Long-form recording of infant body position in the home using wearable inertial sensors

JM Franchak, M Tang, H Rousey, C Luo - Behavior research methods, 2023 - Springer
Long-form audio recordings have had a transformational effect on the study of infant
language acquisition by using mobile, unobtrusive devices to gather full-day, real-time data …

A contactless method for measuring full-day, naturalistic motor behavior using wearable inertial sensors

JM Franchak, V Scott, C Luo - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
How can researchers best measure infants' motor experiences in the home? Body position—
whether infants are held, supine, prone, sitting, or upright—is an important developmental …

Quantifying caregiver movement when measuring infant movement across a full day: A case report

J Zhou, SY Schaefer, BA Smith - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
There is interest in using wearable sensors to measure infant movement patterns and
physical activity, however, this approach is confounded by caregiver motion. The purpose of …

Daily quantity of infant leg movement: Wearable sensor algorithm and relationship to walking onset

BA Smith, IA Trujillo-Priego, CJ Lane, JM Finley… - Sensors, 2015 - mdpi.com
Background: Normative values are lacking for daily quantity of infant leg movements. This is
critical for understanding the relationship between the quantity of leg movements and onset …

Quantifying learning in young infants: tracking leg actions during a discovery-learning task

B Sargent, H Reimann, M Kubo, L Fetters - JoVE (Journal of Visualized …, 2015 - jove.com
Task-specific actions emerge from spontaneous movement during infancy. It has been
proposed that task-specific actions emerge through a discovery-learning process. Here a …

Automatic assessment of infant carrying and holding using at-home wearable recordings

M Airaksinen, E Vaaras, L Haataja, O Räsänen… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Assessing infant carrying and holding (C/H), or physical infant-caregiver interaction, is
important for a wide range of contexts in development research. An automated detection and …

Automatic posture and movement tracking of infants with wearable movement sensors

M Airaksinen, O Räsänen, E Ilén, T Häyrinen, A Kivi… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Infants' spontaneous and voluntary movements mirror developmental integrity of brain
networks since they require coordinated activation of multiple sites in the central nervous …

Intelligent wearable allows out-of-the-lab tracking of developing motor abilities in infants

M Airaksinen, A Gallen, A Kivi… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Background Early neurodevelopmental care needs better, effective and objective solutions
for assessing infants' motor abilities. Novel wearable technology opens possibilities for …

An automated approach to measuring child movement and location in the early childhood classroom

DW Irvin, SA Crutchfield, CR Greenwood… - Behavior research …, 2018 - Springer
Children's movement is an important issue in child development and outcome in early
childhood research, intervention, and practice. Digital sensor technologies offer …

Design and validation of a smart garment to measure positioning practices of parents with young infants

B Greenspan, AB Cunha, MA Lobo - Infant Behavior and Development, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate the feasibility, construct validity, and
reliability of a smart garment to characterize parent-child positioning practices in infants less …