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Stair climbing
About: Stair climbing is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1610 publications have been published within this topic receiving 30504 citations.
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TL;DR: In this paper , the authors describe the results of an initial algorithm development study to determine whether the atmospheric pressure data provided by onboard smartphone sensor is sufficiently informative to enable detection of a small height gain, such as that achieved during a short stair climb performance test.
Dissertation•
01 Dec 2018
TL;DR: Positive beliefs about the benefits of regular stair climbing and fear of falling, both on stairs and in general, were the major predictors of willingness to climb stairs at home.
Abstract: Climbing stairs is a lifestyle physical activity with effects on a range of CVD risk factors. This thesis explored the potential of stair climbing at home as a public health intervention in three empirical studies.
A pilot study tested the feasibility of progressive increases in stair climbing and descent at home. Eight participants progressed from 10 floors.day-1 in week one to 19 floors.day-1 in week four. Percent body fat, SBP and leg power were improved at the end of the brief intervention.
The second study randomly allocated 24 healthy weight (BMI = 22.1) and 26 overweight (BMI = 31.7) sedentary women to gym-based and home-based stair climbing for 5 days.week-1 over 8 weeks, with a healthy weight control group recruited for comparison. Intervention participants progressed from 2 continuous 32.8m ascents.day-1 in weeks 1-2 to 5 ascents.day-1 in weeks 7-8. Stair climbing improved body composition, cardio-respiratory fitness and serum lipid profiles. Increases in leg power were found in the stair climbing group. Overall, effects were similar for gym-based and home-based interventions.
Given the effects of leg power, and the importance of leg power in the elderly, the third study investigated the potential psychological determinants of increased stair climbing at home for an older population. Participants (n = 281; age = 69.2 years) reported the number of floors that they were willing to climb continuously at home, as well as potential barriers and facilitators of the behaviour. Positive beliefs about the benefits of regular stair climbing and fear of falling, both on stairs and in general, were the major predictors of willingness to climb stairs at home.
Discussion focuses on the potential of home-based stair climbing as a cost-effective intervention for preservation of function and CVD risk in public health.
Dissertation•
01 May 2016
TL;DR: In this article, a mobile application (app) is developed to monitor the stair climbing activities in a building and a simple calculation is done to calculate the calories burnt and energy saved through the stair trip.
Abstract: Climbing the stairs is one of the best exercises that can be done anywhere and anytime. Many health organizations recommend the public to take the stairs instead of waiting for the lifts. This is because there are many health benefits, such as improved cardiovascular system and strengthened muscles and joints, by taking the stairs. In this busy era, most people seldom spend time on doing exercises or sports. Hence, taking the stairs is the exercise that is suitable for those people who always do not have time to exercise. In this project, a mobile application (app) is developed to monitor the stair climbing activities in a building. “Humans as sensors” is the main idea for this development project. The people in the building are like the sensors that provide data for monitoring. The mobile app has the QR code scanning feature to locate the users’ location. Then, a simple calculation is done to calculate the calories burnt and energy saved through the stair trip. Moreover, the users are able to track their stair progress. All the stair trips from the users are then sent to the web server for data collection. The development of the mobile app is done by separating each function into a module. The module is then developed and tested individually before being integrated into a single app. All the data collected from the users are then analysed and interpreted to understand the stair climbing activities. The stair usages reach the peak at noon time. In addition, stair usages from the ground floor are higher compared to other floors.
04 May 2013
TL;DR: Video content analysis is performed on short videos captured from a wearable smartphone in order to distinguish between level ground walking and stair climbing, finding that the number of peaks during stair climbing were substantially larger than walking and could be used as a feature for distinguishing between these two activities.
Abstract: Automatically detecting daily activities using wearable smartphones would provide valuable information to clinicians. While accelerometer data is effective in this area, classifying stair ascent can be difficult. In this paper, video content analysis is performed on short videos captured from a wearable smartphone in order to distinguish between level ground walking and stair climbing. High contrast image features, such as corners, were tracked across consecutive video frames to create feature paths. Computing the median of the slope of the paths in each frame revealed substantial differences, in both magnitude and variation over time, for stair climbing as opposed to walking. A time series of median slope values was produced for each video clip, and the number of local maxima and minima above a threshold of 1.0 were computed. Results revealed that the number of peaks during stair climbing were substantially larger than walking and, therefore, could be used as a feature for distinguishing between these two activities.