Emerging collaborative research platforms for the next generation of physical activity, sleep and exercise medicine guidelines : the Prospective Physical Activity, Sitting, and Sleep consortium (ProPASS)

Stamatakis, E; Koster, A; Hamer, M; Rangul, V; Lee, I; Bauman, A; Atkin, AJ; AsDahl, M; Matthews, CE; Mork, PJ; Askie, L; Cistulli, PA; Granat, MH; Palm, P; Crowley, P; Stevens, M; Gupta, N; Pulakka, A; Stenholm, S; Arvidsson, D; Mishra, G; Wennberg, P; Chastin, S; Ekelund, U; Holtermann, A

Abstract

Galileo Galilei’s quote “measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so”
has particular relevance to health behaviours, such as physical activity (PA), sitting and
sleep, whose measurement during free living is notoriously difficult. To date, much of what
we know about how these behaviours affect our health is based on self-report by
questionnaires which have limited validity, are prone to bias, and inquire about selective
aspects of these behaviours. Although self-reported evidence has made great contributions
to shaping public health and exercise medicine policy and guidelines until now1, the ongoing
advancements of accelerometry-based measurement and evidence synthesis methods are
set to change the landscape. The aim of this editorial is to outline new directions in PA and
sleep related epidemiology that open new horizons for guideline development and
improvement; and to describe a new research collaboration platform: the Prospective
Physical Activity, Sitting, and Sleep consortium (ProPASS).

Citation

Stamatakis, E., Koster, A., Hamer, M., Rangul, V., Lee, I., Bauman, A., …Holtermann, A. (2020). Emerging collaborative research platforms for the next generation of physical activity, sleep and exercise medicine guidelines : the Prospective Physical Activity, Sitting, and Sleep consortium (ProPASS). British Journal of Sports Medicine, 54(8), https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2019-100786

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 9, 2019
• Online Publication Date: May 10, 2019
• Publication Date: Mar 31, 2020
• Deposit Date: Apr 15, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: May 15, 2019
• Journal: British Journal of Sports Medicine
• Print ISSN: 0306-3674
• Electronic ISSN: 1473-0480
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Volume: 54
• Issue: 8
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2019-100786
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2019-100786
• Related Public URLs: https://bjsm.bmj.com/
• Additional Information: Funders : PAL Technologies, Scotland, UK;Worldwide Universities Network–Research Development Fund 2018;University of Sydney;National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia);National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen;Loughborough University