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Observational studyBMC public health2025

Relative and absolute intensity accelerometer metrics decipher the effects of age, sex, and occupation on physical activity.

Fabian Schwendinger, Raphael Knaier, Jonathan Wagner, Denis Infanger, Eric Lichtenstein, Timo Hinrichs, Alex Rowlands, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss

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Observational study in BMC public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03986892 (Functional Aging in Health and Heart Failure), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers.

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What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT03986892 completednot on this map

Functional Aging in Health and Heart Failure: The COmPLETE Study

TypeobservationalSponsorArno Schmidt-TrucksässRan2018 to 2020Enrolled678ConditionsAging, Heart FailureArmsPhysical Activity
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Fabian SchwendingerDivision of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7795-1478
Raphael KnaierDivision of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0244-7768
Jonathan WagnerDivision of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3436-588X
Denis InfangerDivision of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9028-7110
Eric LichtensteinDivision of Movement and Exercise Science, Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5860-9068
Timo HinrichsDivision of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6200-307X
Alex Rowlands *Assessment of Movement Behaviours Group (AMBer), Diabetes Research Centre, Leicester General Hospital, University of Leicester, Gwendolen Rd, Leicester, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1463-697X
Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss *Division of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. arno.schmidt-trucksaess@unibas.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4662-3911

Funding

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung 182815Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung PZ00P3_208999/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo investigate whether quantifying both the absolute and relative intensity of physical activity (PA) improves understanding of age, sex, and occupation-related differences in PA in healthy adults aged 20-89.

methodsIn the cross-sectional COmPLETE study, participants (N = 460, 48% women, age 55 [IQR 37, 71]) wore accelerometers for up to 14 days and underwent cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Average acceleration (AvAcc) and distribution of intensity (IG) of PA across the day were expressed in absolute terms (_

resultsAfter initial increases, AvAcc_

conclusionsDistinct age trajectories of absolute and relative metrics as well as cardiorespiratory fitness suggest that the age-related decline in the latter preceded that of PA. Women's higher AvAcc_

trial registrationOn clinicaltrials.gov (NCT03986892). Retrospectively registered 14 June 2019.

Indexed as

AccelerometryExerciseOccupationsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAge FactorsCardiorespiratory FitnessCross-Sectional StudiesExercise TestFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSex FactorsYoung AdultAccelerometryActivity monitorsCardiorespiratory fitnessGGIR

Identifiers

PMID40050804
PMCPMC11884089

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