SynthesisSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2020
A Systematic Review on the Use of Wearable Body Sensors for Health Monitoring: A Qualitative Synthesis.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Wearable Devices for Remote Monitoring of Chronic Diseases: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Pooled it
- Exploring the Applications of Explainability in Wearable Data Analytics: Systematic Literature Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Health-Related Telemonitoring Parameters/Signals of Older Adults: An Umbrella Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Pooled it
- Digital Devices for Assessing Motor Functions in Mobility-Impaired and Healthy Populations: Systematic Literature Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
- The Influence of Wearables on Health Care Outcomes in Chronic Disease: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Wearable Sensors for Monitoring Physical Activity.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Pooled it
- Wearable Devices for Environmental Monitoring in the Built Environment: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Pooled it
- Older Adults' Experiences With Using Wearable Devices: Qualitative Systematic Review and Meta-synthesis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Pooled it
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- A Multimodal Closed-Loop Framework for Vital Sign Monitoring and Intelligent Diagnosis of Amusement Ride Passengers Under High-Dynamic Motion.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Advances in biomonitoring technologies for women's health.Nature communications · 2025Review
- A systematic review on patient and public attitudes toward health monitoring technologies across countries.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
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- Health 4.0 in the medical sector: a narrative review.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2024Article
- Cross Dataset Analysis for Generalizability of HRV-Based Stress Detection Models.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The application of wearable smart sensors for monitoring the vital signs of patients in epidemics: a systematic literature review.Journal of ambient intelligence and humanized computing · 2023Article
- Wearables for Measuring Health Effects of Climate Change-Induced Weather Extremes: Scoping Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Article
- Hurdles to developing and scaling remote patients' health management tools and systems: a scoping review.Systematic reviews · 2022Article
- A conceptual IoT-based early-warning architecture for remote monitoring of COVID-19 patients in wards and at home.Internet of things (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2022Article
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Abstract
The use of wearable body sensors for health monitoring is a quickly growing field with the potential of offering a reliable means for clinical and remote health management. This includes both real-time monitoring and health trend monitoring with the aim to detect/predict health deterioration and also to act as a prevention tool. The aim of this systematic review was to provide a qualitative synthesis of studies using wearable body sensors for health monitoring. The synthesis and analysis have pointed out a number of shortcomings in prior research. Major shortcomings are demonstrated by the majority of the studies adopting an observational research design, too small sample sizes, poorly presented, and/or non-representative participant demographics (i.e., age, gender, patient/healthy). These aspects need to be considered in future research work.
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