Publications related to Kinesiology

Automated Human Motion Analysis and Synthesis

Human motion analysis and synthesis is integral to many computer vision applications, from autonomous driving to sports analysis. In this thesis, we address several problems in this domain. First we consider active viewpoint selection for pose estimation w ...

EPFL2023

Real world multimodal assessment of physical behavior change in health and disease

Gaëlle Prigent

Sedentary lifestyle is currently considered a global pandemic, associated with major health problems such as cardiovascular disease and premature death. Regular physical activity (PA) is one way to address this problem, as it brings a variety of health ben ...

EPFL2023

Dynamics of metabolic rate in male individuals due to the meal and regular office activities

Dolaana Khovalyg, Jiyoung Kwak

Metabolic rate is one of the main parameters affecting the thermal balance of the human body and perception of thermal comfort. Typically, we consider a constant value for a specific type of activity (sitting quiet, standing, etc.) despite the time of the ...

TU Delft2022

Geographic clusters of objectively measured physical activity and the characteristics of their built environment in a Swiss urban area

Stéphane Joost, Marco André Vieira Ruas, Idris Guessous, Cédric Gubelmann

Introduction ...

PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE2022

Identifying a Motivational Profile for Older Adults Towards Increased Physical Activity

Pearl Pu Faltings, Yuan Lu

Personalizing behavior change (BC) strategies to motivate increased physical activity is especially important for the diverse older adult population. However, there is a lack of knowledge about how to profile older users to most effectively personalize BC ...

2021

Activities, Housing Situation and Other Factors Influencing Psychological Strain Experienced During the First COVID-19 Lockdown in Switzerland

Claudia Rebeca Binder Signer, Livia Bianca Fritz, Anna Pagani, Garance Clément, Ralph Hansmann

Background: The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis and the corresponding first nationwide lockdown from mid-March to 10 May 2020 engendered considerable psychological strain among people in Switzerland. This study analyzes determinants of changes i ...

Frontiers Media2021

A multimodal approach to capture post-stroke temporal dynamics of recovery

Dimitri Nestor Alice Van De Ville, Silvestro Micera, Jenifer Cléa Miehlbradt, Nawal Noëlle Kinany, Elvira Pirondini, Martina Coscia, Christian Giang, Camilla Pierella

Objective.Several training programs have been developed in the past to restore motor functions after stroke. Their efficacy strongly relies on the possibility to assess individual levels of impairment and recovery rate. However, commonly used clinical scal ...

2020

Multidimensional Measures of Physical Activity and Their Association with Gross Motor Capacity in Children and Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy

Anisoara Ionescu, Lena Carcreff, Stéphane Armand

The current lack of adapted performance metrics leads clinicians to focus on what children with cerebral palsy (CP) do in a clinical setting, despite the ongoing debate on whether capacity (what they do at best) adequately reflects performance (what they d ...

2020

PREC 2019: Personal Robots for Exercising and Coaching

Ayberk Özgür, Arzu Güneysu Özgür

Exercising is strongly recommended for prevention and treatment of pathologies with high prevalence such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and diabetes. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that insufficient physical activity is one of the leading ...

IEEE2019

The upper limit of cardiorespiratory fitness associated with longevity: an update

Johannes Burtscher

In 2013, mortality reductions with improving cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) have been suggested to persist until 13 METs. More recently, accumulating evidence from large-scale studies suggests that mortality from all causes decreases with increasing CRF l ...

2019

The Adapted Lifestyle-Integrated Functional Exercise Program for Preventing Functional Decline in Young Seniors: Development and Initial Evaluation

Wei Zhang

Background: The Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise (LiFE) program is an intervention integrating balance and strength activities into daily life, effective at reducing falls in at-risk people >= 70 years. There is potential for LiFE to be adapted to ...

KARGER2019

Protocol for the PreventIT feasibility randomised controlled trial of a lifestyle-integrated exercise intervention in young older adults

Kamiar Aminian, Anisoara Ionescu

Introduction The European population is rapidly ageing. In order to handle substantial future challenges in the healthcare system, we need to shift focus from treatment towards health promotion. The PreventIT project has adapted the Lifestyle-integrated Ex ...

BMJ2019

Mitochondrial oxidative capacity and NAD(+) biosynthesis are reduced in human sarcopenia across ethnicities

Patrick Descombes, Tanja Sonntag, Sylviane Métairon, Sonia Karaz, Sofia Moco, Lei Feng

The causes of impaired skeletal muscle mass and strength during aging are well-studied in healthy populations. Less is known on pathological age-related muscle wasting and weakness termed sarcopenia, which directly impacts physical autonomy and survival. H ...

Springer2019

Territoires apprenants, la pédagogie à l’épreuve du terrain

Guillaume Simon Joseph Drevon, Luc Marc Gwiazdzinski

Autour du terme générique « territoire apprenant », se déploient actuellement des dispositifs « géo-pédagogiques » partenariaux, hybrides, in vivo, in situ et hors les murs. Dans un contexte favorable à la « territorialisation de l’activité éducative », à ...

2018

Robust ECG Denoising for eHealth Applications

Guglielmo Frigo

Portable monitoring devices have provided an important cost-effective solution in the development of eHealth applications, providing opportunities for population-wide promotion of physical activity. Monitoring heart profile parameters during extensive acti ...

IEEE2018

Prediction of patient-reported physical activity scores from wearable accelerometer data: a feasibility study

Martin Jaggi, Inès Bahej

Many diseases are characterized by limitations in mobility, including a wide range of musculoskeletal and neurological conditions. Reduced mobility impacts a patients ability to perform activities of daily living, which in turn reduces health-related quali ...

2018

Enhanced Respiratory Chain Supercomplex Formation in Response to Exercise in Human Skeletal Muscle

Johan Auwerx, Carlos Canto Alvarez, Xu Wang, Pooja Jha, Chiara Greggio

Mitochondrial dysfunction is a hallmark of multiple metabolic complications. Physical activity is known to increase mitochondrial content in skeletal muscle, counteracting age-related decline in muscle function and protecting against metabolic and cardiova ...

Cell Press2017

Recommendations for Standardizing Validation Procedures Assessing Physical Activity of Older Persons by Monitoring Body Postures and Movements

Kamiar Aminian

Physical activity is an important determinant of health and well-being in older persons and contributes to their social participation and quality of life. Hence, assessment tools are needed to study this physical activity in free-living conditions. Wearabl ...

Mdpi Ag2014

PGC-1alpha, SIRT1 and AMPK, an energy sensing network that controls energy expenditure

Johan Auwerx, Carlos Canto Alvarez

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1-alpha (PGC-1alpha) has been extensively described as a master regulator of mitochondrial biogenesis. However, PGC-1alpha activity is not constant and can be finely tuned in r ...

2009

Stair climbing detection during daily physical activity using a miniature gyroscope

Kamiar Aminian, Anisoara Ionescu, Bijan Najafi, Brian Coley

A new method of monitoring physical activity that is able to detect walking upstairs using a miniature gyroscope attached to the shank is presented. Wavelet transformation, in conjunction with a simple kinematics model, was used to detect toe-off, heel-str ...

2005