Developing a Physical Activity Ontology to Support the Interoperability of Physical Activity Data.

Journal: Journal of medical Internet research
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Physical activity data provides important information on disease onset, progression, and treatment outcomes. Although analyzing physical activity data in conjunction with other clinical and microbiological data will lead to new insights crucial for improving human health, it has been hampered partly because of the large variations in the way the data are collected and presented.

Authors

  • Hyeoneui Kim
    Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, UC, San Diego, CA 92093, USA.
  • Jessica Mentzer
    School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States.
  • Ricky Taira
    Department of Radiological Science, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.