Junrui Di, Pirinka Georgiev Tuttle, Lukas Adamowicz, Wenyi Lin, Hao Zhang, Dimitrios Psaltos, Jessica Selig, Jiawei Bai, F Isik Karahanoglu, Paul Sheriff, Vijitha Seelam, Bunmi Williams, Sana Ghafoor, Charmaine Demanuele, Mar Santamaria, Xuemei Cai
BACKGROUND: Digital health technologies (DHTs) can collect gait and physical activity in adults, but limited studies have validated these in children. This study compared gait and physical activity metrics collected using DHTs to those collected by reference comparators during in-clinic sessions, to collect a normative accelerometry dataset, and to evaluate participants' comfort and their compliance in wearing the DHTs at-home. METHODS: The MAGIC (Monitoring Activity and Gait in Children) study was an analytical validation study which enrolled 40, generally healthy participants aged 3-17 years...
March 21, 2024: Pediatric Research