ActiGraph Publications

From Research to Application of Wearable-Derived Digital Health Measures—A Perspective From ActiGraph

Wyatt & Guo.

Area of interest: Other

Upper limb movements as digital biomarkers in people with ALS.

Straczkiewicz et al.

Area of interest: Neurology

Measurement domain: Movement Characteristics

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Wearable Sensors to Monitor Physical Activity in Heart Failure Clinical Trials: State-of-the-Art Review.

Buendia et al.

Area of interest: Cardiology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Diagnosis of disease affecting gait with a body acceleration-based model using reflected marker data for training and a wearable accelerometer for implementation.

Takallou et al.

Area of interest: Cardiology

Measurement domain: Gait & Balance

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior as Treatable Traits for Clinical Control in Moderate-to-Severe Asthma

de Lima et al.

Area of interest: Respirology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Remote monitoring of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using wearable sensors detects differences in disease progression and survival: a prospective cohort study

van Unnik et al.

Area of interest: Rare diseases

Measurement domain: Movement Characteristics

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Hearing Impairment and Physical Activity and Physical Functioning in Older Adults: Baseline Results From the ACHIEVE Trial

Cai et al.

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Circadian rhythm analysis using wearable-based accelerometry as a digital biomarker of aging and healthspan

Shim, Fleisch & Barata

Measurement domain: Sleep, Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Associations between circadian alignment and cognitive functioning in a nationally representative sample of older adults

Leahy et al.

Measurement domain: Sleep

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Self-supervised learning of accelerometer data provides new insights for sleep and its association with mortality

Yuan et al.

Measurement domain: Sleep

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Reallocating just 10 min to moderate-to-vigorous physical activity from other components of 24-hour movement behaviors improves cardiovascular health in adults

Ji et al.

Area of interest: Cardiovascular

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Identifying the most representative actigraphy variables reflecting standardized hand function assessments for remote monitoring in children with unilateral cerebral palsy

Hwang & Kwon

Area of interest: Children, Neurology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Quantifying the effects of sleep on sensor-derived variables from upper limb accelerometry in people with and without upper limb impairment

Miller et al.

Area of interest: Healthy

Measurement domain: Sleep

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Domain Adversarial Convolutional Neural Network Improves the Accuracy and Generalizability of Wearable-based Sleep Assessment Technology

Nunes et al.

Measurement domain: Sleep

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

A Walkthrough of ActiGraph Counts

Neishabouri et al.

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

In-Clinic and Natural Gait Observations master protocol (I-CAN-GO) to validate gait using a lumbar accelerometer

Welbourn et al.

Area of interest: Healthy

Measurement domain: Gait & Balance

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

A data-driven approach to detect upper limb functional use during daily life in breast cancer survivors using wrist-worn sensors

Emmerzaal et al.

Area of interest: Oncology

Measurement domain: Movement Characteristics

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Exploring the effect of sedentary behavior on increased adiposity in middle-aged adults

Macias et al.

Area of interest: Body Mass

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Ponsegromab for the Treatment of Cancer Cachexia

Groarke et al.

Area of interest: Oncology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Implementing sensor-based digital health technologies in clinical trials: Key considerations from the eCOA Consortium

Izmailova et al.

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Accelerometer-based measures in Friedreich ataxia: a longitudinal study on real-life activity

Fichera et al.

Area of interest: Neurology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Wearable device and smartphone data quantify ALS progression and may provide novel outcome measures.

Johnson et al.

Area of interest: Neurology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

PsABIOnd Study and eDaily Substudy Design: Long-Term Effectiveness and Safety of Guselkumab and IL-17 Inhibitors in Routine Clinical Practice in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis.

Siebert et al.

Area of interest: Rheumatology & Immunology

Measurement domain: Physical activity, Sleep

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Association of Accelerometer-Measured Sedentary Time and Physical Activity with Arterial Stiffness and Vascular Aging in the General Spanish Population

Gómez-Sánchez et al.

Area of interest: Cardiology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

The Use of Wearable Devices in Oncology Patients: A Systematic Review

Chow et al.

Area of interest: Oncology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Free-Living Peak Cadence in Multiple Sclerosis: A New Measure of Real-World Walking?

Zheng et al.

Area of interest: Neurology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Personalized relapse prediction in patients with major depressive disorder using digital biomarkers.

Vairavan, et al.

Area of interest: Psychiatry

Measurement domain: Physical activity, Sleep

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Measuring What Is Meaningful in Cancer Cachexia Clinical Trials: A Path Forward With Digital Measures of Real-World Physical Behavior.

Aryal et al.

Area of interest: Oncology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Physical activity and social cognitive theory variables among persons with multiple sclerosis and elevated anxiety

Šilić et al.

Area of interest: Neurology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Pre-stroke physical activity is associated with post-stroke physical activity and sedentary behavior in the acute phase

Tanaka et al.

Area of interest: Neurology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Effects of exercise on sleep in children with overweight/obesity: a randomized clinical trial

Torres-Lopez et al.

Area of interest: Endocrinology & Metabolic diseases

Measurement domain: Sleep

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

40 years of actigraphy in sleep medicine and current state of the art algorithms

Patterson et al.

Measurement domain: Sleep

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Comparative Analysis and Conversion Between Actiwatch and ActiGraph Open-Source Counts

Lee et al.

Measurement domain: Sleep

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Validation of open-source step-counting algorithms for wrist-worn tri-axial accelerometers in cardiovascular patients

Femiano et al.

Area of interest: Cardiovascular

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Accelerometer derived physical activity patterns in 27.890 middle-aged adults: The SCAPIS cohort study

EkBlom-Bak et al.

Area of interest: Healthy

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Comparison of free-living physical activity measurements between ActiGraph GT3X-BT and Fitbit Charge 3 in young people with haemophilia.

Matlary et al.

Area of interest: Hematology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Sensor Verification and Analytical Validation of Algorithms to Measure Gait and Balance and Pronation/Supination in Healthy Volunteers.

Ellis et al.

Area of interest: Healthy

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Comparison between ActiGraph GT3X and ActivPAL to assess sedentary behavior during the school period.

Barboza et al.

Area of interest: Healthy, Children

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Comparing three wearable accelerometers to measure early activity after cardiac surgery

Brown et al.

Area of interest: Cardiology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Quantification of acceleration as activity counts in ActiGraph wearable

Neishabouri et al.

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Performance analyses of step-counting algorithms using wrist accelerometry

Pilkar et al.

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Treating insomnia symptoms with medicinal cannabis: a randomized, crossover trial of the efficacy of a cannabinoid medicine compared with placebo

Walsh et al.

Area of interest: Neurology

Measurement domain: Sleep

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Sensory-Evoked 40-Hz Gamma Oscillation Improves Sleep and Daily Living Activities in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients

Cimenser et al.

Area of interest: Neurology

Measurement domain: Sleep

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Evaluation of a Circadian Rhythm and Sleep-Focused Mobile Health Intervention for the Prevention of Accelerated Summer Weight Gain Among Elementary School–Age Children: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study

Moreno et al.

Area of interest: Healthy, Children

Measurement domain: Sleep

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Effects of supervised exercise during adjuvant endocrine therapy in overweight or obese patients with breast cancer: The I-MOVE study.

Ormel et al.

Area of interest: Oncology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Generation and validation of ActiGraph GT3X+ accelerometer cut-points for assessing physical activity intensity in older adults. The OUTDOOR ACTIVE validation study.

Bammann et al.

Area of interest: Healthy

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Evaluation of a Low-Cost Commercial Actigraph and Its Potential Use in Detecting Cultural Variations in Physical Activity and Sleep.

Topalidis et al.

Area of interest: Healthy

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Physical Activity and Perceived Health in People With Parkinson Disease During the First Wave of Covid-19 Pandemic: A Cross-sectional Study From Sweden.

Leavy et al.

Area of interest: Neurology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Physical activity profiles in Parkinson’s disease

von Rosen et al.

Area of interest: Neurology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Continuous gait monitoring discriminates community-dwelling mild Alzheimer's disease from cognitively normal controls

Varma et al.

Area of interest: Neurology

Measurement domain: Gait & Balance

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Actigraphy informs distinct patient-centered outcomes in Pre-COPD

Chen et al.

Area of interest: Respirology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Upper Limb Performance in Daily Life Approaches Plateau Around Three to Six Weeks Post-stroke

Lang et al.

Area of interest: Neurology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Pulsed, Inhaled Nitric Oxide at a Dose of 30 mg/kg Ideal Body Weight/hr in Subjects at Risk of Pulmonary Hypertension Associated With Pulmonary Fibrosis Receiving Oxygen Therapy

Nathan et al.

Area of interest: Respirology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Measurement of sedentary time and physical activity in rheumatoid arthritis: an ActiGraph and activPALTM validation study.

O'Brien et al.

Area of interest: Rheumatology & Immunology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Feasibility and Acceptability of Wearable Sleep Electroencephalogram Device Use in Adolescents: Observational Study.

Lungsford-Avery et al.

Area of interest: Healthy, Adolescents

Measurement domain: Sleep

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Factors Associated with Objectively Measured Physical Activity in Patients with Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis

Haider et al.

Area of interest: Rheumatology & Immunology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

New-onset insomnia among cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: prevalence, risk factors, and its correlation with other symptoms.

Hoang et al.

Area of interest: Oncology

Measurement domain: Sleep

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Feasilbility of Home Based Action Observation Training for Children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy: An Exploratory Study

Beaniet et al.

Area of interest: Neurology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Prevalence and stability of insufficient sleep measured by actigraphy: a prospective community study

Ranum et al.

Area of interest: Healthy, Children

Measurement domain: Sleep

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Evaluation of Wrist Accelerometer Cut-Points for Classifying Physical Activity Intensity in Youth.

Trost, Brookes & Ahmadi.

Area of interest: Healthy, Children

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

A Thorough Examination of Morning Activity Patterns in Adults with Arthritis and Healthy Controls Using Actigraphy Data.

Keogh et al.

Area of interest: Rheumatology & Immunology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Assessing Motor Function in Congenital Muscular Dystrophy Patients Using Accelerometry.

Lawal et al.

Area of interest: Neurology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Effects of Morning Versus Evening Home-Based Exercise on Subjective and Objective Sleep Parameters in Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Seol et al.

Area of interest: Healthy

Measurement domain: Sleep

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Beyond ambulation: Measuring physical activity in youth with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Killian et al.

Area of interest: Rare diseases

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Information on Bedtimes and Wake Times Improves the Relation Between Self-Reported and Objective Assessments of Sleep in Adults

St-Onge et al.

Area of interest: Healthy

Measurement domain: Sleep

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Accelerometry for remote monitoring of physical activity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a longitudinal cohort study.

van Eijk et al.

Area of interest: Neurology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Physical activity and sedentary behavior in women with rheumatoid arthritis: a comparison of patients with low and high disease activity and healthy controls.

Summers et al.

Area of interest: Rheumatology & Immunology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Validity of the Actigraph GT3X accelerometer in quantification of step count in hospitalised adults recovering from critical illness.

Anderson, Green & Yoward.

Area of interest: Hospitalized adults recovering from critical illness

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Validity of the accelerometer and smartphone application in estimating energy expenditure in individuals with chronic stroke

Faria et al.

Area of interest: Neurology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Observational Study of a Wearable Sensor and Smartphone Application Supporting Unsupervised Exercises to Assess Pain and Stiffness

Perrauding et al.

Area of interest: Rheumatology & Immunology

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Short-term efficacy of a computer-tailored physical activity intervention for prostate and colorectal cancer patients and survivors: a randomized controlled trial.

Golsteijn et al.

Area of interest: Oncology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Short-term efficacy of a computer-tailored physical activity intervention for prostate and colorectal cancer patients and survivors: a randomized controlled trial.

Golsteijn et al.

Area of interest: Oncology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

RiseTx: testing the feasibility of a web application for reducing sedentary behavior among prostate cancer survivors receiving androgen deprivation therapy.

Trinh et al.

Area of interest: Oncology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Validity and Reliability of the Wristband Activity Monitor in Free-living Children Aged 10−17 Years.

Yang et al.

Area of interest: Healthy, Children

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Raw and Count Data Comparability of Hip-Worn ActiGraph GT3X+ and Link Accelerometers.

Montoye et al.

Area of interest: Healthy

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Validity of the Actigraph GT3x and influence of the sensor positioning for the assessment of active energy expenditure during four activities of daily living in stroke subjects

Compagnat et al.

Area of interest: Neurology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Physical Activity Assessment with the ActiGraph GT3X and Doubly Labeled Water

Chromistek et al.

Area of interest: Healthy

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Sedentary behaviour is associated with increased long-term cardiovascular risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis independently of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity

Fenton et al.

Area of interest: Rheumatology & Immunology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Understanding Environmental and Contextual Influences of Physical Activity During First-Year University: The Feasibility of Using Ecological Momentary Assessment in the MovingU Study.

Bedard et al.

Area of interest: Healthy

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Monitoring training activity during gait-related balance exercise in individuals with Parkinson’s disease: a proof-of-concept-study

Conradsson et al.

Area of interest: Neurology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Methods to estimate aspects of physical activity and sedentary behavior from high-frequency wrist accelerometer measurements

Staudenmayer et al.

Area of interest: Healthy

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Objectively measured night-to-night sleep variations are associated with body composition in very elderly women

Kim et al.

Area of interest: Healthy, Body Mass

Measurement domain: Sleep

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Subjective and objective levels of physical activity and their association with cardiorespiratory fitness in rheumatoid arthritis patients.

Yu et al.

Area of interest: Rheumatology & Immunology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

The SBSM Guide to Actigraphy Monitoring: Clinical and Research Applications.

Ancoli-Israel et al.

Measurement domain: Sleep

Reliability of the Actigraph GT3X+ Accelerometer in Adults under Free-Living Conditions.

Aadland & Ylvisaker.

Area of interest: Healthy

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Validation of actiGraph GT3X accelerometers in collagen 6-related muscular dystrophy and LAMA2-related muscular dystrophy.

Meilleur et al.

Area of interest: Neurology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Prospective Examination of Objectively Assessed Physical Activity and Sedentary Time after Breast Cancer Treatment: Sitting on the Crest of the Teachable Moment

Sabiston et al.

Area of interest: Oncology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Measuring reliability and validity of the ActiGraph GT3X accelerometer for children with cerebral palsy: A feasibility study

O'Neil et al.

Area of interest: Neurology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Accuracy of StepWatch™ and ActiGraph Accelerometers for Measuring Steps Taken among Persons with Multiple Sclerosis.

Sandroff et al.

Area of interest: Neurology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

ActiGraph GT3X determined variations in “free-living” standing, lying, and sitting duration among sedentary adults.

Barwais et al.

Area of interest: Obesity

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Clinical Outcome

Validation of the use of Actigraph GT3X accelerometers to estimate energy expenditure in full time manual wheelchair users with spinal cord injury.

Garcia-Masso et al.

Area of interest: Neurology

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Translation equations to compare ActiGraph GT3X and Actical accelerometers activity counts.

Straker & Campbell.

Area of interest: Healthy

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Calibration of ActiGraph GT3X, Actical and RT3 accelerometers in adolescents.

Romanzini et al.

Area of interest: Healthy, Adolescents

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation

Validation and comparison of ActiGraph activity monitors.

Sasaki, John & Freedson.

Area of interest: Healthy

Measurement domain: Physical activity

Study Aim: Algorithm Validation