Physical activity decreased in the past decades reflecting increased automation of work and immobilization during leisure time. Physical inactivity has recently been recognized as one of the ten leading risk factors being responsible for about 5% of disability adjusted life years.rnThe precise assessment of physical activity is crucial in health research, but still lacks content knowledge and especially the understanding ofrnhow to choose the suitable instrument for which research setting. Thus, physical activity may be assessed by different methods and instruments. They are generally divided into subjective questionnaire- or diary-based methods and objective instrumental methods like accelerometers or GPS-based analysis. Application and interpretation largelyrndepend on age, size of cohort, prevalent disease, type of exercise and instrument used for the assessment of physical activity.

Period
07-07-2014 - 11-07-2014 (1 weeks)

Target group
Participants should hold a Masters degree and be enrolled in a PhD program

Course aim
By the end of this course participants will be able to:rn Describe strengths and weaknesses of subjective and objectiverninstruments to assess physical activity based on theoretical evaluationrnand their own research.rn Apply different instruments in a practical setting.rn Critically reflect the applicability in different populations of healthyrnpopulation and subjects with disease.



Credits
2.0 ECTS credits

Course fee
CHF 850[Convert to USD]PhD Students of University of BaselPPHS PhD students: free of chargeCHF 1350[Convert to USD]External PhD students

Course leader
Arno Schmidt-Trucksss, Department of Sport, Exercise and Exercise Medicine, BaselrnNicole Probst-Hensch, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel

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