Publications and CV

Refereed Publications:

  1. Remillard, N., Mulvey, M., Petrucci Jr, G.J. & Sirard, J.R. (2022). Validation of Accelerometer-Based Estimations of Energy Expenditure During High-Intensity Interval Training. American Journal of Undergraduate Research, 19(1), 31-39.

  2. Potter, K., Marcotte, R.T., Petrucci Jr, G.J., Rajala, C., Linder, D.E. & Balzer, L. (2021). Examining the Contribution of Dog Walking to Total Daily Physical Activity Among Dogs and Their Owners. Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour, 4(1), 97-101.

  3. Marcotte, R.T., Petrucci Jr, G.J., Cox, M.F., Freedson, P.S., Staudenmayer, J. & Sirard, J.R. (2019). Estimating Sedentary Time from a Hip- and Wrist-Worn Accelerometer. Med Sci Sports Exerc., 52(1), 225-232.

  4. Cox, M.F., Petrucci Jr, G.J., Marcotte, R.T., Masteller, B.R., Staudenmayer, J., Freedson, P.S. & Sirard, J.R. (2020). A Novel Video-Based Direct Observation System for Assessing Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Children and Young Adults. Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour, 3(1), 50-57.

  5. Petrucci Jr, G.J., Masteller, B.R., Cox, M.F., Staudenmayer, J., Freedson, P.S. & Sirard, J.R. (2018). Sensitivity of the Misfit Shine™ to Detect Changes in Laboratory-Based and Free-Living Physical Activity. Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour, 1(1), 18-25.

Book Chapters:

  1. Sirard, J.R. & Petrucci Jr, G.J. (2019). Measurement of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors. In: Physical Activity and Public Health Practice: A Guide for Effective Interventions. Springer Publishing Company, New York, NY.
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Conference Proceedings with Published Abstracts:

  1. Chase, J.D., Petrucci Jr, G.J. & Sirard, J.R. (2024). Does sleep restriction impact subsequent day free-living physical behavior patterns among healthy young adults? American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. Jun 2024. Boston, MA.

  2. Petrucci Jr, G.J., Shook, R.P. & Sirard, J.R. (2023). Estimating energy expenditure in free-living adolescents: How many days are enough? American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. Jun 2023. Denver, CO.

  3. Petrucci Jr, G.J., Marcotte R.T., Cox M.F., Freedson P.S., Staudenmayer J.W. & Sirard J.R. (2020). A novel method to estimate free-living physical behaviors from a wrist-worn actiGraph accelerometer. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. Jun 2020. Virtual Meeting.

  4. Remillard, N., Petrucci Jr, G.J. & Sirard, J.R. (2020). Estimating energy expenditure during high-intensity interval training. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. Jun 2020. Virtual Meeting.

  5. Petrucci Jr, G.J., Marcotte, R.T., Cox, M.F., Freedson, P.S., Staudenmayer, J. & Sirard, J.R. (2019). A free-living investigation of methods to estimate moderate-to-vigorous physical activity from an actigraph accelerometer. International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement. Jun 2019. Maastricht, the Netherlands.

  6. Petrucci Jr, G.J., Marcotte, R.T., Rajala, C., Saleeba, C. & Potter, K. (2019). Examining the relationship between objectively measured human and dog activity. International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement. Jun 2019. Maastricht, the Netherlands.

  7. Marcotte, R.T., Petrucci Jr, G.J., Cox, M.F., Freedson, P.S., Staudenmayer, J. & Sirard, J.R. (2019). End of an epoch? Free-living classification within sojourns using a wrist-worn accelerometer. International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement. Jun 2019. Maastricht, the Netherlands.

  8. Marcotte, R.T., Petrucci Jr, G.J., Cox, M.F., Freedson, P.S., Staudenmayer, J. & Sirard, J.R. (2019). Insights on free-living behavior from a novel direct observation coding system. International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement. Jun 2019. Maastricht, the Netherlands.

  9. Petrucci Jr, G.J., Marcotte, R.T., Cox, M.F., Staudenmayer, J., Freedson, P.S. & Sirard, J.R. (2019). Estimating free-living physical activity using a wrist-worn accelerometer: can it be done? American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. Jun 2019. Orlando, FL.

