownership on objective measures of free-living physical activity and sedentary behaviour in community-dwelling older adults : a longitudinal case-controlled study (2017)
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Dall, M., Ellis, L., Ellis, B., Grant, P., Coyler, A., Gee, N., …Mills, D. (2017). The influence of dog ownership on objective measures of free-living physical activity and sedentary behaviour in community-dwelling older adults : a longitudinal case-controlled study. BMC Public Health, 17, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4422-5

Background: There is some evidence to suggest that dog ownership may improve physical activity (PA) among older adults, but to date, studies examining this, have either depended on self-report or incomplete datasets due to the type of activity moni... Read More about The influence of dog ownership on objective measures of free-living physical activity and sedentary behaviour in community-dwelling older adults : a longitudinal case-controlled study.

Total hip arthroplasty improves pain and function but not physical activity (2017)
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Jeldi, A., Deakin, A., Allen, D., Granat, M., Grant, M., & Stansfield, B. (2017). Total hip arthroplasty improves pain and function but not physical activity. Journal of Arthroplasty, 32(7), 2191-2198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2017.02.002

Background: People with hip osteoarthritis are likely to limit physical activity (PA) engagement due to pain and lack of function. Total hip arthroplasty (THA) reduces pain and improves function, potentially allowing increased PA. PA of THA patie... Read More about Total hip arthroplasty improves pain and function but not physical activity.

Large scale population assessment of physical activity using wrist worn accelerometers: The UK Biobank Study (2017)
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Doherty, A., Hammerla, N., Jackson, D., Plötz, T., Olivier, P., Granat, M., …Wareham, N. (2017). Large scale population assessment of physical activity using wrist worn accelerometers: The UK Biobank Study. PLoS ONE, 12(2), e0169649. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169649

BACKGROUND: Physical activity has not been objectively measured in prospective cohorts with sufficiently large numbers to reliably detect associations with multiple health outcomes. Technological advances now make this possible. We describe the metho... Read More about Large scale population assessment of physical activity using wrist worn accelerometers: The UK Biobank Study.

Time spent in sedentary posture is associated with waist circumference and cardiovascular risk (2017)
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Tigbe, W., Granat, M., Sattar, N., & Lean, M. (2017). Time spent in sedentary posture is associated with waist circumference and cardiovascular risk. International Journal of Obesity, 41, 689-696. https://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2017.30

Background The relationship between metabolic risk and time spent sitting, standing and stepping has not been well established. The present study aimed to determine associations of objectively measured time spent siting, standing and stepping, with... Read More about Time spent in sedentary posture is associated with waist circumference and cardiovascular risk.

A technique to record the sedentary to walk movement during free living mobility : a comparison of healthy and stroke populations (2016)
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Kerr, A., Rafferty, D., Hollands, K., Barber, M., & Granat, M. (2017). A technique to record the sedentary to walk movement during free living mobility : a comparison of healthy and stroke populations. Gait & Posture, 52, 233-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2016.11.046

Background Hesitation between moving from a sedentary posture (lying/sitting) to walking is a characteristic of mobility impaired individuals, as identified from laboratory studies. Knowing the extent to which this hesitation occurs during ev... Read More about A technique to record the sedentary to walk movement during free living mobility : a comparison of healthy and stroke populations.

Attending a workplace : its contribution to volume and intensity of physical activity (2016)
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Rafferty, D., Dolan, C., & Granat, M. (2016). Attending a workplace : its contribution to volume and intensity of physical activity. Physiological Measurement, 37(12), 2144-2153. https://doi.org/10.1088/0967-3334/37/12/2144

Understanding the contribution that attending a workplace has in accumulating physical activity (PA) may help inform strategies used to increase PA. This study explores the influence that attending work has on the total number of steps taken and the... Read More about Attending a workplace : its contribution to volume and intensity of physical activity.

Empirically derived cut-points for sedentary behaviour: are we sitting differently? (2016)
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Clarke-Cornwell, A., Farragher, T., Cook, P., & Granat, M. (2016). Empirically derived cut-points for sedentary behaviour: are we sitting differently?. Physiological Measurement, 37(10), 1669-1685. https://doi.org/10.1088/0967-3334/37/10/1669

Sedentary behaviour (SB) is associated with a number of adverse health outcomes. Studies that have used ActiGraph monitors to define sedentary time tend to use a threshold of  

Differentiating sitting and lying using a thigh-worn accelerometer (2016)
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Lyden, K., John, D., Dall, P., & Granat, M. (2016). Differentiating sitting and lying using a thigh-worn accelerometer. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 48(4), 742-747. https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000000804

A tri-axial accelerometer worn on the thigh can provide information on the angle of rotation of the thigh. These data may be used to estimate periods of lying versus sitting. Purpose: To develop and test a classification algorithm to identify sedent... Read More about Differentiating sitting and lying using a thigh-worn accelerometer.

The long-term effect of being treated in a geriatric ward compared to an orthopaedic ward on six measures of free-living physical behavior 4 and 12 months after a hip fracture - a randomised controlled trial (2015)
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Taraldsen, K., Thingstad, P., Sletvold, O., Lydersen, S., Granat, M., Chastin, S., & Helbostad, J. (2015). The long-term effect of being treated in a geriatric ward compared to an orthopaedic ward on six measures of free-living physical behavior 4 and 12 months after a hip fracture - a randomised controlled trial. BMC Geriatrics, 15, 160. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-015-0153-6

Background This study is part of the Trondheim Hip Fracture Trial, where we compared free-living physical behavior in daily life 4 and 12 months following hip surgery for patients managed with comprehensive geriatric care (CGC) in a geriatric ward... Read More about The long-term effect of being treated in a geriatric ward compared to an orthopaedic ward on six measures of free-living physical behavior 4 and 12 months after a hip fracture - a randomised controlled trial.

