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

doi:10.1136/bjsports-2019-100786

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

Authors

E Stamatakis

A Koster

M Hamer

V Rangul

I Lee

A Bauman

AJ Atkin

M AsDahl

CE Matthews

PJ Mork

L Askie

PA Cistulli

Prof Malcolm Granat M.H.Granat@salford.ac.uk
Professor

P Palm

P Crowley

M Stevens

N Gupta

A Pulakka

S Stenholm

D Arvidsson

G Mishra

P Wennberg

S Chastin

U Ekelund

A Holtermann

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).

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