Accelerometer-based prediction of skeletal mechanical loading during walking in normal weight to severely obese subjects.
Lucas VerasJosé Florêncio Diniz-SousaGiorjines BoppreVítor DevezasHugo Santos-SousaJ PretoJoão Paulo Vila-BoasLeandro J MachadoJose OliveiraHélder Rui Martins FonsecaPublished in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2020)
Walking pGRF and pLR in normal weight to severely obese subjects can be predicted with moderate to high accuracy by accelerometry-based equations, representing an easy and accessible way to determine mechanical loading characteristics in clinical settings.