/Highlights/ How to test whether accelerometer has been calibrated at all? Dr Timo Rantalainen

Dr Timo Rantalainen - Accelerometry | Gait | Elderly

In this episode, we have Dr Timo Rantalainen, who is Research Fellow at the Gerontology Research Center, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

Dr Rantalainen’s area of expertise pertains to neuromuscular and skeletal systems, specifically skeletal adaptation to mechanical loading and neural control of muscles, with a focus on estimating lower limb loading and bone responsiveness. His current research interests include: 1) the effect of loading on bone geometry, 2) neuromuscular function of muscle, 3) muscle and bone adaptations with age, and 4) the measurement of bone geometry using peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT).

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Timestamps: 02:00 Funding, success rate and part of luck in the process 04:20 Physical state prediction from physical activity 13:40 Activity parameters indicative of problems in rehabilitation 16:35 Complexity of gait and cognition 17.30 Dual task paradigm - simple way of detecting early Alzheimer’s 19:30 Variability of gait as indicator of health 20:15 Dual task and variability of gait 21:13 Exerting hard and thinking 23:20 Dual task paradigm during pedalling 24:45 Advantages of using ergometer compared to gait 25:40 Analysis of accelerometers on thorax and thigh 32:10 Relativity of activity intensity classification 35:00 Histogram analysis of physical activity 36:45 Absolute accelerations as predictors 37:50 Why walking is such important to study 41:40 Static posturography 43.10 Heart rate variability and arrythmias 43.50 Variability of walking 45.10 How to detect the walking from accelerometer signal 56.30 Counts and proprietary algorithms 57.40 How to test whether accelerometer you use have been calibrated?