Objective Monitoring of Physical Activity: Contributions of Accelerometry to Epidemiology, Exercise Science and Rehabilitation

Introduction: a new perspective on the epidemiology of physical activity.- Chapter 1. Physical activity and optimal health: the challenge to epidemiology.- Chapter 2. History of physical activity measurement in epidemiology.- Chapter 3. Evolution of the pedometer.- Chapter 4. Newer approaches to the objective measurement of physical activity.- Chapter 5. Optimal patterns for the sampling of physical activity in various age groups and environments.- Chapter 6. New information on population activity patterns revealed by objective monitoring.- Chapter 7. Can the epidemiologist learn more from sedentary behaviour than from the measurement of physical activity?.- Chapter 8. New perspectives on activity/disease relationships yielded by objective monitoring.- Chapter 9. Excessive appetite vs. inadequate physical activity in the pathology of obesity. Evidence from objective monitoring.- Chapter 10. Objective monitoring and the challenge of defining dose/response relationships for the prevention of chronic disease.- Chapter 11. The economic benefits of increased physical activity as seen through an objective lens.- Chapter 12. Limitations of current objective monitors and the potential to overcome these problems.- Chapter 13. Future directions and conclusions.

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• Fisioterapia
• Saude pública e medicina preventiva
• Fisiologia
• Reabilitação
• Medicina das lesões desportivas
• Epidemiologia e estatística médica

Cost/benefit analyses;Epidemiology;Health promnotion;Objective activity monitoring;Physical activity questionnaires;exercise physiologists;optimal exercise recommendations;pedometers and accelerometers;rehabilitation psychology