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Table 8 Objective measurement of walking and cycling

From: The use of Virtual Reality (VR) to assess the impact of geographical environments on walking and cycling: a systematic literature review

Objective measurement

Measures

References

Walking/Cycling characteristics

Walking: speed, distance, duration, direction, deviation, distance from nearby pedestrians, number of steps, cadence (steps/min), step regularity, and step symmetry

[4, 25,26,27, 46,47,48, 50, 51]

Cycling: speed, acceleration

[55]

Wearable devices/Sensor-based measurements

HR, HRV, EDA, SC, brain activity using EEG, Heart electrical activity using ECG for measuring Cardio-vascular activity, BVP, gait sensors

[4, 50, 53,54,55]

  1. HR: Heart Rate; HRV: Heart Rate Variability; EDA: Electrodermal activity; SC: Skin conductance level, EEG: Electroencephalography; ECG: Cardiac Electrical Activity; BVP: Blood Volume Pulse