Separating Movement and Gravity Components in an Acceleration Signal and Implications for the Assessment of Human Daily Physical Activity

Vincent T. van Hees; Lukas Gorzelniak; Emmanuel Carlos Dean León; Martin Eder; Marcelo Pias; Salman Taherian; Ulf Ekelund; Frida Renström; Paul W. Franks; Alexander Horsch; Søren Brage

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061691

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Separating Movement and Gravity Components in an Acceleration Signal and Implications for the Assessment of Human Daily Physical Activity

Vincent T. van Hees ,

* E-mail: vincent.van-hees@newcastle.ac.uk (VTVH); soren.brage@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk (SB)

Affiliations Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom, MoveLab, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Lukas Gorzelniak,

Affiliation Institute for Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar der TU München, Munich, Germany
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Emmanuel Carlos Dean León,

Affiliation Fakultät für Informatik, TU München, Munich, Germany
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Martin Eder,

Affiliation Fakultät für Informatik, TU München, Munich, Germany
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Marcelo Pias,

Affiliation Computer Laboratory, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Salman Taherian,

Affiliation Computer Laboratory, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Ulf Ekelund,

Affiliations Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Department of Sport Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway
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Frida Renström,

Affiliations Genetic Epidemiology and Clinical Research Group, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Section for Medicine, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden, Department of Clinical Sciences, Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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Paul W. Franks,

Affiliations Genetic Epidemiology and Clinical Research Group, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Section for Medicine, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden, Department of Clinical Sciences, Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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Alexander Horsch,

Affiliation Institute for Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar der TU München, Munich, Germany
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Søren Brage

* E-mail: vincent.van-hees@newcastle.ac.uk (VTVH); soren.brage@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk (SB)

Affiliation Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Separating Movement and Gravity Components in an Acceleration Signal and Implications for the Assessment of Human Daily Physical Activity

Vincent T. van Hees,
Lukas Gorzelniak,
Emmanuel Carlos Dean León,
Martin Eder,
Marcelo Pias,
Salman Taherian,
Ulf Ekelund,
Frida Renström,
Paul W. Franks,
Alexander Horsch

Published: April 23, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061691

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