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School of Health Sciences

MoveD: Open Research Data in Swiss Movement Laboratories

Motion analysis is used in various disciplines: for clinical decision-making, in rehabilitation or during the development of new medical devices. Different measurement systems can be used.

Background

The process of making the data publicly available raises questions such as: "How do we ensure that privacy rights and data protection are guaranteed?", "In what format should the data be published?" or "Which personal and potentially identifying data should be published?". These questions reflect the fact that little of the data has so far been available to the public.

Objective

The aim of MoveD is to identify the challenges of publishing movement analysis data and to define guidelines based on this information. This will be done with the involvement of all movement laboratories in Switzerland.

Method and Procedure

The project is divided into the following work packages:

Definition of requirements

Development of guidelines

Prototyping of guidelines with use-cases:

Guidelines and Results

Key features include adherence to FAIR principles (ensuring that data is “Findable”, “Accessible”, “Interoperable”, and “Reusable”) and detailed recommendations for standards in metadata and data documentation.

Current guidelines and results are available here:

Project Organisation