Project Description
The purpose of this study is to extend the validity of small wearable cameras as a tool to assess free-living physical activity. To date, work has been completed to assess the type, frequency, intensity, and time of physical activity in healthy young populations. This work continues to show promise for this measurement tool to capture free-living physical activity behaviors. The proposed study extends our findings to heterogeneous clinical populations, including those with neurological movement disorders. Up to 100 individuals will participate in this research protocol. Participants will be asked to take part in 4 different study visits, with all study visits happening in the community or participants home. At each study visit, participants will be outfitted with a wearable camera placed around the next. This camera will take outfacing images every 1 second. Participants will be instructed at each visit to engage in usual physical activities with each visit representing a different domain of behavior (household, leisure/recreation, occupation, transportation). During the visit a researcher will video record the activities being completed. The study will compare the video ground-truth observation to that of the wearable camera, in essence comparing a first person versus a third person view.
Tasks and Responsibilites
The student on this study will be responsible for working on data collection, data management, data analysis, and data dissemination. The student will be responsible for being on study visits, interacting with the participant, and carrying out the video direct observation. The student will be responsible for data download, data quality/integrity, and data management. In regular weekly meetings data will be presented by the student to the rest of the team, and we will discuss the study purpose, and data dissemination. This is an excellent opportunity for a student to extend their research skills, and have a greater role in the research process.
Desired Qualifications
None Listed.