WEEK 3

Abstract


Pedometers are simple and inexpensive body-worn motion sensors that are readily being used by researchers and practitioners to assess and motivate physical activity behaviours. Pedometer-determined physical activity indices are needed to guide their efforts. Pedometer is a device that count number of steps a person takes. Pedometers motivate walkers to get fit by helping them calculate their daily steps, usually to reach a defined goal, such as the 10,000 steps recommended by Dr. Catrine tudor-Locke, assistant professor of health promotion at Arizona State University. Pedometer can calculate many useful parameters such as the number of steps a user takes, the distance and the speed of a person run/walk, as well as the number of calories the person had burned.