Core Scope
Field-Based Physical Activity Measurement Core
The Field-Based Physical Activity Measurement Core offers data collection and processing services for field-based physical activity-related projects (physical activity measurements with clinical or community research participants using accelerometers or similar person-worn monitors). The core has substantial expertise in using various field-based physical activity monitors in children and adults and manages an inventory of different monitors that can be rented when available. The core’s services span data collection planning, distribution and management of monitors, data processing, and consulting.
The team has expertise in using multiple data processing systems and software and library of detailed data processing protocols, tools, and macros that can be customized for various purposes and projects. The core supports measurement, observational, and intervention research and the core’s leadership has supported physical activity measurement for numerous NIH-funded studies, both locally in the Kansas City area and across the US. In addition to supporting the application of physical activity measurement in various projects, the core’s leadership has led and contributed to the development and/or testing of new measurement monitors, algorithms, and systems.
Services and Pricing
Services Include:
- Data collection planning/startup support.
- Monitor rental
- Distribution and management of monitors for data collection
- Data processing
- Garmin project integration
Equipment
- ActiGraph wGT3X-BT with belt or wristband
- (other ActiGraph models may be available upon request)
- Qstarz BT-100XT GPS (Global Positioning System) tracker with belt
- activPAL4
Policies
- Please consult with us prior to including any of the core’s services in a grant application. Send requests and inquires through our RedCap request form.
- Requests for budgets and materials for grant applications must be received ≥1 month prior to the institutional due date.
- Monitor rentals can be reserved up to one year in advance and are provided on a first come first serve basis. Renter must agree to replace lost or broken monitors and equipment.
- Please keep in mind that some studies may require the core to acquire additional monitors/equipment and/or reallocate staff, which could involve additional planning time.
- We ask that core directors and other team members who contribute scientific expertise (e.g., advanced data processing, data interpretation) be included on study publications with appropriate involvement.
- When needed, a core director can also provide scientific expertise around physical activity-related grant/study development, measure selection, statistical analyses, and data interpretation by serving as an investigator or consultant.
- We ask that a core director be included in the grant development process and as an investigator with an appropriate FTE when scientific expertise in physical activity measurement is needed to support the study.