Table 5

Spearman's correlations between the BONES PAS and the Actigraph 7164 accelerometer

rs (95% CI)a


Accelerometer data

BONES PAS Scores




Moderate-high MET

(3-6 METs)

High MET

(6-9 METs)

Weight-bearing Factor




Counts, total

0.24 (-0.08, 0.51)

0.2 (-0.12, 0.48)

0.23 (-0.09, 0.51)

Counts, per minute

0.27 (-0.05, 0.54)

0.25 (-0.07, 0.52)

0.26 (-0.06, 0.53)

Vigorous

0.21 (-0.11, 0.49)

0.23 (-0.09, 0.51)

0.21 (-0.11, 0.49)

Very vigorous (≥ 9 METs)

0.47 (0.19, 0.68)**

0.48 (0.2, 0.69)**

0.48 (0.2, 0.69)**

Total vigorous physical activity (≥ 6 METs)

0.25 (-0.07, 0.52)

0.27 (-0.05, 0.54)

0.24 (-0.08, 0.51)

Total moderate-vigorous physical activity (≥ 3 METs

0.17 (-0.15, 0.46)

0.13 (-0.19, 0.42)

0.16 (-0.16, 0.45)


MET: Metabolic equivalent time; rs: Spearman's correlation coefficient

**: p < 0.01

a CI: Confidence Interval; derived using Fisher's zr transformation, two-taile

Economos et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2010 11:195   doi:10.1186/1471-2474-11-195

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