Activity-specific Energy Expenditure Models Dedicated to Multi-modal Platforms

Abstract

CSEM developed three new methods to estimate energy expenditure (EE) based on accelerometry and heart rate (HR) monitoring. Their accuracies were evaluated together with state-of-the-art EE estimation devices of the market over a wide range of intensities in a given set of activities, ranging from sedentary to vigorous. Based on their performance, the proposed models provide a significant improvement over the state of the art. The embedded models represent an improvement for most of commercial wellness and training wearable devices.