Emerging technology in promoting physical activity and health: challenges and opportunities

Z Gao, JE Lee - Journal of clinical medicine, 2019 - mdpi.com
Sedentary behavior has been identified as one of the major causes of many chronic
diseases such as cardiovascular disease, stroke, cancer, type 2 diabetes, and obesity [1] …

Applicability of physiological monitoring systems within occupational groups: a systematic review

D Bustos, JC Guedes, JS Baptista, MP Vaz, JT Costa… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
The emergence of physiological monitoring technologies has produced exceptional
opportunities for real-time collection and analysis of workers' physiological information. To …

[HTML][HTML] Active video games in fully immersive virtual reality elicit moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and improve cognitive performance in sedentary college …

CV Sousa, J Hwang, R Cabrera-Perez… - Journal of Sport and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Active video games are a new method for increasing physical activity (PA). Fully
immersive virtual reality (VR) is a hardware device on which an active video game can run …

The effect of narrative element incorporation on physical activity and game experience in active and sedentary virtual reality games

AS Lu, V Pelarski, D Alon, A Baran, E McGarrity… - Virtual Reality, 2023 - Springer
Narratives are pervasive in video games and have been found to increase physical activity
in active video games. However, the effect of incorporating narrative elements has seldom …

Cross-generational comparability of hip-and wrist-worn ActiGraph GT3X+, wGT3X-BT, and GT9X accelerometers during free-living in adults

KA Clevenger, KA Pfeiffer… - Journal of Sports …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ActiGraph accelerometers are frequently used to characterize physical activity, but free-living
cross-generational comparability of newer models has not been verified. Participants (N …

Physical activity and cognitive and imaging biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease in Down syndrome

V Fleming, B Piro-Gambetti, A Patrick, M Zammit… - Neurobiology of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Adults with Down syndrome (DS) are at risk for Alzheimer's disease. Despite sharing trisomy
21, however, there is variability in the age of disease onset. This variability may mean that …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing daily life physical activity by actigraphy in pulmonary arterial hypertension: insights from the randomized controlled study with selexipag (TRACE)

LS Howard, S Rosenkranz, RP Frantz, AR Hemnes… - Chest, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Reduced daily life physical activity (DLPA) in pulmonary arterial hypertension
(PAH) contributes to a poor quality of life. Research Question Can actigraphy be used to …

Cross-generational comparability of raw and count-based metrics from ActiGraph GT9X and wGT3X-BT accelerometers during free-living in youth

KA Clevenger, KA Pfeiffer… - Measurement in Physical …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Free-living comparability of wGT3X-BT and GT9X ActiGraphs has not been verified.
Participants (n= 34, 35% females, 7–17 y) wore hip-worn monitors for one week. Vector …

Opal actigraphy (activity and sleep) measures compared to ActiGraph: A validation study

VV Shah, BH Brumbach, S Pearson, P Vasilyev, E King… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Physical activity and sleep monitoring in daily life provide vital information to track health
status and physical fitness. The aim of this study was to establish concurrent validity for the …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of narrative on physical activity via immersion during active video game play in children: Mediation analysis

CV Sousa, A Fernandez, J Hwang, AS Lu - Journal of Medical Internet …, 2020 - jmir.org
Background Active video games (AVGs) can increase physical activity (PA) and help
produce higher physiological expenditure. Animated narrative videos (NVs) possess unique …