Energy Expenditure During Incline Walking – Benefits of Integrating a Barometer into Activity Monitors

Armbruster Manuel; Anastasopoulou Panagiota; Altmann Stefan; Ringhof Steffen; Neumann Rainer; Haertel Sascha; Woll Alexander

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Energy Expenditure During Incline Walking – Benefits of Integrating a Barometer into Activity Monitors

Armbruster Manuel, Anastasopoulou Panagiota, Altmann Stefan, Ringhof Steffen, Neumann Rainer, Haertel Sascha, Woll Alexander

Published in American Journal of Sports Science (Volume 6, Issue 2)

Received: 15 February 2018 Accepted: 14 March 2018 Published: 4 April 2018

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Objective: This study aimed to compare different methods to determine energy expenditure (EE) on incline walking. Approach: The methods tested were a conventional triaxial accelerometer (GT3X), a versatile system (SenseWear), both utilizing single regression models, and a device equipped with a triaxial accelerometer and an air pressure sensor (move II). Twenty-five healthy participants wore the activity monitors and a portable indirect calorimeter (IC) as reference while walking up- and downhill as well as up- and downstairs. The accuracy of the three devices for estimating EE was assessed based on Pearson correlation, ICC, and Bland–Altman analysis. Main results: For GT3X and SenseWear the ICCs showed a weak correlation (between 0.42 and 0.08) and for move II a strong correlation (between 0.97 and 0.84) between the prediction of energy cost and the output from IC, respectively. Overall, the differences absolute to the IC values were 11 to 35 (12 to 30) times higher for the GT3X (SenseWear) than for the move II devices. Significance: The study showed that a device equipped with an accelerometer and an air pressure sensor had higher accuracy in predicting EE during incline walking than a conventional accelerometer or a versatile system.

Published in	American Journal of Sports Science (Volume 6, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajss.20180602.13
Page(s)	47-54
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Accelerometry, Validation, Indirect Calorimetry, Physical Activity

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Armbruster Manuel, Anastasopoulou Panagiota, Altmann Stefan, Ringhof Steffen, Neumann Rainer, et al. (2018). Energy Expenditure During Incline Walking – Benefits of Integrating a Barometer into Activity Monitors. American Journal of Sports Science, 6(2), 47-54. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajss.20180602.13

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Armbruster Manuel; Anastasopoulou Panagiota; Altmann Stefan; Ringhof Steffen; Neumann Rainer, et al. Energy Expenditure During Incline Walking – Benefits of Integrating a Barometer into Activity Monitors. Am. J. Sports Sci. 2018, 6(2), 47-54. doi: 10.11648/j.ajss.20180602.13

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Armbruster Manuel, Anastasopoulou Panagiota, Altmann Stefan, Ringhof Steffen, Neumann Rainer, et al. Energy Expenditure During Incline Walking – Benefits of Integrating a Barometer into Activity Monitors. Am J Sports Sci. 2018;6(2):47-54. doi: 10.11648/j.ajss.20180602.13

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Armbruster Manuel

Department of Physiology and Biochemistry of Nutrition, Max Rubner-Institut, Karlsruhe, Germany
Anastasopoulou Panagiota

Institute of Sports and Sports Sciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Altmann Stefan

Institute of Sports and Sports Sciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Ringhof Steffen

Institute of Sports and Sports Sciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Neumann Rainer

Institute of Sports and Sports Sciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Haertel Sascha

Institute of Sports and Sports Sciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Woll Alexander

Institute of Sports and Sports Sciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

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AU  - Anastasopoulou Panagiota
AU  - Altmann Stefan
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AU  - Neumann Rainer
AU  - Haertel Sascha
AU  - Woll Alexander
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