Cited by 41Human Mobility and Location-Based AnalysisHealth, Environment, Cognitive AgingContext-Aware Activity Recognition Systems

Assessing and enhancing the utility of low-cost activity and location sensors for exposure studies

Asimina, Stamatelopoulou, Chapizanis, D., Karakitsios, S., Kontoroupis, P., Asimakopoulos, D. N., Maggos, T., Sarigiannis, D.·2018·Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Abstract

Nowadays, the advancement of mobile technology in conjunction with the introduction of the concept of exposome has provided new dynamics to the exposure studies. Since the addressing of health outcomes related to environmental stressors is crucial, the improvement of exposure assessment methodology is of paramount importance. Towards this aim, a pilot study was carried out in the two major cities of Greece (Athens, Thessaloniki), investigating the applicability of commercially available fitness monitors and the Moves App for tracking people's location and activities, as well as for predicting the type of the encountered location, using advanced modeling techniques. Within the frame of the study, 21 individuals were using the Fitbit Flex activity tracker, a temperature logger, and the application Moves App on their smartphones. For the validation of the above equipment, participants were also carrying an Actigraph (activity sensor) and a GPS device. The data collected from Fitbit Flex, the temperature logger, and the GPS (speed) were used as input parameters in an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model for predicting the type of location. Analysis of the data showed that the Moves App tends to underestimate the daily steps counts in comparison with Fitbit Flex and Actigraph, respectively, while Moves App predicted the movement trajectory of an individual with reasonable accuracy, compared to a dedicated GPS. Finally, the encountered location was successfully predicted by the ANN in most of the cases.

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Authors
Asimina, S., Chapizanis, D., Karakitsios, S., Kontoroupis, P., Asimakopoulos, D. N., Maggos, T., & Sarigiannis, D.
Affiliations
  • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR)
  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
  • National Centre of Scientific Research "Demokritos" (GR)
Venue
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Published
2018-02-20
Volume
190
Issue
3
Pages
155-155
ISSN
  • 0167-6369 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-2959
OpenAlex
W2790415850
Cited by
40
References
35
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 5
FWCI
7.10
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
FP7 Ideas: European Research Council (603946)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Transportation › Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
Keywords
exposure assessment, exposome, wearable activity trackers, position sensors, mobile application, Fitbit, GPS, step count, artificial neural networks, location prediction, movement trajectories, environmental exposure, low-cost sensors, Athens, Thessaloniki
MeSH terms
Smartphone, Environmental Monitoring, Female, Greece, Humans, Pilot Projects, Exercise, Neural Networks, Computer, Geographic Information Systems, Mobile Applications

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