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Steps per day decline with age

While many people use pedometers to count the number of steps they take, scientists tend to use accelerometers to measure the acceleration, or speed, of an object because accelerometers are more sensitive to lower speeds. Recognizing that accelerometers are more accurate than pedometers, researchers sought to measure steps among older adults by converting the data.

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