Course content

The course focuses on different methods for measuring physical activity. The course will provide an introduction to the use of self reporting and body sensors to measure physical activity in different populations such as elderly, children, patient groups and athletes. Furthermore the focus will be on new uses for sensor technology i.e. indentification of various types of activity, activity patterns, energy consumption and fields measurements in large populations. Exercises and demonstrations will be used to illustrate the use of the different measurement methods and data analysis.

Learning outcome

After completing the course the student should be able to ...

Knowledge:

* Describe different methods for measuring physical activity

* Explain how different types of portable sensors work and what they measure

Skill:

* Apply different methods to estimate the level of physical activity

* Interpret and report different types of measurements of physical activity

* Assess the advantages and disadvantages of the use of various instruments for measuring physical activity in different populations

General competence:

* Presenting both oral and written (report) own work.

* Describe the usual structure of a scientific article (IMRaD principle)

* Reflect on ethical issues related to the use of portable technology

Compulsory assignments

• Godkjent deltagelse på øvinger
• Presentasjon/rapport

Specific conditions

Recommended previous knowledge

BEV courses from the first and second semester

Required previous knowledge

Minimum 30 credits from BEV1010, BEV1011, BEV1012, BEV1013 and BEV 1014.
The course is reserved for students admitted to the bachelor's programme in Human Movement Science.

Course materials

Announced at the start of the semester.