ArticleJournal of physical activity & health2020
Toward Harmonized Treadmill-Based Validation of Step-Counting Wearable Technologies: A Scoping Review.
Article in Journal of physical activity & health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02650258 (Cadence and Intensity Across the Adult Lifespan), which is not on this map. Cited by 19 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Cadence and Intensity Across the Adult Lifespan
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Assessment of 24-hour physical behaviour in adults via wearables: a systematic review of validation studies under laboratory conditions.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023Pooled it
- Quality Evaluation of Free-living Validation Studies for the Assessment of 24-Hour Physical Behavior in Adults via Wearables: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Pooled it
- Assessment of 24-hour physical behaviour in children and adolescents via wearables: a systematic review of free-living validation studies.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2022Pooled it
- A catalog of validity indices for step counting wearable technologies during treadmill walking: the CADENCE-Kids study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Trial
- Real-Time Versus Video-Recorded Step Count Validation Among Young Adults.Journal for the measurement of physical behaviour · 2026Article
- Validation of an Open-Source Smartwatch for Continuous Monitoring of Physical Activity and Heart Rate in Adults.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Step Count Accuracy of the Life Plus Connected Watch at Different Localizations and Speeds in Healthy Adults, Patients With Cardiovascular Disease, and Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease: Step Count Validation Study in Laboratory Settings.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Laboratory comparison of consumer-grade and research-established wearables for monitoring heart rate, body temperature, and physical acitivity in sub-Saharan Africa.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Multi-Activity Step Counting Algorithm Using Deep Learning Foot Flat Detection with an IMU Inside the Sole of a Shoe.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A proposed multi-domain, digital model for capturing functional status and health-related quality of life in oncology.Clinical and translational science · 2024Review
- Cadence (steps/min) as an indicator of the walk-to-run transition.Human movement science · 2023Article
- The Role of Wearable Sensors to Monitor Physical Activity and Sleep Patterns in Older Adult Inpatients: A Structured Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- An Algorithm to Classify Real-World Ambulatory Status From a Wearable Device Using Multimodal and Demographically Diverse Data: Validation Study.JMIR biomedical engineering · 2023Article
- Agreement of Step-Based Metrics From ActiGraph and ActivPAL Accelerometers Worn Concurrently Among Older Adults.Journal for the measurement of physical behaviour · 2022Article
- A catalog of validity indices for step counting wearable technologies during treadmill walking: the CADENCE-adults study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Article
- Associations of Daily Steps and Step Intensity With Incident Diabetes in a Prospective Cohort Study of Older Women: The OPACH Study.Diabetes care · 2022Article
- A Transparent Method for Step Detection using an Acceleration Threshold.Journal for the measurement of physical behaviour · 2021Article
- Cadence (steps/min) and relative intensity in 21 to 60-year-olds: the CADENCE-adults study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Article
- Validity of Consumer Activity Monitors and an Algorithm Using Smartphone Data for Measuring Steps during Different Activity Types.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe authors conducted a scoping review as a first step toward establishing harmonized (ie, consistent and compatible), empirically based best practices for validating step-counting wearable technologies. PURPOSE: To catalog studies validating step-counting wearable technologies during treadmill ambulation.
methodsThe authors searched PubMed and SPORTDiscus in August 2019 to identify treadmill-based validation studies that employed the criterion of directly observed (including video recorded) steps and cataloged study sample characteristics, protocol details, and analytical procedures. Where reported, speed- and wear location-specific mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) values were tabulated. Weighted median MAPE values were calculated by wear location and a 0.2-m/s speed increment.
resultsSeventy-seven eligible studies were identified: most had samples averaging 54% (SD = 5%) female and 27 (5) years of age, treadmill protocols consisting of 3 to 5 bouts at speeds of 0.8 (0.1) to 1.6 (0.2) m/s, and reported measures of bias. Eleven studies provided MAPE values at treadmill speeds of 1.1 to 1.8 m/s; their weighted median MAPE values were 7% to 11% for wrist-worn, 1% to 4% for waist-worn, and ≤1% for thigh-worn devices.
conclusionsDespite divergent study methodologies, the authors identified common practices and summarized MAPE values representing device step-count accuracy during treadmill walking. These initial empirical findings should be further refined to ultimately establish harmonized best practices for validating wearable technologies.
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