Using wearable cameras to categorise type and context of accelerometer-identified episodes of physical activity

AR Doherty, P Kelly, J Kerr, S Marshall, M Oliver… - International Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Background Accelerometers can identify certain physical activity behaviours, but not the
context in which they take place. This study investigates the feasibility of wearable cameras …

Using the SenseCam to improve classifications of sedentary behavior in free-living settings

J Kerr, SJ Marshall, S Godbole, J Chen, A Legge… - American journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Studies have shown relationships between important health outcomes and
sedentary behavior, independent of physical activity. There are known errors in tools …

Recognizing human activity in free-living using multiple body-worn accelerometers

E Fullerton, B Heller… - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recognizing human activity is very useful for an investigator about a patient's behavior and
can aid in prescribing activity in future recommendations. The use of body worn …

Physical activity and sedentary behavior patterns using accelerometry from a national sample of United States adults

KR Evenson, F Wen, JS Metzger… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Background This study described the patterns of accelerometer-determined physical activity
and sedentary behavior among adults using a nationally representative sample from the …

Sedentary time and physical activity surveillance through accelerometer pooling in four European countries

A Loyen, AM Clarke-Cornwell, SA Anderssen… - Sports Medicine, 2017 - Springer
Objective The objective of this study was to pool, harmonise and re-analyse national
accelerometer data from adults in four European countries in order to describe population …

The validity of consumer-level, activity monitors in healthy adults worn in free-living conditions: a cross-sectional study

T Ferguson, AV Rowlands, T Olds, C Maher - International journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Background Technological advances have seen a burgeoning industry for accelerometer-
based wearable activity monitors targeted at the consumer market. The purpose of this study …

Novel technology to help understand the context of physical activity and sedentary behaviour

A Loveday, LB Sherar, JP Sanders… - Physiological …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
When used in large, national surveillance programmes, objective measurement tools
provide prevalence estimates of low physical activity guideline compliance and high …

[HTML][HTML] Objective assessment of physical activity: classifiers for public health

J Kerr, RE Patterson, K Ellis, S Godbole… - Medicine and science …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose Walking for health is recommended by health agencies, partly based on
epidemiological studies of self-reported behaviors. Accelerometers are now replacing …

[HTML][HTML] Classifiers for accelerometer-measured behaviors in older women

D Rosenberg, S Godbole, K Ellis, C Di… - Medicine and science …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose Machine learning methods could better improve detection of specific types of
physical activities and sedentary behaviors from accelerometer data. No studies in older …

Impact of accelerometer data processing decisions on the sample size, wear time and physical activity level of a large cohort study

SK Keadle, EJ Shiroma, PS Freedson, IM Lee - BMC public health, 2014 - Springer
Background Accelerometers objectively assess physical activity (PA) and are currently used
in several large-scale epidemiological studies, but there is no consensus for processing the …