Self-Tracking Behaviour in Physical Activity: A Systematic Review of Drivers and Outcomes of Fitness Tracking
Author(s): Daoyan Jina Hallgeir Halvari,Natalia Maehle Anja H. Olafsen Abstract: Advances in technologies (e.g. smartphones, wearables) have resulted in the concept of ‘self-tracking’, and the use of self-tracking technologies in physical activity (i.e. fitness...
Self-tracking while doing sport: Comfort, motivation, attention and lifestyle of athletes using personal informatics tools
Author(s): Amon RappLia Tirabeni Abstract: The spread of wearable technologies is paving the way for the mass-scale adoption of self-tracking instruments, which are progressively integrating into different social practices. Among these, sport seems to be a promising...
Effectiveness of Wearable Trackers on Physical Activity in Healthy Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Author(s): Matilda Swee Sun Tang Katherine Moore Andrew McGavigan Robyn A Clark Anand N Ganesan Abstract: Background: Wearable trackers are an increasingly popular tool among healthy adults and are used to facilitate self-monitoring of physical activity....
Health Promotion for Childhood Obesity: An Approach Based on Self-Tracking of Data
Author(s): Nazaret Gómez-del-Río Carina S. González-González Pedro A. Toledo-Delgado Vanesa Muñoz-Cruz Francisco García-Peñalvo Abstract: At present, obesity and overweight are a global health epidemic. Traditional interventions for promoting healthy habits do not...
A Conceptual Framework for Personal Science
Author(s): Gary Isaac WolfMartijn De Groot Abstract: This paper introduces a conceptual framework to guide research and education into the practice of personal science, which we define as using empirical methods to pursue personal health questions. Personal science...
App-Based Tracking of Self-Reported COVID-19 Symptoms: Analysis of Questionnaire Data
Author(s): Martin Zens Arne Brammertz Juliane Herpich Norbert Südkamp Martin Hinterseer Abstract: Background: COVID-19 is an infectious disease characterized by various clinical presentations. Knowledge of possible symptoms and their distribution allows for the early...
Facilitating Physical Activity Through On-Site Quantified-Self Data Sharing
Author(s): Nan Yang Gerbrand van Hout Loe Feijs Wei Chen Jun Hu Abstract: With the development of sensing technology and the popularization of quantified-self devices, there are increasing types of health-related data that can be sensed, visualized and presented to...
LifeMosaic: co-design of a personal informatics tool for youth
Author(s): Kyrill Potapov Paul Marshall Abstract: While a growing number of technologies offer personal data to the user, little is known about how such tools can be harnessed for and by adolescents. Prior work has focused on implementations, in which youth experience...
DreamCatcher: Exploring How Parents and School-Age Children can Track and Review Sleep Information Together
Author(s): Laura Pina Sang-Wha Sien Clarissa SongTeresa M. WardJames Fogarty Sean A. Munson Julie A. Kientz Abstract: Parents and their school-age children can impact one another's sleep. Most sleep-tracking tools, however, are designed for adults and make it...
The fragility of curating a pioneer community: Deep mediatization and the spread of the Quantified Self and Maker movements
Author(s): Hepp, Andreas Abstract: The aim of this article is to reconstruct the ways in which the organizational elites of the Quantified Self and Maker movements curate their respective pioneer communities. Based on a media ethnography carried out in Germany, the...