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Remote Monitoring of Cancer Patient Participation in a 12-Week Online Yoga Study: Challenges and Directions for Future Research

Ryan Eckert, Jennifer Huberty, Heidi Kosiorek, Shannon Clark-Sienkiewicz, Linda Larkey, and Ruben Mesa

.D. , Paniagua , S.M. , Kazanis , W. , Jones , S. , & Potter , J.S. ( 2018 ). Quality of life among women diagnosed with breast cancer: A randomized waitlist controlled trial of commercially available mobile app‐delivered mindfulness training . Psycho‐Oncology, 27 ( 8 ), 2023 – 2030 . PubMed ID

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Let us Dance Around the World! Toward More Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Research

Mai ChinAPaw and Manou Anselma

, Sincere, Open-minded, Mindful of our own implicit bias, and Essential. Exclusive “WEIRD” Science Gender and ethnic disparities become more and more recognized in academia, especially at the higher professional ranks. A recent U.K. study among professors found that among more than 22,000 professors, only

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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Physical Activity, Pain, Mood, and Sleep in Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis

Michael J. Rose, Michael P. LaValley, S. Reza Jafarzadeh, Kerry E. Costello, Nirali Shah, Soyoung Lee, Belinda Borrelli, Stephen P. Messier, Tuhina Neogi, and Deepak Kumar

feasibility of a mindful walking intervention to improve walking quality and quantity in individuals with knee OA ( Kumar et al., 2022 ). Inclusion criteria were age between 50 and 80 years, BMI ≤ 40 kg/m 2 , knee pain ≥ 4 on 0–10 numeric scale, meet the American College of Rheumatology clinical criteria for

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Physical Activity Tracking Wristbands for Use in Research With Older Adults: An Overview and Recommendations

Alanna Weisberg, Alexandre Monte Campelo, Tanzeel Bhaidani, and Larry Katz

the skin ( Steinert et al., 2018 ). To mitigate skin irritation, researchers must be mindful of participants’ skin sensitivities, recommend that users to take off bands and dry them off after they get wet, and monitor possible discomfort throughout the study. Physical size and optimal placement of

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Comparison of Energy Expenditure and Step Count Measured by ActiGraph Accelerometers Among Dominant and Nondominant Wrist and Hip Sites

Kayla J. Nuss, Nicholas A. Hulett, Alden Erickson, Eric Burton, Kyle Carr, Lauren Mooney, Jacob Anderson, Ashley Comstock, Ethan J. Schlemer, Lucas J. Archambault, and Kaigang Li

, these studies lend support to the continued development of alternative means of estimating EE in research settings. To most accurately assess steps, the ACT can be placed on either the dominant or the nondominant hip, but researchers should be mindful of the inaccuracy of ACTs at very slow walking

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Aerobic Capacity Determines Habitual Walking Acceleration, Not Electromyography-Indicated Relative Effort

Arto J. Pesola, Timo Rantalainen, Ying Gao, and Taija Finni

intensity of activity, which can be differently associated with health than when activity is measured in absolute terms. Professionals providing walking prescriptions should be mindful that low-fit persons can have a lower accelerometer-derived walking intensity as compared with their high-fit peers

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Reliability and Criterion-Related Validity of the activPAL Accelerometer When Measuring Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Adults With Lower Limb Absence

Sarah Deans, Alison Kirk, Anthony McGarry, and David Rowe

Strathclyde. Although this was a convenience sample from volunteer patients, the authors are mindful that habituation to the prosthesis following amputation may have influenced individual gait patterns and the results. However, all participants had similar levels of functional classification i.e., they all

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Reported and Device-Based Physical Activity By Race/Ethnic Groups in Young-Old Women

Andrea Stewart, Barbara Sternfeld, Brittney S. Lange-Maia, Kelly R. Ylitalo, Alicia Colvin, Carrie A. Karvonen-Gutierrez, Sheila A. Dugan, Robin R. Green, and Kelley Pettee Gabriel

(across all intensity categories) in a well-characterized racially and ethnically diverse sample of midlife and young-old women. Investigators should be mindful of these differences when designing the assessment protocol for future studies of women’s health, including consideration of how these

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The 7th International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement

–45) and mental health (39 (19–50), fatigue (40 (30–50), and pain (45 (35–58). Around 30% of respondents reported thinking about their dystonia more than usual. Commonly used self-management strategies were walking (63%), general exercise (41%), mindfulness (37%), and meditation (34%). Discussion: COVID-19