Trial reportSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2018
Complexity of Daily Physical Activity Is More Sensitive Than Conventional Metrics to Assess Functional Change in Younger Older Adults.
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- Performance-based clinical tests of balance and muscle strength used in young seniors: a systematic literature review.BMC geriatrics · 2019Pooled it
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- From Steps to Context: Optimizing Digital Phenotyping for Physical Activity Monitoring in Older Adults by Integrating Wearable Data and Ecological Momentary Assessment.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The work Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise program for preventing functional decline in employees aged 55 years and older: development and initial evaluation.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2024Article
- Effects of multidisciplinary inpatient rehabilitation on everyday life physical activity and gait in patients with multiple sclerosis.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Frailty detection in older adults via fractal analysis of acceleration signals from wrist-worn sensors.Health information science and systems · 2023Article
- Physical activity monitoring-based interventions in geriatric patients: a scoping review on intervention components and clinical applicability.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2023Article
- Advanced analytical methods to assess physical activity behavior using accelerometer time series: A scoping review.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2022Article
- Burstiness and Stochasticity in the Malleability of Physical Activity.Journal of sport & exercise psychology · 2021Article
- Advanced analytical methods to assess physical activity behaviour using accelerometer raw time series data: a protocol for a scoping review.Systematic reviews · 2020Article
- Data Analytics and Applications of the Wearable Sensors in Healthcare: An Overview.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Fractal Complexity of Daily Physical Activity Patterns Differs With Age Over the Life Span and Is Associated With Mortality in Older Adults.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2019Article
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Abstract
The emerging mHealth applications, incorporating wearable sensors, enables continuous monitoring of physical activity (PA). This study aimed at analyzing the relevance of a multivariate complexity metric in assessment of functional change in younger older adults. Thirty individuals (60⁻70 years old) participated in a 4-week home-based exercise intervention. The Community Balance and Mobility Scale (CBMS) was used for clinical assessment of the participants’ functional balance and mobility performance pre- and post- intervention. Accelerometers worn on the low back were used to register PA of one week before and in the third week of the intervention. Changes in conventional univariate PA metrics (percentage of walking and sedentary time, step counts, mean cadence) and complexity were compared to the change as measured by the CBMS. Statistical analyses (21 participants) showed significant rank correlation between the change as measured by complexity and CBMS (ρ = 0.47,
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