Moving the Next Generation: Secure Data Management
The Team: Dr Ahmad Abu Alqumsan, Dr Darius Nahavandi, Associate Professor Shady Mohamed, Dr Natalie Lander, Associate Professor Lisa Barnett
Motor competence (MC) plays a crucial role in development for an active lifestyle. MC is an individual’s ability to execute gross motor and is positively associated with healthy weight status and higher levels of physical fitness. low level of MC in children is still a global health concern. Investing in better MC assessment should be a global research priority. Usage of varied MC assessment tools impedes direct comparisons, and existing MC assessment is challenging due to time, cost, and needed training. Objective assessment will reduce time and cost and provide accurate and immediate feedback. An MC assessment tool has been recently developed by an interdisciplinary research team at Deakin University. Children were able to be assessed in seven common movement skills using two wrist and two ankle sensors. The tool development is still in ongoing research and at this stage of prototyping, further research is needed to create a secure data management system for students’ performance and a log-in system for teachers. These systems will ensure limited access to the tool and maintain records of students’ assessments.
Chief Investigator: Dr Ahmad Abu Alqumsan, Research Fellow in Medical Robotics and Human Robot Trust.
Collaborators: Dr Darius Nahavandi and Associate Professor Shady Mohamed of the Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation (IISRI), Dr Natalie Lander of the School of Education, and Associate Professor Lisa Barnett in the school of Healthy and Social Development, all at Deakin University.