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The Development of the SenseWear armband...
The Development of the SenseWear armband, A Revolutionary Energy Assessment Device to Assess Physical Activity and Lifestyle
David Andre, Ray Pelletier, Jonny Farringdon, Scott Safi er, Walter Talbott, Ron Stone, Nisarg Vyas, Jason Trimble, Donna Wolf, Suresh Vishnubhatla, Scott Boehmke, John Stivoric, Astro Teller
Abstract
Consumers, clinicians, and researchers lack an easy-to-use, reliable and cost efficient way to accurately assess metabolic physical activity and energy expenditure, critical components of a variety of behavioral modification programs, including disease- and weight-management. BodyMedia has addressed this need by developing the SenseWear® Pro2 Armband which utilizes a heat flux sensor, galvanic skin response sensor, skin temperature sensor, nearbody temperature sensor, and a two axis-accelerometer to gather data leading to the measurement of energy expenditure. This paper outlines the studies that show how the SenseWear® Pro2 1 provides high energy expenditure accuracy rates relative to equipment that is far more expensive, limiting, and difficult to use and how it is a cost efficient and simple solution that can be applied outside the laboratory in a free-living environment to track energy expenditure, physical activity durations and levels, and lifestyle information.
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