Research shows that having mobility limitations may have a negative impact on your physical abilities, visits to emergency departments, hospitalization, and on admission to nursing homes. Mobility can be monitored through activity trackers that can record such things such as step counts, number of stairs climbed, distance traveled, type of travel (e.g., car, public transit, walking, cycling), number of minutes active, body position (i.e., lying, sitting, or standing). 

Participants who consent to these data collection measures will be asked to wear two mobility trackers for a period of seven days:

• A TicWatch on their wrist
• An ActiGraph tracker on their thigh

Mobility trackers are provided at the in-home interview and then returned during the Data Collection Site visit.

For more information:

• Instructional Videos - Mobility Trackers
• CLSA Activity Trackers - Participant Information Package

Instructional Videos - Mobility Trackers