Emerging Technologies to Promote and Evaluate Physical Activity

• Main Author: Jacqueline Kerr (auth)
• Other Authors: James Aaron Hipp (auth), Simon Marshall (auth), Dan J Graham (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2014
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; Interventions; built environment; accelerometers; Emerging technology; smartphone app; GPS; Online; Global Positioning Systems; physical activity
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Increasingly, efforts to promote and measure physical activity are achieving greater precision, greater ease of use, and/or greater scope by incorporating emerging technologies. This is significant for physical activity promotion because more precise measurement will allow investigators to better un...