  10. Cox, M.F., Petrucci Jr, G.J., Marcotte, R.T., Masteller, B.R., Staudenmayer, J., Freedson, P.S. & Sirard, J.R. (2019). Contributions to free-living accelerometer calibration: a novel direct observation system. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. Jun 2019. Orlando, FL.

  11. Marcotte, R.T., Petrucci Jr, G.J., Cox, M.F., Freedson, P.S., Staudenmayer, J. & Sirard, J.R. (2019). Insights on free-living sedentary behavior estimates using a hip- or wrist-worn accelerometer. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. Jun 2019. Orlando, FL.

  12. Rajala, C., Marcotte, R.T., Petrucci Jr, G.J., Saleeba, C. & Becofsky Potter, K. (2019). Dog walking as a percentage of owners’ total physical activity and measures of moderate-to-vigorous activity levels. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. Jun 2019. Orlando, FL.

  13. Petrucci Jr, G.J., Freedson, P.S., Masteller, B.R., Cox, M.F., Staudenmayer, J. & Sirard, J.R. (2018). Sensitivity of a consumer activity tracker to detect changes in lab-based and free-living activity settings. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. Jun 2018. Minneapolis, MN.

  14. Cox, M.F., Petrucci Jr, G.J., Masteller, B.R. & Sirard, J.R. (2018). The development and testing of a direct observation protocol for children’s free-living activity. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. Jun 2018. Minneapolis, MN.

  15. Jai Kumar, J., Petrucci Jr, G.J., Masteller, B.R., Cox, M.F., Staudenmayer, J., Sirard, J.R. & Freedson, P.S. (2017). Investigation of the relationship between user height and steps measured by a consumer activity tracker. International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement. Jun 2017. Bethesda, MD.

  16. Petrucci Jr, G.J., Masteller, B.R., Cox, M.F., Staudenmayer, J., Freedson, P.S. & Sirard, J.R. (2017). A Consumer activity tracker is sensitive to changes in steps during simulated free-living. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. Jun 2017. Denver, CO.

  17. Masteller, B.R., Larson, J., Cox, M.F., Petrucci Jr, G.J., Staudenmayer, J., Freedson, P.S. & Sirard, J.R. (2017). Comparison of step estimates between a consumer activity tracker and research accelerometer on the dominant and non-dominant wrist. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. Jun 2017. Denver, CO.

  18. Cox, M.F., Slate-Romano, J., Vercollone, H., Jacobson, D., Petrucci Jr, G.J., Masteller, B.R. & Sirard, J.R. (2017). Testing a novel direct observation method for children’s free play activity American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. Jun 2017. Denver, CO.

  19. Petrucci Jr, G.J., Hickey, A., Mendoza, A. & Freedson, P.S. (2016). Validation of the cybex arctrainer for prediction of energy expenditure. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. Jun 2016. Boston, MA.

Other conference presentations & publications:

  1. Remillard, N.M., Petrucci Jr, G.J. & Sirard, J.R. (2019). Using accelerometers to estimate energy expenditure during high-intensity interval training. New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Fall Meeting. Nov 2019. Providence, RI.

  2. Petrucci Jr, G.J., Marcotte, R.T., Cox, M.F., Staudenmayer, J., Freedson, P.S. & Sirard, J.R. (2019). Estimating free-living physical activity using a wrist-worn accelerometer. School of Public Health and Health Sciences Research Day. Apr 2019. Amherst, MA.

  3. Cox, M.F., Petrucci Jr, G.J., Marcotte, R.T., Masteller, B.R., Staudenmayer, J., Freedson, P.S. & Sirard, J.R. (2019). Free-living accelerometer calibration: a novel direct observation system. School of Public Health and Health Sciences Research Day. Apr 2019. Amherst, MA.

  4. Petrucci Jr, G.J., Marcotte, R.T., Cox, M.F., Staudenmayer, J., Freedson, P.S. & Sirard, J.R. (2018). Estimating free-living physical activity using a wrist-worn accelerometer: can it be done? New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Fall Meeting. Oct 2018. Providence, RI.

