ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018
Classification Accuracy of a Wearable Activity Tracker for Assessing Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity in 3-5-Year-Old Children.
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- It is Feasible for 3 to 5-Year-Old Children to Use Smartwatch Activity Trackers: A Systematic Review.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2025Pooled it
- Accuracy and Precision of Consumer-Grade Wearable Activity Monitors for Assessing Time Spent in Sedentary Behavior in Children and Adolescents: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review of the validity, reliability, and feasibility of measurement tools used to assess the physical activity and sedentary behaviour of pre-school aged children.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Pooled it
- Exploring emotions beyond the laboratory: A review of emotional and physiological ecological momentary assessment methods in children and youth.Psychophysiology · 2024Review
- Evaluation of indoor activities for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in preschoolers.Journal of sports sciences · 2024Article
- Machine Learning Identifies Smartwatch-Based Physiological Biomarker for Predicting Disruptive Behavior in Children: A Feasibility Study.Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology · 2023Article
- Inter-Device Agreement between Fitbit Flex 1 and 2 for Assessing Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Towards a Functional Approach to the Assessment of Daily Life Physical Activity in Children: Are the PAQ-C and Fitbit Flex-2 Technically Adequate?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Body Fat Is Related to Sedentary Behavior and Light Physical Activity but Not to Moderate-Vigorous Physical Activity in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Diabetes & metabolism journal · 2020Article
- Parental Perspectives of a Wearable Activity Tracker for Children Younger Than 13 Years: Acceptability and Usability Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Article
- Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Wearable Technology-Based Physical Activity Intervention in Preschoolers: A Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Promoting child and adolescent health through wearable technology: A systematic review.Digital healthReview
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Abstract
This study examined the accuracy of the Fitbit activity tracker (FF) for quantifying sedentary behavior (SB) and varying intensities of physical activity (PA) in 3-5-year-old children. Twenty-eight healthy preschool-aged children (Girls: 46%, Mean age: 4.8 ± 1.0 years) wore the FF and were directly observed while performing a set of various unstructured and structured free-living activities from sedentary to vigorous intensity. The classification accuracy of the FF for measuring SB, light PA (LPA), moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA), and total PA (TPA) was examined calculating Pearson correlation coefficients (r), mean absolute percent error (MAPE), Cohen's kappa (
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