Estimation of physical activity walking in different slopes based on accelerometer approach

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Abstract

At present, aiming at the inseparable relationship among the physical activity, energy expenditure and human health (chronic diseases), the measurement of physical activity is quite important to human health. Now most of the study supports of using the three-axis accelerometer to measure the physical activity, but for walking or running, the existing testing instrument and method is accurately only for flat ground. The standard method of analysis of body accelerations cannot accurately predict the energy cost of uphill walking without an external measurement of the slope. Therefore, This paper proposed an regression method of integration of data and HRmax - to-HRrest ratio(HRindex) by collecting and analyzing exercising data. In this study, the subjects finished the treadmill walking experiments wearing tri-axial accelerometer and the heart rate belt, then the three axis accelerometer data was separated instead of using the sum of the three axis integration on regression analysis. It was concluded that the method had a good measuring precision for treadmill experiment with different inclines.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 15th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT 2015, 14th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications, IUCC 2015, 13th IEEE International Conference on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing, DASC 2015 and 13th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Intelligence and Computing, PICom 2015
EditorsLuigi Atzori, Xiaolong Jin, Stephen Jarvis, Lei Liu, Ramon Aguero Calvo, Jia Hu, Geyong Min, Nektarios Georgalas, Yulei Wu
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1372-1376
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781509001545
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 12 2015
Event15th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT 2015, 14th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications, IUCC 2015, 13th IEEE International Conference on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing, DASC 2015 and 13th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Intelligence and Computing, PICom 2015 - Liverpool, United Kingdom
Duration: 26 10 201528 10 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings - 15th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT 2015, 14th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications, IUCC 2015, 13th IEEE International Conference on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing, DASC 2015 and 13th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Intelligence and Computing, PICom 2015

Conference

Conference15th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT 2015, 14th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications, IUCC 2015, 13th IEEE International Conference on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing, DASC 2015 and 13th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Intelligence and Computing, PICom 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLiverpool
Period26/10/1528/10/15

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Publisher Copyright:
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Keywords

  • Heart rate
  • Physical activity
  • Slope
  • Tri-axial accelerometer
  • Walking

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