Read Data Files from ActiGraph Monitors

Standardize the process of bringing various modes of output files into R. For more information, see: < https://actigraph.desk.com/customer/en/portal/articles/2515800-what-do-the-different-mode-numbers-mean-in-a-csv-or-dat-file->. Additionally, processes are provided to read and minimally pre-process raw data from primary accelerometer and inertial measurement unit files. ActiGraph monitors are used to estimate physical activity outcomes via body-worn sensors that measure (e.g.) acceleration or rotational velocity.

AGread is for automatically detecting the format of .csv data files from ActiGraph accelerometers, and bringing the data into R. It is designed to streamline and standardize the file-reading process, prior to further processing. Thus, it can be used flexibly to develop new methods for handling ActiGraph data, or to invoke existing methods, many of which exist in other R packages (e.g. PhysicalActivity and TwoRegression), or will soon.

Installation

You can install AGread from github with:

# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("paulhibbing/AGread")