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1. Physical activity in patients with COPD
by Watz, H and Waschki, B and Meyer, T and Magnussen, H
European Respiratory Journal, ISSN 0903-1936, 02/2009, Volume 33, Issue 2, pp. 262 - 272
The present study aimed to measure physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to: 1) identify the disease stage at which... 
6-minute walking distance | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | Clinical chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | Activities of daily living | MORTALITY | DISTANCE | PREVENTION | EXERCISE CAPACITY | DOUBLY-LABELED WATER | VARIABILITY | OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY-DISEASE | ENERGY-EXPENDITURE | RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | activities of daily living | HEALTH | clinical chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | DAILY-LIFE | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | Severity of Illness Index | Predictive Value of Tests | Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - diagnosis | Reproducibility of Results | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | Bronchitis - physiopathology | Dyspnea - etiology | Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - physiopathology | Motor Activity | Bronchitis - diagnosis | Exercise Tolerance - physiology | Quality of Life | Female | ROC Curve | Aged
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2. Full Text Assessment of physical activity: a critical appraisal
by Westerterp, K.R
European Journal of Applied Physiology, ISSN 1439-6319, 01/2009, Volume 105, Issue 6, pp. 823 - 828
Assessment of physical activity in a free-living environment is important for understanding relations between physical activity and health and determining the... 
Heart rate | Accelerometers | Doubly labeled water | Physical fitness | Biomedicine | Human Physiology | Sports Medicine | Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine | Questionnaires | Activity type | Accelero meters | Heartrate | SPORT SCIENCES | PHYSIOLOGY | DAILY ENERGY-EXPENDITURE | VALIDATION | INTENSITY | ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRES | DOUBLY-LABELED WATER | CHILDREN | ACTIVITY LEVEL | MOVEMENT | HEART-RATE | ACCELEROMETRY | Physical Fitness - physiology | Motor Activity - physiology | Posture - physiology | Humans | Heart Rate - physiology | Acceleration | Energy Metabolism - physiology | Exercise | Heart beat | Analysis
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3. Full Text Fusion of Smartphone Motion Sensors for Physical Activity Recognition
by Shoaib, M and Bosch, S and Durmaz, O and Scholten, Johan and Havinga, Paul J.M
Sensors (Switserland), ISSN 1424-8220, 06/2014, Volume 14, Issue 6, pp. 10146 - 10176
For physical activity recognition, smartphone sensors, such as an accelerometer and a gyroscope, are being utilized in many research studies. So far,... 
Activity Recognition | Health Monitoring | smartphone sensors | well-being applications | Sensor fusion | Accelerometer | assisted living | Magnetometer | Gyroscope | METIS-305896 | IR-91463 | EWI-24775 | Health monitoring | Smartphone sensors | Wellbeing applications | Activity recognition | Assisted living | ELECTROCHEMISTRY | CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL | health monitoring | magnetometer | sensor fusion | CLASSIFICATION | MOBILE-PHONE | wellbeing applications | gyroscope | INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION | accelerometer | activity recognition | Humans | Male | Models, Statistical | Walking - classification | Activities of Daily Living - classification | Algorithms | Movement - physiology | Accelerometry - instrumentation | Monitoring, Physiologic - methods | Adult | Monitoring, Physiologic - instrumentation | Accelerometry - methods | Cell Phone | Pattern Recognition, Automated - methods | Smartphones | Accelerometers | Data acquisition | Performance enhancement | Sensors | Gyroscopes | Motion sensors | Recognition
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4. Full Text Multisensor Data Fusion for Physical Activity Assessment
by Shaopeng Liu and Gao, Robert X and John, D and Staudenmayer, J. W and Freedson, P. S
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, ISSN 0018-9294, 03/2012, Volume 59, Issue 3, pp. 687 - 696
This paper presents a sensor fusion method for assessing physical activity (PA) of human subjects, based on support vector machines (SVMs). Specifically,... 
