🕒Timing matters!

🪑New research reveals how pre- vs. postmeal #sedentarybehavior affects postprandial #glucose levels in older adults w/ overweight or obesity. Understanding these nuances could be key to improving long-term #glycemiccontrol .

🔗doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2…

This short self-paced walk test + HR monitoring provides individual calibration for estimating free-living #PhysicalActivity . High precision & correlation w/ treadmill estimates👍population-level PA assessments.
🔗to #openaccess article: doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2…
Tim Lindsay

🤔Interested in ActiGraph's idle sleep mode?
In this new brief report on idle sleep mode, researchers highlight its impacts on free-living physical behavior assessments.
Samuel R. LaMunion, Ph.D Pedro Saint-Maurice PhD
🔗to article: doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2…

🆕Coming Soon!

Explore the raw data (acceleration signals and various sampling rates) comparability of popular research-grade accelerometers in this new study.

Abstract available now, full text coming soon!
#Accelerometry #Research #DataAnalysis

Annelinde Lettink Teatske Altenburg Jeugd & Gezondheid

🤩Here's a quick roundup of our Special Issue on Understanding Open-Source #ActiGraph Counts:
1⃣ ActiGraph🆚Actiwatch counts
2⃣ ActiLife🆚 #RStudio PA output
3⃣ #Accelerometer calibration influences PA output
4⃣ #Sleep & PA in GT3X🆚GT9X
❕More to come ❕
journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/…

#ActiGraph #PhysicalActivity output from ActiLife and #RStudio packages are compared in this new technical note -- part of the Special Issue on Open-Source ActiGraph Counts.
Hands-on experience: code is provided!!
doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2…
Alex Montoye Kimberly Clevenger, PhD, MPH Benjamin D. Boudreaux, PhD

New article available from the Special Issue on Understanding Open-Source ActiGraph Counts:

Read about the agreement between 💤 #sleep and 🤸 #PhysicalActivity across #ActiGraph monitors in this comparative analysis.

doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2…
#SleepResearch #GGIR

Explore a novel method for quantifying 🐶 dog-facilitated #PhysicalActivity for kids. This pilot study showcases high feasibility and offers insights for future research. #ChildrensHealth
doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2…
Sarah Burkart, MPH, PhD USC Arnold School of Public Health Katie (Becofsky) Potter

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Researchers unravel the potential for machine learning to distinguish active from passive standing behaviors using #accelerometry data.
Read the abstract now ⏬, full text coming soon! #machinelearning #physicalbehavior #research

Interested in the agreement of various #ActiGraph #PhysicalActivity and #sleep metrics? Dive into this study comparing outcomes between different models, revealing excellent agreement and equivalence in most metrics. #actigraphy #research

Article out now!
doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2…

🆕Coming Soon!

Are sedentary habits accurately reflected in self-report questionnaires? New research compares popular methods against objective monitor-based assessments, revealing potential discrepancies.
#sedentarybehavior #wearables #research

Madeline Shivgulam Myles O'Brien

🆕Coming Soon🆕
Authors investigated ActiGraph's idle sleep mode (ISM) in a nationally representative sample, shedding light on its impact during periods of non-wear, inactivity, and sleep in free-living environment.
#wearables #research
Samuel R. LaMunion, Ph.D Pedro Saint-Maurice PhD

In this new commentary, authors Christine Guo and Jeremy Wyatt discuss the past, present, and future of #ActiGraph activity counts.

They discuss their perspectives on making the activity count algorithm #opensource and use in clinical applications.

Read the abstract here ⏬

In this new article, Daniel Fuller and colleagues compared several methods of measuring and classifying #PhysicalActivity intensity with #MachineLearning algorithms.

Check out the abstract👇to see what metrics/methods preformed best!

Full article coming soon 😎

Discover the latest research from Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour! Influence of Accelerometer Calibration on the Estimation of Objectively Measured Physical Activity: The Tromsø Study doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2… #accelerometer #ActiGraph #exercisescience #exerciseresearch

This technical note describes agcounts -- an #opensource #R -based translation of ActiGraph's #Python package for generating activity counts from raw #accelerometer data.

Abstract here ⏬, full article coming soon!

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Interested in tracking #PhysicalActivity post total-knee replacement?

This new article compares light, moderate, and vigorous PA from two research-grade monitors following total knee replacement at 1 and 3 months post-surgery.

Katherine DeVivo Jason Yang Christine Pellegrini

🤔Determining joint angle w/ activPALs?
✅We have an article for that.

🪑New research compares seated knee joint angles estimated from three activPALs to motion capture. 📐

Click link below for article:
🔗doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2…
Myles O'Brien Beverly Schwartz

🤩Just Accepted!!

Researchers used ecological momentary assessment and ambulatory monitoring to assess measurement reactivity in middle-aged women and #olderadults .

Article coming soon, read the abstract now!
#EMA #physicalactivity

Dr. Jaclyn P. Maher Dr. Dani Arigo, also now on BSky (same @) Dr. Laura M. König

🤩Just Accepted🤩

'A Self-Paced Walk Test for Individual Calibration of Heart Rate to Energy Expenditure'

Check out the abstract here: