Today’s smartwatches and activity bracelets, like FitBit, Apple, and Samsung, have motion sensors that can measure your daily activity. These technologies can tell you how much or little active you are, for example by counting your daily number of steps, heart rate or track your movements with GPS. In both basic and clinical research, similar…
REAL WORLD STORIES – Episode 1 Mobility – how well people walk – is an important marker of health. With advanced age, as well as disease and injury, mobility challenges often become prominent. The COVID-19 breakout and the subsequent lockdowns all over the world put severe restrictions on everyone’s mobility. However, as it turns out,…
One of the many impacts of the COVID-19 lockdown earlier this year, has been the severe restrictions on mobility of both patients and the public. Furthermore, the ability to assess patients’ mobility has suffered as well because of the barriers created between researchers and participants. Being able to remotely monitor patients’ mobility in their natural…