Utilization & harmonization of adult accelerometry data : review & expert consensus (2015)
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Wijndaele, K., Westgate, K., Stephens, S., Blair, S., Bull, F., Chastin, S., …Healy, G. (2015). Utilization & harmonization of adult accelerometry data : review & expert consensus. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 47(10), 2129-2139. https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000000661

Purpose: To describe the scope of accelerometry data collected internationally in adults; and, to obtain a consensus from measurement experts regarding the optimal strategies to harmonize international accelerometry data. Methods: In March 2014 a c... Read More about Utilization & harmonization of adult accelerometry data : review & expert consensus.

Visualization of sedentary behavior using an event- based approach (2015)
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based approach. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 19(3), 148-157. https://doi.org/10.1080/1091367X.2015.1048342

Visualization is commonly used in the interpretation of physical behavior (PB) data, either in conjunction with or as precursor to formal analysis. Effective representations of the data can enable the identification of patterns of behavior, and how t... Read More about Visualization of sedentary behavior using an event- based approach.

Quantifying the cadence of free-living walking using event-based analysis (2015)
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Granat, M., Clarke, C., Holdsworth, R., Stansfield, B., & Dall, P. (2015). Quantifying the cadence of free-living walking using event-based analysis. Gait & Posture, 42(1), 85-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2015.04.012

Purpose: Free-living walking occurs over a wide range of durations and intensities (cadence). Therefore, its characterisation requires a full description of the distribution of duration and cadence of these walking events. The aim was to use event-... Read More about Quantifying the cadence of free-living walking using event-based analysis.

The development and validation of an activity monitoring system for use in measurement of posture of childbearing women during first stage of labour (2015)
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Hollins-Martin, C., Kenney, L., Pratt, T., & Granat, M. (2015). The development and validation of an activity monitoring system for use in measurement of posture of childbearing women during first stage of labour. Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health, 60(2), 182-186. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.12230

Introduction: There is limited understanding of the type and extent of maternal postures that midwives should encourage or support during labor. The aims of this study were to identify a set of postures and movements commonly seen during labor, to d... Read More about The development and validation of an activity monitoring system for use in measurement of posture of childbearing women during first stage of labour.

Seasonal variation in the distribution of daily stepping in 11-13 year old school children (2015)
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McCrorie, P., Duncan, E., Granat, M., & Stansfield, B. (2015). Seasonal variation in the distribution of daily stepping in 11-13 year old school children. International journal of exercise science, 8(4), 358-371

Seasonality studies in adolescent’s physical activity(PA) tend to report total PA (e.g. steps/day) rather than more specific detail such as steps/hour. This study compared the detailed changes in PA between seasons. Thirty three adolescents (baseline... Read More about Seasonal variation in the distribution of daily stepping in 11-13 year old school children.

Quantification of outdoor mobility by use of accelerometer-measured physical behaviour (2015)
Journal Article
Taraldsen, K., Granat, M., & Helbostad, J. (2015). Quantification of outdoor mobility by use of accelerometer-measured physical behaviour. BioMed Research International, 2015, Article ID 910259. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/910259

Hip fractures in older persons are associated with both low levels of daily physical activity and loss of outdoor mobility. The aim of this study was to investigate if accelerometer-based measures of physical behaviour can be used to determine if peo... Read More about Quantification of outdoor mobility by use of accelerometer-measured physical behaviour.

True cadence and step accumulation are not equivalent : the effect of intermittent claudication on free-living cadence (2014)
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Stansfield, B., Clarke, C., Dall, P., Godwin, R., Holdsworth, R., & Granat, M. (2015). True cadence and step accumulation are not equivalent : the effect of intermittent claudication on free-living cadence. Gait & Posture, 41(2), 414-419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2014.11.002

‘True cadence’ is the rate of stepping during the period of stepping. ‘Step accumulation’ is the steps within an epoch of time (e.g. 1 min). These terms have been used interchangeably in the literature. These outcomes are compared within a populati... Read More about True cadence and step accumulation are not equivalent : the effect of intermittent claudication on free-living cadence.

Objective assessment of intensity categorization of the previous day physical activity recall questionnaire in 11–13 year old children (2014)
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McBrearty, D., McCrorie, P., Granat, M., Duncan, E., & Stansfield, B. (2014). Objective assessment of intensity categorization of the previous day physical activity recall questionnaire in 11–13 year old children. Physiological Measurement, 35(11), 2329-2342. https://doi.org/10.1088/0967-3334/35/11/2329

The Previous Day Physical Activity Recall (PDPAR) self-report questionnaire asks children to categories their time in 30 min blocks under activity codes and activity intensity (ActInt). Text and visual descriptors of ActInt are used which include pos... Read More about Objective assessment of intensity categorization of the previous day physical activity recall questionnaire in 11–13 year old children.

Physical activity in hospital following total hip replacement : an objective analysis (2014)
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Jeldi, A., Grant, P., Granat, M., McDonald, D., Deakin, A., & Stansfield, B. (2014). Physical activity in hospital following total hip replacement : an objective analysis. Gait & Posture, 39(sup 1), S96-S97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2014.04.133

Introduction and aim: Total hip replacement (THR) aims to reduce pain and disability [1]. However in the long term, even in the absence of pain, there is reduced muscle strength, postural stability and flexibility [2]. Enhanced Recovery Programmes (E... Read More about Physical activity in hospital following total hip replacement : an objective analysis.