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Center Scientist’s PATCH Study Now Recruiting

Center Scientist Bridget Armstrong is heading the PATCH Study at USC and is currently recruiting participants.

The Platform for Accurate Tracking of Children’s Health (PATCH) Study is testing a USC-made device meant to measure sleep and physical activity in children. The aim is to compare the PATCH device to other devices that measure kids’ physical activity, energy expenditure, and sleep, with the eventual goal of making a free-to-use technology for other researchers.

Children aged 3-8 years old that are able to perform at least 20 minutes of physical activity and walk without assistance are eligible to participate. The study involves one session in-person (1.5 hours). Afterwards, your child may be asked to wear the PATCH device and a different device for 3 days at home, and there will be daily surveys to answer that will take 3-5 minutes each (30 minutes total).

Questions? Get in touch with Dr. Armstrong’s team via:

Instagram: @patchprojectUSC

Phone: (803) 768-5652

For anyone interested in participating, you can fill out an interest form here: http://bit.ly/PATCH__study

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