Monitoring Activity and Gait in Children (MAGIC) using digital health technologies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital health technologies (DHTs) can collect gait and physical activity in adults, but limited studies have validated these in children. This study compared gait and physical activity metrics collected using DHTs to those collected by reference comparators during in-clinic sessions, to collect a normative accelerometry dataset, and to evaluate participants' comfort and their compliance in wearing the DHTs at-home.

Methods

The MAGIC (Monitoring Activity and Gait in Children) study was an analytical validation study which enrolled 40, generally healthy participants aged 3-17 years. Gait and physical activity were collected using DHTs in a clinical setting and continuously at-home.

Results

Overall good to excellent agreement was observed between gait metrics

SUBMITTER: Di J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11499282 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature