Evaluating the Validity of Current Mainstream Wearable Devices in Fitness Tracking Under Various Physical Activities: Comparative Study

• Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth Vol. 6; no. 4; p. e94
• Main Authors: Xie, Junqing, Wen, Dong, Liang, Lizhong, Jia, Yuxi, Gao, Li, Lei, Jianbo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada JMIR Publications 01.04.2018
• Subjects: Accuracy; Chronic illnesses; Energy consumption; Exercise; Health promotion; Heart rate; Mortality; Original Paper; Physical fitness; Smartphones; Systematic review; Wearable computers; United States > US; San Francisco California; China; fitness trackers; wearable electronic devices; data accuracy; physical activity

Wearable devices have attracted much attention from the market in recent years for their fitness monitoring and other health-related metrics; however, the accuracy of fitness tracking results still plays a major role in health promotion. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of a host o...