Accelerometers are commonly used in clinical and epidemiological research for more
detailed measures of physical activity and to target the limitations of self‐report methods …

Objective To examine the effectiveness of physical activity interventions delivered or
prompted by primary care health professionals for increasing moderate to vigorous intensity …

Background Levels of physical activity and variation in physical activity and sedentary time
by place and person in European children and adolescents are largely unknown. The …

Globally, childhood obesity is on the rise and the effect of objectively measured movement
behaviour on body composition remains unclear. Longitudinal and causal mediation …

Background Childhood represents an important life stage for establishment of physical
activity (PA) habits. Parents are assumed to play an important role in influencing children's …

Limb motion capture is essential in human motion-recognition, motor-function assessment
and dexterous human-robot interaction for assistive robots. Due to highly dynamic nature of …

Background: Evidence that higher sedentary time is associated with higher risk for
cardiovascular disease (CVD) is based mainly on self-reported measures. Few studies have …

Objectives Short sleep is becoming more common in modern society. This study aimed to
explore the relationship between accelerometer-measured sleep duration and cognitive …

Background: Excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) during pregnancy is a major public
health concern associated with negative health outcomes for both mother and child …

Physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour (SB) of pre-school aged children are
associated with important health and developmental outcomes. Accurate measurement of …