Systematic review of accelerometer-based methods for 24-h physical behavior assessment in young children (0–5 years old)

A Lettink, TM Altenburg, J Arts, VT van Hees… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Accurate accelerometer-based methods are required for assessment of 24-h
physical behavior in young children. We aimed to summarize evidence on measurement …

Intelligent wearable allows out-of-the-lab tracking of developing motor abilities in infants

M Airaksinen, A Gallen, A Kivi… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Background Early neurodevelopmental care needs better, effective and objective solutions
for assessing infants' motor abilities. Novel wearable technology opens possibilities for …

Long-form recording of infant body position in the home using wearable inertial sensors

JM Franchak, M Tang, H Rousey, C Luo - Behavior research methods, 2023 - Springer
Long-form audio recordings have had a transformational effect on the study of infant
language acquisition by using mobile, unobtrusive devices to gather full-day, real-time data …

A contactless method for measuring full-day, naturalistic motor behavior using wearable inertial sensors

JM Franchak, V Scott, C Luo - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
How can researchers best measure infants' motor experiences in the home? Body position—
whether infants are held, supine, prone, sitting, or upright—is an important developmental …

Methodology for Assessing Infant (0–2 Years) Movement Using Accelerometers: A Scoping Review

D Dinkel, JP Rech, P Chaudhary… - Journal for the …, 2024 - journals.humankinetics.com
Measuring infants'(0–2 years) physical activity is a growing area of research globally.
Accelerometers have been widely used to measure older children's and adults' physical …

Sitting capacity and performance in infants with typical development and infants with motor delay

KS Kretch, NA Koziol, EC Marcinowski… - … Therapy in Pediatrics, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Aims Infants with neuromotor disorders demonstrate delays in sitting skills (decreased
capacity) and are less likely to maintain independent sitting during play than their peers with …

Smart garment: A long-term feasible, whole-body textile pressure-sensing system

Z Liang, D Zhang, G Xu, F Xie, H Cai… - IEEE Sensors …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Tactile sensation is important for human beings that equips the whole-body surface. To
understand what kind of force distribution our bodies might sense, we created a set of …

[HTML][HTML] The outcomes of a healing environment and clustering nursing care on premature infants' vital signs, pain, and sleeping

A Hendy, SS Alsharkawy… - Journal of Medicine and …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Our study aimed to assess the effects of creating a healing environment and clustering
nursing care on premature infants' vital signs, pain, and sleeping. The study had an …

[HTML][HTML] Accelerometer Thresholds for Estimating Physical Activity Intensity Levels in Infants: A Preliminary Study

MA Ghazi, J Zhou, KL Havens, BA Smith - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
Lack of physical activity (PA) at a young age can result in health issues. Thus, monitoring PA
is important. Wearable accelerometers are the preferred tool to monitor PA in children …

A model for using developmental science to create effective early intervention programs and technologies to improve children's developmental outcomes

I Babik, AB Cunha, MA Lobo - Advances in Child Development and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Children born with a variety of environmental or medical risk factors may exhibit delays in
global development. Very often, such delays are identified at preschool or school age, when …