Lack of Correlation between Accelerometers and Heart-Rate Monitorization during Exercise Session in Older Adults

Laura Carbonell-Hernández, Diego Pastor, Alejandro Jiménez-Loaisa, Juan Arturo Ballester-Ferrer, Carlos Montero-Carretero and Eduardo Cervelló
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Laura Carbonell-Hernández: Sport Research Center, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, 03202 Elche, Alicante, Spain
Diego Pastor: Sport Research Center, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, 03202 Elche, Alicante, Spain
Alejandro Jiménez-Loaisa: Sport Research Center, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, 03202 Elche, Alicante, Spain
Juan Arturo Ballester-Ferrer: Sport Research Center, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, 03202 Elche, Alicante, Spain
Carlos Montero-Carretero: Sport Research Center, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, 03202 Elche, Alicante, Spain
Eduardo Cervelló: Sport Research Center, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, 03202 Elche, Alicante, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 15, 1-10

Abstract: Aging is increasing worldwide; hence, aging-related health is also more relevant. Well-programmed physical exercise is now an indispensable tool to achieve active aging and preserve older people’s health. Such “well-programmed” exercise requires efficient and useful tools to measure the activity. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of accelerometers to estimate two different intensities of physical exercise in older people. Thirty-eight subjects (64.5 ± 5.3 years) were measured during two different sessions of physical exercise: one moderate in intensity, the other of low intensity. Heart rate and accelerometry were recorded and analyzed. The results showed that the two variables in the physical exercise sessions were not highly correlated, and that accelerometry did not seem useful to assess low-intensity sessions not based on walking.

Keywords: heart rate; accelerometry; exercise session; intensity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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