Recently, some national NCD surveillance systems have started using accelerometers as a measure of PA. The purpose of this paper was specifically to appraise the suitability and role of accelerometers ...

Published results showed use of an accelerometer to track physical activity after ACL reconstruction may be associated with improved recovery outcomes compared with traditional patient-reported ...

Take for example an airbag, where the (microscale) accelerometer in the airbag’s control unit can trigger the rapid inflation of the (macroscale) airbag when it senses a sudden change in velocity.

Hottinger Brüel & Kjær (HBK) reported Dec. 2 that its parent company, Spectris plc has purchased Piezocryst Advanced ...