Journal: BMC Endocrine Disorders

Article Title: Does left ventricular hypertrophy affect cognition and brain structural integrity in type 2 diabetes? Study design and rationale of the Diabetes and Dementia (D2) study

doi: 10.1186/s12902-017-0173-7

Figure Lengend Snippet: Schedule of assessments at baseline (0 months) and 24 months

Article Snippet: Additional file 1: D2 Study MRI: Data acquired on a Siemens 3 T Skyra scanner using a 64 Channel receive only head coil. (DOCX 12 kb)

Techniques: Clinical Proteomics, Diffusion-based Assay, Imaging, Activity Assay

Journal: JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Article Title: Parents’ Perceptions of Children’s and Adolescents’ Use of Electronic Devices to Promote Physical Activity: Systematic Review of Qualitative Evidence

doi: 10.2196/44753

Figure Lengend Snippet: Summary of findings.

Article Snippet: , Phillips et al [ ], United Kingdom , To examine parents’ acceptability and feasibility of measurement tools to assess PA , ActiGraph GT3X+, ActivPAL4 micro, Actical (Philips Respironics Inc): 3 accelerometers , Parents reported that ActivPAL was the least preferred electronic device (children’s opposition to wearing it on their chest, skin irritation). ActiGraph was the most accepted..

Techniques: Activity Assay

Journal: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)

Article Title: The Contribution of Machine Learning in the Validation of Commercial Wearable Sensors for Gait Monitoring in Patients: A Systematic Review

doi: 10.3390/s21144808

Figure Lengend Snippet: Criteria related to commercial wearable devices through the 70 selected papers. Abbreviations used in the column “No. of device(s)”: IMU (Inertial Motion Unit), S (Sensor), and SPHN (Smartphone). Abbreviations used in the column “Sensor Type(s)”: A (accelerometer), G (gyroscope), M (magnetometer), and O (others).

Article Snippet: Compagnat et al. [ ] , 9 (S) , A,O , Wrists, ankles, hip, arm, neck , GT3x, Actigraph Sensewear, Body Media.

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Journal: Journal of Primary Care & Community Health

Article Title: Accuracy of Accelerometers for Measuring Physical Activity and Levels of Sedentary Behavior in Children: A Systematic Review

doi: 10.1177/2150132719874252

Figure Lengend Snippet: Characteristics of Included Studies.

Article Snippet: Age, 10-15 y 39 girls, 40 boys , Actigraph GT3X, RT3, Actical (all waist) , 20 minutes of rest, then 5 min of activity Activities: watching a video, writing, playing a videogame, standing, light walk, moderate walk, volleyball, running, soccer, basketball, jump rope , Gas calorimetry (portable metabolic system) , Romanzini et al, 2012 (Brazil) .

Techniques: Activity Assay

Journal: JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Article Title: Validity of Wrist-Wearable Activity Devices for Estimating Physical Activity in Adolescents: Comparative Study

doi: 10.2196/18320

Figure Lengend Snippet: Activity devices details, set up parameters and analysis software.

Article Snippet: Lee et al [ ] reported that the GT3X+ counted 98.5% of the steps compared with the Yamax Digiwalker SW-701 (Yamasa Tokei Keiki Co Ltd) pedometer during free living.

Techniques: Activity Assay, Software