Organisations
Objective
The International Society for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour is a non-profit scientific society which focuses on the issues related to ambulatory monitoring, wearable monitors, movement sensors, physical activity, sedentary behaviour, movement behaviour, body postures, sleep and constructs related to physical behaviours.
Mission Statement: The Society aims to promote and facilitate the study and applications of objective measurement and quantification of free-living physical behavior(s) and its related constructs (e.g. energy expenditure, context) using wearable devices. The Society is characterised by:
- its multidisciplinary focus; including engineering, signal analysis, physiology, medical sciences, public health, psychology, ergonomics and sports.
- bringing together people from a wide variety of backgrounds and expertise, including researchers, clinicians, therapists, signal analysts, computational scientists and commercial companies
Objective
The AAPEX-Research team supports researchers and PhD candidates using Ambulatory Assessment (AA) to study physical activity, sports, and movement in real-world contexts.
The platform offers tools, resources, and expertise to help you integrate mobile and wearable technologies into your research and advance innovative methodologies.
Contact
Objective
CAPA is an association of scientists from various disciplines and companies with proven expertise in recording and analysing physical activity. The aim is to pool expertise, draw up joint guidelines, optimise and validate existing methods and establish new procedures based on technical and methodological developments. In addition, the latest findings from research are to be integrated into academic training in an interdisciplinary teaching programme. The centre is the national and international point of contact for anyone seeking training, advice and support in the design, implementation and analysis of studies and programmes to record physical activity.
Institutes for Behavior Resources
Objective
The Institutes for Behavior Resources, Inc. (IBR) is an independent nonprofit research, services, and educational organization headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. IBR is well known in the Baltimore community and nationally for its innovative and effective substance abuse programs, others know IBR as a unique center for expertise and experience in human fatigue management and software development, behavioral economics and consulting incorporating behavioral analysis and safety initiatives. IBR’s Operational Fatigue and Performance (OFP) programs are carefully crafted to address the challenges of fatigue in high-stakes environments through research, consulting, SAFTE-FAST software solutions (https://www.saftefast.com/), the SleepTank mobile app for iOS (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sleeptank/id6480587444) and Android smart phone devices (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ibrinc.sleeptank&pcampaignid=web_share) in combination with Fitbit/Google, Oura, or Garmin wearable sleep trackers, and the Zulu watch actigraph and Zulu Data Extractor app (https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/zulu-data-extractor/id1556892315.)