Quantifying Human Movement Using the Movn Smartphone App: Validation and Field Study

• Main Authors: Maddison, Ralph (Author), Gemming, Luke (Author), Monedero, Javier (Author), Bolger, Linda (Author), Belton, Sarahjane (Author), Issartel, Johann (Author), Marsh, Samantha (Author), Direito, Artur (Author), Solenhill, Madeleine (Author), Zhao, Jinfeng (Author), Exeter, Daniel John (Author), Vathsangam, Harshvardhan (Author), Rawstorn, Jonathan Charles (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundThe use of embedded smartphone sensors offers opportunities to measure physical activity (PA) and human movement. Big data-which includes billions of digital traces-offers scientists a new lens to examine PA in fine-grained detail and allows us to track people's geocoded movement patt...