Accelerometers | Support vector machines | Wrist | wearable sensing system | Physical activity assessment | Feature extraction | Ventilation | sensor fusion | Data models | Hip | support vector machines | WEARABLE SENSOR | SYSTEM | ENERGY-EXPENDITURE | ARTIFACT REMOVAL | ENGINEERING, BIOMEDICAL | ACCELEROMETER | ARTIFICIAL NEURAL-NETWORK | ACTIVITY RECOGNITION | Activities of Daily Living | Motor Activity - physiology | Reproducibility of Results | Humans | Adult | Female | Male | Monitoring, Physiologic - instrumentation | Support Vector Machine | Acceleration | Energy Metabolism - physiology | Respiration | Measurement | Usage | Euclidean geometry | Frequency modulation | Exercise | Kernel functions | Neural networks | Innovations | Geometry, Plane | Sensors | Geometry, Solid | Human subjects | Mean square errors
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5. Full Text Role of built environments in physical activity, obesity, and cardiovascular disease
by Sallis, James F and Floyd, Myron F and Rodríguez, Daniel A and Saelens, Brian E
Circulation, ISSN 0009-7322, 02/2012, Volume 125, Issue 5, pp. 729 - 737
epidemiology | exercise | obesity | prevention | lifestyle | WALKING | CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS | TRANSPORTATION | ADULTS | NEIGHBORHOOD ENVIRONMENTS | CHILDREN | URBAN SPRAWL | POLICY | PUBLIC PARKS | PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE | HEALTH | WEIGHT | Motor Activity - physiology | Walking | Bicycling | Recreation | Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control | Humans | Obesity - prevention & control | Environment | Facility Design and Construction
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6. Full Text Reduced Physical Activity With Bronchiectasis
by José, Anderson and José, Anderson and Ramos, Tamires Machado and Ramos, Tamires Machado and de Castro, Rejane Agnelo Silva and de Castro, Rejane Agnelo Silva and de Oliveira, Cristiane Santos and de Oliveira, Cristiane Santos and de Camargo, Anderson Alves and de Camargo, Anderson Alves and Athanazio, Rodrigo Abensur and Athanazio, Rodrigo Abensur and Rached, Samia Zahi and Stelmach, Rafael and Stelmach, Rafael and Dal Corso, Simone and Dal Corso, Simone
Respiratory care, ISSN 0020-1324, 12/2018, Volume 63, Issue 12, pp. 1498 - 1505
BACKGROUND: Bronchiectasis leads to reduced functional capacity, which might have implications for physical activity. The impact of dyspnea and long-term... 
dyspnea | oxygen inhalation therapy | bronchiectasis | exercise test | activities of daily living | physical activity | MORTALITY | CAPACITY | ADULTS | SHUTTLE WALKING TEST | RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | QUALITY-OF-LIFE | CYSTIC-FIBROSIS | COPD | CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE | Care and treatment | Exercise | Activities of daily living | Analysis | Shortness of breath | Bronchiectasis | Research | Health aspects
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7. Full Text Time use and physical activity: a shift away from movement across the globe
by Ng, S. W and Popkin, B. M
Obesity Reviews, ISSN 1467-7881, 08/2012, Volume 13, Issue 8, pp. 659 - 680
Summary Technology linked with reduced physical activity (PA) in occupational work, home/domestic work, and travel and increased sedentary activities,... 
Physical activity | time use | sedentary | Time use | Sedentary | SAO-PAULO | TRANSPORTATION | CHINA | POLICIES | BODY-WEIGHT | OBESITY | ACTIVITY PATTERNS | ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM | CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE | ENERGY COSTS | HEALTH SURVEY | Leisure Activities | Humans | Sedentary Lifestyle | Health Behavior | Activities of Daily Living | Cross-Cultural Comparison | Time Factors | Obesity - epidemiology | Work - physiology | Obesity - etiology | Exercise - physiology | Sleep - physiology | Energy Metabolism - physiology | Exercise | United States | China | Brazil | United Kingdom | physical activity | India
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8. Full Text Daily physical activity in subjects with newly diagnosed COPD
by Van Remoortel, Hans and Hornikx, Miek and Demeyer, Heleen and Langer, Daniel and Burtin, Chris and Decramer, Marc and Gosselink, Rik and Janssens, Wim and Troosters, Thierry
Thorax, ISSN 0040-6376, 10/2013, Volume 68, Issue 10, pp. 962 - 963
Rationale Information about daily physical activity levels (PAL) in subjects with undiagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is scarce. This... 
POPULATION-BASED COHORT | OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY-DISEASE | Tuberculosis | RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | Motor Activity - physiology | Spirometry | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | Dyspnea - physiopathology | Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - physiopathology | Activities of Daily Living | Exercise Test | Smoking - physiopathology | Exercise Tolerance | Female | Aged | Muscle Strength - physiology | Complications and side effects | Lung diseases, Obstructive | Care and treatment | Exercise | Shortness of breath | Influence | Diagnosis | Risk factors | Data collection | Physical fitness | Thoracic surgery | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 1506 | Research Letter
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9. An official European respiratory society statement on physical activity in COPD
by Watz, Henrik and Pitta, Fabio and Rochester, Carolyn L and Garcia-Aymerich, Judith and ZuWallack, Richard and Troosters, Thierry and Vaes, Anouk W and Puhan, Milo A and Jehn, Melissa and Polkey, Michael I and Vogiatzis, Ioannis and Clini, Enrico M and Toth, Michael and Gimeno-Santos, Elena and Waschki, Benjamin and Esteban, Cristobal and Hayot, Maurice and Casaburi, Richard and Porszasz, Janos and McAuley, Edward and Singh, Sally J and Langer, Daniel and Wouters, Emiel F.M and Magnussen, Helgo and Spruit, Martijn A
European Respiratory Journal, ISSN 0903-1936, 12/2014, Volume 44, Issue 6, pp. 1521 - 1537
This European Respiratory Society (ERS) statement provides a comprehensive overview on physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease... 
SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION | OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY-DISEASE | ENERGY-EXPENDITURE | RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | OLDER-ADULTS | ACTIVITY PATTERNS | POPULATION-BASED COHORT | QUALITY-OF-LIFE | ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRES | AMERICAN-HEART-ASSOCIATION | ACTIVITY MONITORS | Activities of Daily Living | Exercise | Societies, Medical | Europe | Humans | Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - rehabilitation | Motor Activity | Exercise Therapy | Advisory Committees
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10. Full Text Physical Activity and Hospitalization for Exacerbation of COPD
by Pitta, Fabio and Troosters, Thierry and Probst, Vanessa S and Spruit, Martijn A and Decramer, Marc and Gosselink, Rik
Chest, ISSN 0012-3692, 03/2006, Volume 129, Issue 3, pp. 536 - 544
Acute exacerbations (AEs) have a negative impact on various aspects of the progression of COPD, but objective and detailed data on the impact of... 
IQR = interquartile range | hospitalization | accelerometer | AE = acute exacerbation | acute exacerbation | BODE = body mass, airflow obstruction, dyspnea, and exercise capacity | 6MWD = 6-min walking distance | Pimax = maximal inspiratory pressure | COPD | physical activity | Accelerometer | Hospitalization | Physical activity | Acute exacerbation | CONTROLLED-TRIAL | MUSCLE WEAKNESS | STRATEGY | IMBALANCE | TIME-COURSE | RECOVERY | OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY-DISEASE | RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | REHABILITATION | DAILY-LIFE | CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE | Body Mass Index | Walking | Humans | Middle Aged | Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive | Thigh - physiology | Female | Aged | Disease Management | Muscle, Skeletal - physiology | Motor Activity | Lung diseases, Obstructive | Care and treatment | Usage | Therapeutics, Physiological | Development and progression | Risk factors | Physical therapy
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11. Full Text Total daily physical activity and the risk of AD and cognitive decline in older adults
by Buchman, A.S and Boyle, P.A and Yu, L and Shah, R.C and Wilson, R.S and Bennett, D.A
Neurology, ISSN 0028-3878, 04/2012, Volume 78, Issue 17, pp. 1323 - 1329
Objective: Studies examining the link between objective measures of total daily physical activity and incident Alzheimer disease (AD) are lacking. We tested... 
MOTOR DECLINE | WOMEN | ENERGY-EXPENDITURE | ACTIVITY PATTERNS | PEOPLE | ASSOCIATION | EXERCISE | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | LIFE | ACCELEROMETRY | IMPAIRMENT | Body Mass Index | Life Style | Comorbidity | Humans | Risk Factors | Proportional Hazards Models | Male | Educational Status | Motor Activity | Activities of Daily Living | Cognition Disorders - diagnosis | Exercise | Energy Metabolism | Sex Factors | Aged, 80 and over | Sex Distribution | Alzheimer Disease - epidemiology | Female | Aged | Causality | Cognition Disorders - epidemiology
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12. Full Text A systematic review of reliability and objective criterion-related validity of physical activity questionnaires
by Helmerhorst, Hendrik J.F and Brage, Søren and Warren, Janet and Besson, Herve and Ekelund, Ulf
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, ISSN 1479-5868, 08/2012, Volume 9, Issue 1, pp. 103 - 103
Physical inactivity is one of the four leading risk factors for global mortality. Accurate measurement of physical activity (PA) and in particular by physical... 
Validity | Systematic review | Physical activity | Reliability | Accelerometry | Self-report | NORD-TRONDELAG HEALTH | CHILDRENS LEISURE ACTIVITIES | PHYSIOLOGY | DOUBLY LABELED WATER | CONVERGENT VALIDITY | ACTIVITY RECALL | NUTRITION & DIETETICS | SELF-REPORT MEASURES | ENERGY-EXPENDITURE | SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR | CHINESE VERSION | ACTIVITY SCALE | Activities of Daily Living | Life Style | Reproducibility of Results | Exercise | Energy Metabolism | Humans | Sensitivity and Specificity | Health Surveys - standards | Motor Activity | Surveys and Questionnaires - standards | Health Surveys - instrumentation | Mortality | Analysis | Studies | Heart rate | Design | Councils | Bias | Questionnaires | Statistical methods | Manuscripts | Measurement | Surveys | Meta analysis | Objectives | Performance | Risk factors
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13. Full Text Physical activity and low back pain: A U-shaped relation?
by Heneweer, Hans and Vanhees, Luc and Picavet, H. Susan J
Pain, ISSN 0304-3959, 2009, Volume 143, Issue 1, pp. 21 - 25
Being physically active is often suggested to be important in the prevention and management of low back pain. This simple view does not take into account that... 
Prevention | U-shape | Chronic | Physical activity | Low back pain | RISK-FACTORS | DOSE-RESPONSE | FOLLOW-UP | MUSCULOSKELETAL SYMPTOMS | NEUROSCIENCES | ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | PROSPECTIVE COHORT | LEISURE-TIME | GENERAL-POPULATION | PREDICTORS | ADOLESCENTS | ANESTHESIOLOGY | Low Back Pain - epidemiology | Risk Assessment - methods | Humans | Middle Aged | Netherlands - epidemiology | Risk Factors | Proportional Hazards Models | Male | Statistics as Topic | Motor Activity | Incidence | Activities of Daily Living | Aged, 80 and over | Adult | Female | Registries | Aged | Causality | Care and treatment | Pain | Health | Backache | Analysis
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