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Table 2 Activity categories of adults according to Tudor-Locke and Craig

From: How shoulder immobilization influences daily physical activity – an accelerometer based preliminary study

 

Activity category

gaitcycles/day

gaitcycles/hour

1

Sedentary behavior

  
 

<  5.000

<  400

Basal activity

<  2.500

 

Limited activity

2500–4.999

 

2

Light activity

  

low active

5.000–7.499

400–599

somewhat active

7.500–9.999

600–799

3

Moderate activity

10.000–12.499

800–999

4

Virgous activity

≥12.500

≥1000

highly active