Accelerometer and Its Application in Health Research

Dear Colleagues,

Accelerometers are widely used in clinical and epidemiological research to provide objective measures of physical activity. As physical inactivity becomes an increasingly serious health concern for society, there is a great interest in using accelerometers for characterizing physical activity in individuals. The importance of physical activity and its unequal distribution in society has become more apparent in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Researchers face several challenges when assessing individuals’ physical activity behaviours. These challenges concern placing sensors on the body, processing raw accelerometer data into to useful and comprehensive measures, and investigating the complete behavior and its importance to health.

This Special Issue of Sensors highlights advances in the use of accelerometer data and statistical methods to investigate physical activity and its relation to health. Topics include the following:

Accelerometers (stability and calibration)
Algorithm development (linear versus non-linear data structures)
Measurement errors
Physical activity pattern analysis
Physical activity patterns and health

Assoc. Prof. Daniel Arvidsson
Guest Editor

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