Come and join our fantastic research group. We are currently looking for an Associate Professor to join our Leicester Lifestyle and Health Reseach Group 👇

More positions, from PhD students to Profs, across a variety of research areas will also be advertised later this year.

A new technical note from Jan Christian Brønd & colleagues:
'The Intrinsic Properties of ActiGraph Counts and Alternatives'
Full technical note available soon; read the abstract here:
#PhysicalActivity #Accelerometry #Research

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Researchers unravel the potential for machine learning to distinguish active from passive standing behaviors using #accelerometry data.
Read the abstract now ⏬, full text coming soon! #machinelearning #physicalbehavior #research

📢 ⭐️work w/ me in the fab Leicester Lifestyle & Health Research Group 3 yr B6 role designing & testing an intervention for ppl living w/ #frailty and #Multiplelongterm conditions & their carers. Happy to consider part time & secondments. Perfect for PT/OT/CEP. Option to do a fully funded MRes or PhD. Link ⬇️

In this new commentary, authors Christine Guo and Jeremy Wyatt discuss the past, present, and future of #ActiGraph activity counts.

They discuss their perspectives on making the activity count algorithm #opensource and use in clinical applications.

Read the abstract here ⏬

🚨Great opportunity to join our amazing team!

Lead Exercise Research Technician or Senior Exercise Research Technician.

Find out more here 👇

jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/9604…

🤔Determining joint angle w/ activPALs?
✅We have an article for that.

🪑New research compares seated knee joint angles estimated from three activPALs to motion capture. 📐

Click link below for article:
🔗doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2…
Myles O'Brien Beverly Schwartz

Just Accepted to the Special Issue: 'Understanding Open-Source ActiGraph Counts'

This new technical note by @alexmontoye, @kimberlyclev, Benjamin D. Boudreaux, PhD, & Michael Schmidt systematically compares #ActiGraph #accelerometer counts generated in ActiLife 🆚 #RStudio .

Just Accepted!

A new commentary from the Editors of our Special Issue, 'Understanding Open-Source ActiGraph Counts.'

Full commentary coming soon; read the abstract here:
@alexmontoye @kimberlyclev @samlamunion_phd

🪑Does the timing of #sedentarybehavior impact postprandial glucose in #olderadults with overweight or obesity?
📈Researchers used #continuousglucosemonitoring + sedentary behavior monitoring to investigate.

Full article coming soon; check out the abstract now:

Meta-analysis: Pedometer/accelerometer- based physical activity 🏃🏼‍♀️interventions:
-⬆️increase 🏃🏼‍♀️ by 2,131 steps/day
-⬇️reduce HbA1c -0.22 %
-⬇️reduce triglycerides -13.11 mg/dL
in patients with type 2 diabetes: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38220510/

Huge thanks to those taking part in BariEx (study looking at the effect of a steady 30-minute walk on blood sugar levels in individuals at least one year after their #gastricbypass bariatric procedure) You can still take part: 📧 [email protected] #ObesityAwarenessWeek

Context Matters: The Importance of #PhysicalActivity Domains for #PublicHealth

Great #openaccess commentary about the importance of assessing the domain of physical activity.
Available here: doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2…

#epidemiology #measurement #healthequity

📣 The Twelve Messages of Christmas 🎄 (to keep people physically active) 💪 🏃‍♀️

NEW Christmas #BJSMBlog 🎅

How can we encourage Stepping Into Christmas? 👣

Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/48hHERJ

Use 'Let's Get Moving' code to access this innovative personalised walking programme if you live in #Leicestershire or #Rutland

PhD opportunity in our research group:

'Exploring the importance of 24 hour physical behaviours in those living with multiple long term conditions'

Involves a systematic review, secondary data analysis and intervention evaluation.

14th Jan Deadline.

findaphd.com/phds/project/e…

Factors correlated w/ providing #accelerometer wear consent in #SHAREstudy : respondents' age, self-reported mod #PhysicalActivity , computer literacy, willingness to answer questions, & interviewers' age.
For more determinants of consent read:
doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2…
Fabio Franzese

🚨 #PhD with Alex Rowlands, Tom Yates, and myself - Personalising interventions for people living with #MLTCs based on relative intensity of their free-living #PhysicalActivity

le.ac.uk/study/research…

CERS Research 🌱Leicester Diabetes Leicester's Research University of Leicester

🚨 Fully-funded PhD with myself and Emma Watson through NIHR Leicester BRC and CRF University of Leicester - Sarcopaenia and cardiovascular disease in kidney transplant patients. Please DM to discuss - fantastic opportunity (scroll to the bottom!) le.ac.uk/study/research…