Freedson chairing NIH meeting; Staudenmayer presenting studies
Faculty members from Kinesiology and Mathematics and Statistics will participate in a meeting on “Objective Measurement of Physical Activity: Best Practices and Future Directions,” on July 20-21 at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md.
Professor Patty Freedson, chair of the Kinesiology Department, is chairing the meeting, and John Staudenmayer, associate professor of Mathematics and Statistics, is presenting on statistical considerations in using wearable monitors to assess physical activity. Freedson and Staudenmayer collaborate on two physical activity measurement projects funded by NIH.
The conference will bring together invited experts from the U.S. and abroad whose research focuses on physical activity measurement using wearable monitors.
According to Freedson, assessment of physical activity using objective monitors has become increasingly accepted in surveillance, observational and intervention research. Recent advances in the technology of wearable devices to assess physical activity permit researchers to assess body motion, physiological responses to physical activity, and environmental context over prolonged periods of time. However, consensus is lacking on standard methods of conducting research on activity monitor calibration and interpreting activity monitor data.
The goals of the conference are to review and discuss current research that will lead to the development of standards for how monitors are calibrated and validated, appropriate statistical techniques in data processing and analyses of activity monitor data and use of these monitors in the field to assess habitual physical activity.
The meeting is funded by several NIH units, including the National Cancer Institute, National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The American College of Sports Medicine is also a co-sponsor. Proceedings from the meeting will be published in late fall in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.
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