Wearable Light-and-Motion Dataloggers for Sleep/Wake Research: A Review
Long-term recording of a person’s activity (actimetry or actigraphy) using devices typically worn on the wrist is increasingly applied in sleep/wake, chronobiological, and clinical research to estimate parameters of sleep and sleep-wake cycles. With the recognition of the importance of light in infl...
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| author | Konstantin V. Danilenko Oliver Stefani Kirill A. Voronin Marina S. Mezhakova Ivan M. Petrov Mikhail F. Borisenkov Aleksandr A. Markov Denis G. Gubin |
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| description | Long-term recording of a person’s activity (actimetry or actigraphy) using devices typically worn on the wrist is increasingly applied in sleep/wake, chronobiological, and clinical research to estimate parameters of sleep and sleep-wake cycles. With the recognition of the importance of light in influencing these parameters and with the development of technological capabilities, light sensors have been introduced into devices to correlate physiological and environmental changes. Over the past two decades, many such new devices have appeared from different manufacturers. One of the aims of this review is to help researchers and clinicians choose the data logger that best fits their research goals. Seventeen currently available light-and-motion recorders entered the analysis. They were reviewed for appearance, dimensions, weight, mounting, battery, sensors, features, communication interface, and software. We found that all devices differed from each other in several features. In particular, six devices are equipped with a light sensor that can measure blue light. It is noteworthy that blue light most profoundly influences the physiology and behavior of mammals. As the wearables market is growing rapidly, this review helps guide future developments and needs to be updated every few years. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-33907c5c2cdc4ac89f2976e903e50cdd2023-11-24T07:41:01ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172022-11-0112221179410.3390/app122211794Wearable Light-and-Motion Dataloggers for Sleep/Wake Research: A ReviewKonstantin V. Danilenko0Oliver Stefani1Kirill A. Voronin2Marina S. Mezhakova3Ivan M. Petrov4Mikhail F. Borisenkov5Aleksandr A. Markov6Denis G. Gubin7Institute of Neurosciences and Medicine, 630117 Novosibirsk, RussiaCentre for Chronobiology, Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Basel, 4002 Basel, SwitzerlandLaboratory for Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics, Research Institute of Biomedicine and Biomedical Technologies, Medical University, 625023 Tyumen, RussiaLaboratory for Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics, Research Institute of Biomedicine and Biomedical Technologies, Medical University, 625023 Tyumen, RussiaDepartment of Biological & Medical Physics UNSECO, Medical University, 625023 Tyumen, RussiaInstitute of Physiology of Komi Science Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 167982 Syktyvkar, RussiaLaboratory for Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics, Research Institute of Biomedicine and Biomedical Technologies, Medical University, 625023 Tyumen, RussiaDepartment of Biology, Medical University, 625023 Tyumen, RussiaLong-term recording of a person’s activity (actimetry or actigraphy) using devices typically worn on the wrist is increasingly applied in sleep/wake, chronobiological, and clinical research to estimate parameters of sleep and sleep-wake cycles. With the recognition of the importance of light in influencing these parameters and with the development of technological capabilities, light sensors have been introduced into devices to correlate physiological and environmental changes. Over the past two decades, many such new devices have appeared from different manufacturers. One of the aims of this review is to help researchers and clinicians choose the data logger that best fits their research goals. Seventeen currently available light-and-motion recorders entered the analysis. They were reviewed for appearance, dimensions, weight, mounting, battery, sensors, features, communication interface, and software. We found that all devices differed from each other in several features. In particular, six devices are equipped with a light sensor that can measure blue light. It is noteworthy that blue light most profoundly influences the physiology and behavior of mammals. As the wearables market is growing rapidly, this review helps guide future developments and needs to be updated every few years.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/22/11794humanactimetrymotionambient light |
| spellingShingle | Konstantin V. Danilenko Oliver Stefani Kirill A. Voronin Marina S. Mezhakova Ivan M. Petrov Mikhail F. Borisenkov Aleksandr A. Markov Denis G. Gubin Wearable Light-and-Motion Dataloggers for Sleep/Wake Research: A Review Applied Sciences human actimetry motion ambient light |
| title | Wearable Light-and-Motion Dataloggers for Sleep/Wake Research: A Review |
| title_full | Wearable Light-and-Motion Dataloggers for Sleep/Wake Research: A Review |
| title_fullStr | Wearable Light-and-Motion Dataloggers for Sleep/Wake Research: A Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wearable Light-and-Motion Dataloggers for Sleep/Wake Research: A Review |
| title_short | Wearable Light-and-Motion Dataloggers for Sleep/Wake Research: A Review |
| title_sort | wearable light and motion dataloggers for sleep wake research a review |
| topic | human actimetry motion ambient light |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/22/11794 |
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