Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2018, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (35): 5706-5714.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.0316

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Triaxial accelerometer applied in assessing physical activity: current status and prospects

Xie Haodong1, 2, Luo Jiong1, 2, Zhang Tingran1, 2   

  1. 1College of Sports, Southwest University, State Key Laboratory of Physical Fitness Evaluation and Sports Function Monitoring, General Administration of Sport of China, Chongqing 400715, China; 2Institute for Sports Rehabilitation, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
  • Contact: Luo Jiong, PhD, Professor, Master’s supervisor, College of Sports, Southwest University, State Key Laboratory of Physical Fitness Evaluation and Sports Function Monitoring, General Administration of Sport of China, Chongqing 400715, China; Institute for Sports Rehabilitation, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
  • About author:Xie Haodong, Master candidate, Research assistant, College of Sports, Southwest University, State Key Laboratory of Physical Fitness Evaluation and Sports Function Monitoring, General Administration of Sport of China, Chongqing 400715, China; Institute for Sports Rehabilitation, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
  • Supported by:

    the Basic Scientific Research Project of Central University of Southwest University, No. SWU1709433

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Triaxial accelerometer has been widely used in the monitoring of different groups of human activities and has shown high reliability and validity. Foreign studies have applied triaxial accelerometers to animals for physical activity monitoring. At the same time, there are certain errors, and there are few applications for triaxial accelerometers in physical activity in China.

OBJECTIVE: To review the researches on the physical activity monitoring of triaxial accelerometers at home and abroad so as to understand the research status, problems and research direction.
METHODS: Elsevier SDOL, Web of Science, and CNKI databases were retrieved with the keywords of “accelerometer, physical activity, energy expenditure” in English and Chinese, respectively, at the end of December 2017. The literatures related to triaxial accelerometers and physical activity were searched and then screened based on inclusion criteria.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) The triaxial accelerometer has good accuracy in motion analysis and can be extensively applied in human motion analysis. However, in the prediction of energy consumption, the triaxial accelerometer only shows high validity in walking and walking activities. (2) Most of the studies have carried the triaxial accelerometer to the waist, which only shows a good reliability and validity for the monitoring of walking and running activities. But, the monitoring of special activities was not in the best position, and the body movements should be considered as the basis. (3) The energy consumption prediction model established at abroad cannot be fully applied to the physical activity consumption of Chinese and needs further improvement. (4) There is a lack of unified standard for physical activity algorithm. (5) Compared to other effects on triaxiality in terms of acceleration accuracy, wearing positions and algorithms are the most important requirements for triaxial accelerometers. In the future, more research should be conducted on these two aspects. More researches on the effects of different wearing positions on energy consumption are needed. New data analysis methods should also be introduced, such as data mining and machine learning to standardize the algorithm. In addition, a large-size and multi-center trials are required. 

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:人工关节;骨植入物;脊柱骨折;内固定;数字化骨科;组织工程

Key words: Physical Exertion, Biosensing Techniques, Tissue Engineering

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