Tag: wearable technology

Given the rapid pace of technological advancement, scholars and practitioners in recreation and sport are continually seeking knowledge on the latest trends and their implications, and there is a need for additional material that covers the impact of new technologies on the fitness, recreation and sport industry. The book will provide both scholars and practitioners with valuable insights, making it an essential resource for staying informed and competitive in a rapidly evolving landscape, whether through academic research or practical application in the field.

JMPB is a peer-reviewed journal focusing on innovative and impactful research on wearable monitors to assess such behaviors as physical activity, sedentary behavior, movement disorders, and sleep. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Comparison of Child and Adolescent Physical Activity Levels From Open-Source Versus ActiGraph Counts by Kimberly A. Clevenger, Kelly A. Mackintosh, Melitta A. McNarry, Karin A. Pfeiffer, Alexander H.K. Montoye, Jan Christian Brønd.

JMPB is a peer-reviewed journal focusing on innovative and impactful research on wearable monitors to assess such behaviors as physical activity, sedentary behavior, movement disorders, and sleep. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Integration of Report-Based Methods to Enhance the Interpretation of Monitor-Based Research: Results From the Free-Living Activity Study for Health Project by Nicholas R. Lamoureux, Paul R. Hibbing, Charles Matthews, Gregory J. Welk.

JMPB is a peer-reviewed journal focusing on innovative and impactful research on wearable monitors to assess such behaviors as physical activity, sedentary behavior, movement disorders, and sleep. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Simultaneous Validation of Count-to-Activity Thresholds for Five Commonly Used Activity Monitors in Adolescent Research: A Step Toward Data Harmonization by Gráinne Hayes, Kieran Dowd, Ciaran MacDonncha, Alan Donnely.

JMPB is a peer-reviewed journal focusing on innovative and impactful research on wearable monitors to assess such behaviors as physical activity, sedentary behavior, movement disorders, and sleep. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Changes in Device-Measured Physical Activity Patterns in U.K. Adults Related to the First COVID-19 Lockdown by Andrew P. Kingsnorth, Mhairi Patience, Elena Moltchanova, Dale W. Esliger, Nicola J. Paine, Matthew Hobbs (open access).

JMPB is a peer-reviewed journal focusing on innovative and impactful research on wearable monitors to assess such behaviors as physical activity, sedentary behavior, movement disorders, and sleep. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Shuteye Time Compared With Bedtime: Misclassification of Sleep in Adolescent Females by Jillian J. Haszard, Tessa Scott, Claire Smith, Meredith C. Peddie.

JMPB is a peer-reviewed journal focusing on innovative and impactful research on wearable monitors to assess such behaviors as physical activity, sedentary behavior, movement disorders, and sleep. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ACCELEROMETER CALIBRATION: THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSIDERING FUNCTIONALITY by Scott J. Strath, Taylor W. Rowley, Chi C. Cho, Allison Hyngstrom, Ann M. Swartz, Kevin G. Keenan, Julian Martinez, John W. Staudenmayer.

JMPB is a peer-reviewed journal focusing on innovative and impactful research on wearable monitors to assess such behaviors as physical activity, sedentary behavior, movement disorders, and sleep. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: FAST AND ROBUST ALGORITHM FOR DETECTING BODY POSTURE USING WRIST-WORN ACCELEROMETERS by Marcin Straczkiewicz, Nancy W. Glynn, Vadim Zipunnikov, Jaroslaw Harezla.

JMPB is a peer-reviewed journal focusing on innovative and impactful research on wearable monitors to assess such behaviors as physical activity, sedentary behavior, movement disorders, and sleep. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: COMPARISON OF SEDENTARY TIME BETWEEN THIGH-WORN AND WRIST-WORN ACCELEROMETERS by Kristin Suorsa, Anna Pulakka, Tuija Leskinen, Jaana Pentti, Andreas Holtermann, Olli J. Heinonen, Juha Sunikka, Jussi Vahtera, Sari Stenholm.

This special issue will examine the history of sportswear and sports equipment as technology by focusing on the development and distribution of sporting goods, on processes of standardization, as well as their popularization. These lines of inquiry also open up questions about the materiality of the objects themselves: their function, the values attached to them, and their power to shape sport.