Month: August 2020

Student Poject of the Year

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As part of movisens' 10th anniversary, the best student project is being awarded a prize for the student and the supervisor. You can now register for this competition with your student project. Every successfully completed student project can take part in the competition. This also applies to former students who have successfully completed a student project together with movisens in the past 10 years.

Student Project of the Year

Validating Accelerometers for the Assessment of Body Position and Sedentary Behavior

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There is growing evidence that sedentary behavior is a risk factor for mental health. Activity sensors play an important role in the investigation of sedentary behavior.
But how exactly do they measure sedentary activity, and where is the best place to measure it?
The following table gives a short overview of the validity of different activity sensors. Further information can be found in the article: Validating Accelerometers for the Assessment of Body Position and Sedentary Behavior.

Aktivitätssensoren und ihre Validität im Überblick

Parameter

Wearing place

Move 4

ActiGraph

ActiPal

Body Position
(sitting/lying)

thigh

hip

K=.97

K=.78

-

K=.67

K=.85

-

Sedentary Behaviour

thigh

hip

K=.95

K=.84

-

K=.69

K=.90

-

Giurgiu M. et al. (2019). Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour.

Assessment of the circadian stimulus potential of an integrative lighting system in an office area

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Ambulatory Assessment and Mobile Monitoring are the expertise of movisens. In order to support scientific work in these areas, movisens has been supporting student projects over the last 10 years by providing free loans of sensors and software.
Once again a study idea has been successfully carried out by an innovative project!
Students of the University of Lund examined the influence of integrated lighting systems in the office in relation to well-being and health.
Read more in the publication: Assessment of the circadian stimulus potential of an integrative lighting system in an office area.