Emerging Technologies to Promote and Evaluate Physical Activity: Cutting-Edge Research and Future Directions

Frontiers in Public Health

Dan J. Graham¹ 

关键词: physical activity;    emerging technology;    global positioning systems;    accelerometers;    smartphone app;    built environment;    online;    interventions;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2014.00066

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Physical activity (PA) promotion and measurement efforts are achieving greater precision, ease of use, and scope by incorporating emerging technologies. This is significant for PA promotion because more precise measurement allows investigators to better understand where, when, and how PA occurs, thus enabling more effective targeting of particular behavior settings. Emerging technologies associated with measuring and evaluating PA are noteworthy because they can: (1) greatly increase external validity of measures and findings through ease of use and transferability; (2) significantly increase the ability to analyze patterns; (3) improve the ongoing, systematic collection and analysis of public health surveillance due to real-time capabilities; and (4) address the need for research about the cyber infrastructure required to cope with big data (multiple streams, aggregation, visualization, etc.). This special issue brings together a collection of the latest innovations and research on the application of technology to promote and measure PA, ranging from new video games aimed at children to measurement programs targeted at obese adults.

【 授权许可】

CC BY