  5. Cox, M.F., Petrucci Jr, G.J., Marcotte, R.T., Masteller, B.R., Staudenmayer, J., Freedson, P.S. & Sirard, J.R. (2018). Contributions to free-living accelerometer calibration: a novel direct observation system. New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Fall Meeting. Oct 2018. Providence, RI.

  6. Marcotte, R.T., Petrucci Jr, G.J., Cox, M.F., Freedson, P.S., Staudenmayer, J. & Sirard, J.R. (2018). An evaluation of actigraph hip and wrist methods to estimate sedentary behavior under free-living conditions. New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Fall Meeting. Oct 2018. Providence, RI.

  7. Petrucci Jr, G.J., Freedson, P.S., Masteller, B.R., Cox, M.F., Staudenmayer, J. & Sirard, J.R. (2018). Sensitivity of misfit shine\^{TM} to detect changes in lab-based and free-living activity settings. UConn mHealth and Social Media Conference. May 2018. Storrs, CT.

  8. Petrucci Jr, G.J., Freedson, P.S., Masteller, B.R., Cox, M.F., Staudenmayer, J. & Sirard, J.R. (2018). Sensitivity of misfit shine\^{TM} to detect changes in lab-based and free-living activity settings. Industry Advisory Board Meeting for the Center for Personalized Health Monitoring. May 2018. Amherst, MA.

  9. Petrucci Jr, G.J., Marcotte, R.T., Cox, M.F., Freedson, P.S., Staudenmayer, J. & Sirard, J.R. (2018). Investigation of machine learning methods to estimate sedentary behavior in free-living environments from an accelerometer. New England Statistics Symposium. Apr. 2018. Amherst, MA.

  10. Marcotte, R.T., Petrucci Jr, G.J., Staudenmayer, J. & Sirard, J.R. (2018). Non-exercise estimation of cardiorespiratory fitness using NHANES 2003-2004 accelerometer data. New England Statistics Symposium. Apr 2018. Amherst, MA.

  11. Petrucci Jr, G.J., Marcotte, R.T., Cox, M.F., Freedson, P.S., Staudenmayer, J. & Sirard, J.R. (2018). Investigation of actigraph hip methods to estimate sedentary behavior in free-living environments. School of Public Health and Health Sciences Research Day. Apr 2018. Amherst, MA.

  12. Marcotte, R.T., Petrucci Jr, G.J., Cox, M.F., Freedson, P.S., Staudenmayer, J. & Sirard, J.R. (2018). An evaluation of actigraph wrist methods to estimate sedentary behavior in the free-living environment. School of Public Health and Health Sciences Research Day. Apr 2018. Amherst, MA.

  13. Cox, M.F., Petrucci Jr, G.J., Masteller, B.R. & Sirard, J.R. (2018). The development and testing of a direct observation protocol for children’s free-living activity. School of Public Health and Health Sciences Research Day. Apr 2018. Amherst, MA.

  14. Petrucci Jr, G.J., Freedson, P.S., Masteller, B.R., Cox, M.F., Staudenmayer, J. & Sirard, J.R. (2017). Sensitivity of misfit shineTM to detect changes in laboratory and free-living physical activity. New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Fall Meeting. Oct 2017. Providence, RI.

  15. Cox, M.F., Petrucci Jr, G.J., Masteller, B.R. & Sirard, J.R. (2017). The development and testing of a direct observation protocol for children’s free-living activity. New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Fall Meeting. Oct 2017. Providence, RI.

  16. Petrucci Jr, G.J., Freedson, P.S., Masteller, B.R., Cox, M.F., Staudenmayer, J. & Sirard, J.R. (2017). Sensitivity of misfit shine to detect changes in physical activity. UMass Medical mHealth and Social Media Conference. May 2017. Worcester, MA.

  17. Petrucci Jr, G.J., Hickey, A., Mendoza, A. & Freedson, P.S. (2016). Validation of the cybex arctrainer for prediction of energy expenditure. New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Fall Meeting. Oct 2016. Providence, RI.

 

 

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