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activPAL

@activpal

The activPAL™ is the researcher’s preferred choice for quantifying free-living sedentary, upright and ambulatory activities.

 Scotland
paltechnologies.com
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!
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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/…
Socioeconomic correlates of sedentary time during pregnancy among women at risk of gestational...

Socioeconomic correlates of sedentary time during pregnancy among women at risk of gestational...

Socioeconomic correlates of sedentary time during pregnancy among women at risk of gestational diabetes in the UK - Volume 54 Issue 5

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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…
Impact of Reducing Sitting Time in Women with Fibromyalgia and Obesity: A Randomized Controlled...

Impact of Reducing Sitting Time in Women with Fibromyalgia and Obesity: A Randomized Controlled...

Background: Sitting time has negative effects on health, increasing the risk of obesity, osteoporosis, diabetes, and cancer. Thus, primary health care education interventions aimed to reduce sitting...

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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 edin.ac/3Ac1sFE
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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
Anna Chalkley (@AnnaChalkley) profile pictureAnna Chalkley@AnnaChalkley28 Jun 2021
📢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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Happy new year everyone (📽️ 31/1/20 - sound on)
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ISPAH@ISPAH9 Nov 2020
👉"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. 🔗Full Document & Advocacy Kit

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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/….
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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/…
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Read the latest on #wearabletechnology & measurement accuracy in our June issue, featuring some articles free to read for a limited time. journals.humankinetics.com/v…
Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour Volume 3 Issue 2 (2020)

Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour Volume 3 Issue 2 (2020)

"Volume 3 (2020): Issue 2 (Jun 2020)" published on 01 Jun 2020 by Human Kinetics, Inc..

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Upcoming webinar with @KylieBall3 and @anniescotta on “How to manage our research/life during the corona crisis” @ISBNPA 🗓 June 2nd 🔗 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Chris Keyworth (@DrChrisKeyworth) profile pictureChris Keyworth@DrChrisKeyworth15 May 2020
First joint webinar held by @UKSBM_ECN @ISPAH & @ISBNPA - "How to manage our research/life during the corona crisis" @anniescotta @KylieBall3 - 2nd June (9pm UK time) Full details here: isbnpa.org/index.php?r=event… (registration link at the bottom)
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A Call to Action: Physical Activity and COVID-19 from Jim Sallis & Mike Pratt "We recommend immediately beginning studies on the impact of regular physical activity on the severity of illness among people infected by the coronavirus" exerciseismedicine.org/suppo…
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ISPAH@ISPAH6 Apr 2020
📣We are excited to record a podcast with members of the @WHO PA and SB Guideline Development Group to hear about the Draft Guidelines. Send us your questions👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F… #AcademicTwitter #phdchat #physicalactivity @ncdalliance @SedBehaviourRN @ISBNPA

Send in your questions for the ISPAH Global Guidelines Podcast.

We will be recording a Podcast with members of the World Health Organization Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guideline Development Group. Send in your questions ASAP, we may get the...

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