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

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Shephard, Roy J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Tudor-Locke, Catrine (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Σειρά: Springer Series on Epidemiology and Public Health,
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Health promotion.; Rehabilitation medicine.; Sports medicine.; Epidemiology.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.; Rehabilitation Medicine.; Sports Medicine.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

This book examines the new knowledge that has been gained from the objective monitoring of habitual physical activity by means of pedometers and accelerometers. It reviews current advances in the technology of activity monitoring and details advantages of objective monitors relative to physical acti...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.