| Authors |
Participants |
Monitor activity and setting |
Protocol |
Psysical Activity score used |
Results: Physical Activity Levels |
Conclusion |
Boop CM [27]
2004 |
N=66 men and women
Age: 18-64 years
(39±8 years)
All participants were on antiretroviral medications |
Wrist atigraph
(Ambulatory Monitoring, Inc., Ardsley, NY)
Physical activity indes is calculated as the percentage of time units where actility levels were recorded at greater than zero |
Worn 3 days.
Monitor placement: non-dominant hand |
Physical Activity index, mean physical activity level and acceleration activity |
Average minutes of PA 144±31 min/day
(Low, moderate and high intensity activities are all incluyed in this value)Ranging from 43 to 193 min) |
Inverse relationship between activity, independent of intensity and stage of illness, and viral load in HIV-RNA infected individuals.
There are an association between daily physical activity level and health benefits in HIV-infected individuals. |
Ramirez- Marrero FA et al. [20]
2008 |
N=58 Hispanic adults (23 women and 35 men)
Age: 45.9 years (±9.3)
89% on antiretroviral therapy |
Actigraph Model GT7164 (or CSA)(Actigraph, Fort Walton Beach, FL)
1 min epoch |
Worn 7 consecutive days
Activity monitor data were included in the analyses if at least 10 hour/day of register at least 5 days, at least 1 day on a weekend
Monitor placement: right waist |
Activity counts/day
Activity counts/min at specific intensity levels
Average min/week of MVPA using cut-points: Ligth activity = 101-1951 counts/min, moderate activity = 1952-5724 counts/min, vigorous actuvity > 5724)
Step |
Light activities: 120 min/week
Inactivity: 700 min/week
Activity counts/day: 262,833±114,984
(22,7370±80,013women)
(24,9146±10,3592 men)
Steps/day: 7,495±2,817
(7,886±2,662 women)
(6,862±2,246men) |
Hispanic participants living with HIV had lower levels of PA.
Activity level recorded by International Physical Activity Questionnaire overestimated their activity level in comparasion accelerometry, especially among in moderate-intensity activities |
Fillipas S et al.[14]
2010 |
N=30 males
Age: 53.2 years (±10.2)
6(0.25-0.21 range) years on antiretroviral therapy |
Actigraph GT1M
(Actigraph, LLC, Pensacola, FL)
1 min epoch |
Worn 7 consecutive days during all waking hours except during waer-based activities.
Activity monitor data were included in the analyses if at least 600 minutes of register per day at least 5 days, 1 of which had to be on a weekend
Monitor placement: right hip |
Activity counts
Energy Expenditure per week expressed as kilocalories per week
Time spent in each activity (minutes/week)
Step |
Moderate activity: 237 min/week
Vigorous activity: 8 min/week
Activity counts/week: 176,7400±796,028
Step/week: 47,608.9±19,839.6 |
The International Physical Activity Questionnaire overstimates moderate and vigorous Physical Activity in HIV-Infected individuals compared with accelerometer data |
| DigiWalker model 200 pedometer (Yamax Corporation, Tokyo, Japan) |
Steps/day:7,594
(7,151±2,817women)
(7,418±2,714men) |
