ReviewJournal of exercise rehabilitation2017
Review of researches on smartphone applications for physical activity promotion in healthy adults.
Review in Journal of exercise rehabilitation, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
38 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Supportive eHealth Technologies and Their Effects on Physical Functioning and Quality of Life for People With Lung Cancer: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Middle-aged and older adults' acceptance of mobile nutrition and fitness apps: A systematic mixed studies review.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- A Comparison of Physical Activity Mobile Apps With and Without Existing Web-Based Social Networking Platforms: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Pooled it
- Effects of Mobile Health Including Wearable Activity Trackers to Increase Physical Activity Outcomes Among Healthy Children and Adolescents: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Pooled it
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- Technical Feasibility of Supervision of Stretching Exercises by a Humanoid Robot Coach for Chronic Low Back Pain: The R-COOL Randomized Trial.BioMed research international · 2022Trial
- Can a 'rewards-for-exercise app' increase physical activity, subjective well-being and sleep quality? An open-label single-arm trial among university staff with low to moderate physical activity levels.BMC public health · 2021Trial
- Results of a Culturally Tailored Smartphone-Delivered Physical Activity Intervention Among Midlife African American Women: Feasibility Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Trial
- Combined use of a healthy lifestyle smartphone application and usual primary care counseling to improve arterial stiffness, blood pressure and wave reflections: a Randomized Controlled Trial (EVIDENT II Study).Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2019Trial
- Feasibility of Wearable Digital Healthcare Devices Among Korean Male Seafarers: A Pilot Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Smartphone-based activity research: methodology and key insights.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Acceptance, Needs, and Demands for Nutritional mHealth Support in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Influence of smartphone-based physical activity intervention on executive functions and cardiometabolic disease risk in obese young adults: a pilot randomised controlled trial.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2023Article
- Burden of disability in type 2 diabetes mellitus and the moderating effects of physical activity.World journal of clinical cases · 2023Review
- Selection of and Response to Physical Activity-Based Social Comparisons in a Digital Environment: Series of Daily Assessment Studies.JMIR human factors · 2023Article
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- Impact of COVID-19 on the self-reported physical activity of people with complete thoracic spinal cord injury full-time manual wheelchair users.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2022Article
- Effects of a Gamified, Behavior Change Technique-Based Mobile App on Increasing Physical Activity and Reducing Anxiety in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- UK Adults' Exercise Locations, Use of Digital Programs, and Associations with Physical Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Longitudinal Analysis of Data From the Health Behaviours During the COVID-19 Pandemic Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Encouraging People with Spinal Cord Injury to Take Part in Physical Activity in the COVID-19 Epidemic through the mHealth ParaSportAPP.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Physical activity is known as a preventative method for preventing life-style-related diseases. Smartphone applications for health and fitness intervention have released with rapid increase of innovative technology. Reviews of recent publications on mobile application have been conducted to observe feasibility and applicability for physical activity intervention. Bibliographic searches of PubMed and ScienceDirect were conducted with key terms, 'physical activity,' 'fitness,' 'smart-phone,' and 'health' between the years 2014 and 2017 to obtain 5,087 publications. Out of 5,087 articles, five articles on sensor-based applications and five articles on user entry-based applications were obtained through the inclusion and exclusion processes. Accuracy of the physical activity assessments were reported to be high in comparison to the conventional assessment tools. The overall subject rating on the app motivational ratings were positive with high correlation between physical activity and treats and cues. The adherence rates to the apps significantly dropped prior to 3 months. Publications that elucidate feasibility and accuracy of smartphone applications that motivates physical activity seem limited with adequately conducted study designs. Large-scaled, control-compared, long-term randomized control trials should be conducted to elucidate the effects of the app interventions.
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