The intensity of physical activity – are we measuring absolute intensity (e.g., how fast a person walks) or relative intensity (e.g., how easy or hard it is for the individual)?

Authors: Alex Rowlands and Mark Orme Why is this study important? Wearable activity monitors are increasingly used to assess how physically active people are. The intensity of physical activity measured by these devices is usually expressed in absolute terms. For example, time spent above a given rate of energy expenditure (e.g., 3 metabolic equivalents (METs), […]

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