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Published on in Vol 14 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/94302, first published .
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Robust Assessment of Free-Living Physical Behaviors and Activity Intensity Using Dual-Wearable Multitask Learning: Development and Evaluation Study From the Multicenter WEALTH Project

Robust Assessment of Free-Living Physical Behaviors and Activity Intensity Using Dual-Wearable Multitask Learning: Development and Evaluation Study From the Multicenter WEALTH Project

Luis Sigcha   1, 2, 3 , PhD ;   Annika Swenne   4, 5 , MSc ;   Grainne Hayes   3, 6 , PhD ;   Jitka Kuhnova   7 , PhD ;   Richard Cimler   7 , PhD ;   Steriani Elavsky   8 , PhD ;   Tomas Vetrovsky   7, 9 , MD, PhD ;   Léopold Fezeu Kamedjie   10 , MD, PhD ;   Jérôme Bouchan   10 , PhD ;   Jean-Michel Oppert   10, 11 , MD, PhD ;   Janas Harrington   12 , PhD ;   Greet Cardon   13 , PhD ;   Antje Hebestreit   4 , PhD ;   Alan Donnelly   3, 6 , PhD ;   Pepijn Van de Ven   2, 3 , PhD ;   Christoph Buck   4 , PhD ;   WEALTH consortium   14

1 Centro ALGORITMI/LASI, School of Engineering, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal

2 Data-Driven Computer Engineering (D2iCE) Research Centre, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, Munster, Ireland

3 Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

4 Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Bremen, Germany

5 Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

6 Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

7 Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

8 Department of Human Movement Studies, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic

9 Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

10 INSERM U1153, INRAE U1125, CNAM, Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques (CRESS) Équipe de Recherche en Épidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN), Université Sorbonne Paris Nord et Université Paris Cité, Bobigny, France

11 Department of Nutrition, Pitie-Salpetriere hospital (AP-HP), Sorbonne Université, Paris, France

12 HRB Centre for Health and Diet Research, School of Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

13 Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

14 See Acknowledgments

Corresponding Author:

  • Luis Sigcha, PhD
  • Centro ALGORITMI/LASI
  • School of Engineering, University of Minho
  • Campus de Azurém, University of Minho
  • Guimaraes 4800-058
  • Portugal
  • Phone: 34 640177812
  • Email: luisfrancisco.sigcha@upm.es