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How Accurate Are Wearable Activity Trackers For Measuring Steps?, Jung-Min Lee, Gregory Jones, Hyun-Sung An, Jungyoon Kim, Danae M. Dinkel
How Accurate Are Wearable Activity Trackers For Measuring Steps?, Jung-Min Lee, Gregory Jones, Hyun-Sung An, Jungyoon Kim, Danae M. Dinkel
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Wearable activity trackers have become popular for tracking individual’s daily physical activity, but little or no information is available to substantiate the validity of these devices in step counts. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to systemically examine the validity of newly developed wearable activity trackers for measuring steps compared to the criterion measure (hand tally) in two different conditions. METHODS: Twenty (28.2±4.8 years) healthy males (n=19) and females (n=17) participated in the study. The participants were fitted with eight wearable activity trackers while walking and running on a treadmill (speeds of 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, …