Cover Image

Using Wireless Pedometers to Measure Children’s Physical Activity: How Reliable is the Fitbit Zip?

Link to publisher's homepage at http://www.mohejournal.com/index.php/mohe

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tingting Xu, Byker, Erik Jon, Gonzales, Monica Rae
Other Authors: ebyker@gmail.com
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi (KPT), Malaysia 2018
Subjects:
Elementary school
Physical activity
Physical education
Wireless pedometry
Online Access:http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/52195
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.unimap-52195
record_format dspace
spelling my.unimap-521952018-03-15T01:04:05Z Using Wireless Pedometers to Measure Children’s Physical Activity: How Reliable is the Fitbit Zip? Tingting Xu Byker, Erik Jon Gonzales, Monica Rae ebyker@gmail.com ebyker@uncc.edu Elementary school Physical activity Physical education Wireless pedometry Link to publisher's homepage at http://www.mohejournal.com/index.php/mohe The purpose of this study is to examine the reliability of wireless pedometers in measuring elementary school children’s physical activity. Activity measurement using a wireless pedometer Fitbit ZipTM was compared to activity measurement using Yamax Digi-WalkerTM SW701 for a group of randomly selected 25 children in Grades 3, 4, and 5. Fitbit ZipTM wireless pedometers were found to have an appropriate degree (Nunnally & Bernstein, 1994) of accuracy and reliability compared to the Yamax Digi-WalkerTM SW701 pedometer. The Fitbit ZipTM wireless pedometer collected more step counts than the Yamax Digi-WalkerTM SW701 pedometer; however, the difference was not statistically significant. Participants reported that they preferred wearing the Fitbit ZipTM to the Yamax Digi-WalkerTM SW701 because the Fitbit ZipTM was more comfortable to wear and less likely to fall off. Participants also reported being more motivated to move while wearing the Fitbit ZipTM. 2018-03-15T01:04:05Z 2018-03-15T01:04:05Z 2017 Article Movement, Health & Exercise (MoHE), vol.6(2), 2017, pages 1-10 2231-9409 (Print) 2289-9510 (Online) http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/52195 http://www.mohejournal.com/index.php/mohe en Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi (KPT), Malaysia
institution Universiti Malaysia Perlis
building UniMAP Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Malaysia Perlis
content_source UniMAP Library Digital Repository
url_provider http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/
language English
topic Elementary school
Physical activity
Physical education
Wireless pedometry
spellingShingle Elementary school
Physical activity
Physical education
Wireless pedometry
Tingting Xu
Byker, Erik Jon
Gonzales, Monica Rae
Using Wireless Pedometers to Measure Children’s Physical Activity: How Reliable is the Fitbit Zip?
description Link to publisher's homepage at http://www.mohejournal.com/index.php/mohe
author2 ebyker@gmail.com
author_facet ebyker@gmail.com
Tingting Xu
Byker, Erik Jon
Gonzales, Monica Rae
format Article
author Tingting Xu
Byker, Erik Jon
Gonzales, Monica Rae
author_sort Tingting Xu
title Using Wireless Pedometers to Measure Children’s Physical Activity: How Reliable is the Fitbit Zip?
title_short Using Wireless Pedometers to Measure Children’s Physical Activity: How Reliable is the Fitbit Zip?
title_full Using Wireless Pedometers to Measure Children’s Physical Activity: How Reliable is the Fitbit Zip?
title_fullStr Using Wireless Pedometers to Measure Children’s Physical Activity: How Reliable is the Fitbit Zip?
title_full_unstemmed Using Wireless Pedometers to Measure Children’s Physical Activity: How Reliable is the Fitbit Zip?
title_sort using wireless pedometers to measure children’s physical activity: how reliable is the fitbit zip?
publisher Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi (KPT), Malaysia
publishDate 2018
url http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/52195
_version_ 1643803481420595200
score 13.222552

Similar Items