The activPAL™ is the researcher’s preferred choice for quantifying free-living sedentary, upright and ambulatory activities.
Scotland
Joined March 2010
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Next up on our summer signing announcements:
A new squad of @activpal activity loggers! 🚶♀️🚶♂️
These will enable more of our Physical Activity and Health students to undertake projects in this area 📊📔
#exercisescience #healthscience #physicalactivity
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Determinants of instrumented #sedentary & physical activity behavior in #geriatric rehabilitation inpatients. An interesting article from @AndreaBMaier et alors. #exercise #health @l_giangregorio @ActiveAgingJnx @Krockdoc sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Just finished my very first poster presentation on #EHPS2021 on the accuracy of the #Fitbit to measure short bouts of #physical activity and #sedentary behavior!
Thanks for the lovely questions and interaction!
Henderson et al in latest European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing look at benefits of targeting and reducing sedentary behaviour in cardiac rehabilitation patients. Concerns that Covid-19 may increase sedentary times.
doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvab0…
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Just in: “Socioeconomic correlates of sedentary time during pregnancy among women at risk of gestational diabetes in the UK” cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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Recent publication @IJERPH_MDPI : Impact of Reducing #Sitting Time in Women with Fibromyalgia and Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Link: mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/12/623…
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Interventions for reducing #sedentary behaviour in people with #stroke - new @CochraneStroke review.
We know lots about exercise & activity but there's
a knowledge gap at sedentary end of the energy expending spectrum
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Please RT & forward to colleagues @ProPASSProject @StudySunrise @GoPAnetwork @cliafs @SedBehaviourRN @INTUE_ @DebSalvoD @M_Stamatakis @activehealthyk1 @SalomeAubertPhD @ASPActivity @IBTNetwork @activpal @ismpb_org @paltechnologies @actigraph @WearableTech @UfroActivate
📢Please help us to understand the type of support needed to build capacity in using device-based measures of physical activity in your country. Complete our short survey at bit.ly/3xRcuOC (some translations are available in the thread 👇#LMIC_PASurvey
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Delighted the team getting to present our use of activPal to reduce sitting time in #VirtualOurHeartsOurMinds #ACNAP, thanks @Jenni__Jones for the support in introducing to our programme @WesternHSCTrust
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Latest paper: Pain & fatigue are longitudinally & bi-directionally assocd. w/ ⬆️ sedentary time & ⬇️ standing time in RA. Rheumatology (Oxford) academic.oup.com/rheumatolog… 📖 @NikosNtoumanis @JoanDuda GD Kitas @JetVvanZanten @GeorgeMetsios @Sally_Fenton_ @paltechnologies @activpal
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A randomised-controlled feasibility study of the REgulate your SItting Time (RESIT) intervention for reducing #sitting time in individuals with type 2 #diabetes : study protocol strathprints.strath.ac.uk/76… #activPAL #PhysicalActivity #DigitalHealth #OpenAccess @StrathCIS
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👉"ISPAH's #8Investments That Work for Physical Activity"
📢 A call to action for everyone, everywhere, including professionals, academics, civil society & decision makers, to embed physical activity in national & subnational policies.
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ICYMI - New addition to PAL software suite. Using Android to retrieve data.
#activPAL
docs.palt.com/display/TRANSF…
PALtransfer for Android smartphones available now from the Play store (also in Windows and Mac versions). By uploading activPAL data from remote field locations to the PALportal field trials can progress without the need to retrieve #activPAL docs.palt.com/display/TRANSF…
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Congratulations to ECR @EvelienVanderc1 on her first paper using data from The Maastricht Study.
⬆️ activPAL3-assessed higher intensity physical activity ➡️
⬇️ arterial stiffness.
No difference between regularly actives vs. weekend warriors.
ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/….
Covid-19 has wreaked havoc this year. It has been a problematic time for researchers at Universities across the globe, Nature reports on the experience of four countries and the challenges faced
go.nature.com/3jfBqYu
Now the kids are back at school here in Glasgow, normal service is resumed. Tweets summarising the latest research involving activPAL over the past few months to follow. Also look out for our updated research database of publications coming soon...
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New lecturer post available within our @strathpah group. Great opportunity to join an amazing team. Closing date 30th August. Details at shorturl.at/jquW4
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The presentations from the 3rd Annual ProPASS Meeting are now online! propassconsortium.org/3rdann…
Topics covered at #ProPASS2020 include machine learning, physical activity guidelines, occupational physical activity, compositional data analysis, and the activities of ProPASS.
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Check out a recent paper describing the impact of #sedentarism, caused by the #COVID-19 home confinement on the neuromuscular, cardiovascular, metabolic and endocrine systems. sedentarybehaviour.org/2020/…