Physical Activity Assessment : A Lifecourse Approach.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Introduction -- Background -- Overview -- Defining key terms -- References -- PART I: Physical activity assessment: a lifecourse perspective -- Chapter 1: Lifecourse assessment of physical activity -- Physical activity epidemiology: setting the scene -- Physical activity and health over the lifecourse -- Consequences of ageing and senescence -- Physical activity and healthy ageing -- Challenges of ageing populations -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 2: Population-based surveillance -- Global physical activity surveillance -- Measurements used to assess physical activity -- Physical activity-related energy expenditure -- Kilocalories -- Metabolic equivalents -- Moderate to vigorous physical activity -- Classification of activity type -- Sedentary behaviour -- Sleep -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 3: Physical activity in lifecourse epidemiology -- Lifecourse epidemiology: a theoretical framework -- Causal pathways over time -- Timing of causal actions -- Disease progression: induction and latency -- Model (a) -- Model (b) -- Model (c) -- Model (d) -- Physical activity over the lifecourse: whose behaviour changes and why? -- Summary -- References -- PART II: Current measurement methods used across the lifecourse -- Chapter 4: Interpreting method comparison studies -- Origins of measurement -- The importance of measurement -- The rules of measurement -- Choosing a measurement method -- Terminology -- Method comparison: study design -- Method comparison: statistical analysis -- Calibration and validation in activity monitoring -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 5: Popular assessment methods -- Criterion methods -- Self-report questionnaires -- Using self-report methods across the lifecourse.

Recommendations to improve physical activity assessed using self-reporting -- Limits to the use of questionnaires in lifecourse epidemiology -- Moving from questionnaire to activity monitor -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 6: Physical activity monitors in epidemiology -- History of physical activity monitors -- Consumer- versus research-grade monitors -- Accelerometers -- Evolution of accelerometer-based activity monitoring -- Multi-sensor arrays -- Continuous wave 'raw' accelerometers -- Summary -- References -- PART III: Optimal measurement of physical activity across the lifecourse -- Chapter 7: The technology of accelerometry -- Hardware -- Accelerometer data -- What are accelerometer counts? -- Raw acceleration data -- Accelerometer metrics -- Data analysis -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 8: Assessing physical activity using a single accelerometer -- Best practice -- Choosing a device -- Placement -- Sampling frequency -- Storage -- Metrics -- Analysis -- Data processing and analysis using GGIR -- Toward 24-hour movement surveillance and guidelines -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 9: E-science: big data, management, processing and analysis -- Introduction -- E-science applications -- Big data: a new paradigm in scientific measurement -- Cloud computing -- The Medical Internet of Things -- References -- Chapter 10: Physical activity assessment in lifecourse epidemiology: future horizons -- 24-hour movement guidelines and knowledge gaps: a new research agenda -- Avoiding past digressions: the dichotomy of accelerometry -- Lifecourse physical activity assessment: focusing the picture -- Summary -- References -- Index.

The book provides a thorough grounding in physical activity assessment from a lifecourse perspective. It offers guidance on the optimal measurement techniques, suggesting how data should be collected, analysed and quantified, and what these methods mean for guidelines, interventions, and public health outcomes.

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