Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Accelerometers showed a slower rate of decline vs. ALSFRS-R scores, with strong correlation in motor domains.

Getting enough sleep may be more important for heart health than many busy professionals realize. A new multicenter study ...

Accelerometry has always been a popular method of monitoring locomotor activity but its use is becoming more widespread due to the easy availability of low cost, low power sensors. However one of the ...

Objective To determine the accuracy of wrist and arm-worn activity monitors’ estimates of energy expenditure (EE). Data sources SportDISCUS (EBSCOHost), PubMed, MEDLINE (Ovid), PsycINFO (EBSCOHost), ...

Aim Physical activity (PA) can be estimated using self-reported forms and using objective methods. Accelerometry is one of the means of objective measure. There is increasing number of papers ...

Background Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) often reduce their physical activity due to concerns about sudden cardiac death. However, objective data on activity patterns in HCM, ...

Researchers are tracking pythons with accelerometers to learn how they move and eat. Burmese pythons are connected with a 90% decrease in mammals in the Florida Everglades. Conservationists use ...

It is often said that the blue light emitted by tablets and phones makes it harder to fall asleep because it impacts the production of the sleep hormone melatonin. Clocking up at least 4,000 daily ...

Nestle has been granted a patent for a device that can screen swallowing safety and efficiency. The device uses accelerometry data to determine throat vibrations and perform various methods to ...