ArticleScientific reports2021
Validation of the optical Aktiia bracelet in different body positions for the persistent monitoring of blood pressure.
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A Single Centre Randomised Prospective Cross-over Study to Assess Agreement Between Blood Pressure Measurements Taken Using Cuffless Wearable and Cuffed, Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Devices.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Wearable Blood Pressure Monitoring Devices: Understanding Heterogeneity in Design and Evaluation.IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering · 2024Pooled it
- Wearable technologies in clinical trials for drug development: trends and emerging opportunities.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2026Review
- Wearable devices in the management of hypertension: Navigating the intersection between digital advancement and evidence-based practice.Clinical medicine (London, England) · 2026Review
- A randomized crossover clinical trial comparing 24-h blood pressure measurements from two different cuffless wrist ambulatory monitors with cuffed ambulatory monitoring for translation to clinical practice: Rationale and Design of Continuum BP study.American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice · 2026Article
- Continuous assessment and research on enhanced blood pressure control - CareBP study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Wearable, cuffless, and portable devices for blood pressure monitoring (2015-2025): a scoping review of technologies, calibration, clinical validation, and regulatory frameworks.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
- Validation of a popular consumer-grade cuffless blood pressure device for continuous 24 h monitoring.European heart journal. Digital health · 2025Article
- Clinical validation of a wearable ultrasound sensor of blood pressure.Nature biomedical engineering · 2025Article
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- Continual Versus Occasional Blood Pressure (COOL-BP) in Remote Hypertension Management.American journal of hypertension · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Aktiia cuffless blood pressure monitor across 24-h, daytime, and night-time measurements versus ambulatory monitoring: a prospective, single-centre observational study.Journal of hypertension · 2025Observational
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Abstract
The diagnosis of hypertension and the adjustment of antihypertensive drugs are evolving from isolated measurements performed at the physician offices to the full phenotyping of patients in real-life conditions. Indeed, the strongest predictor of cardiovascular risk comes from night measurements. The aim of this study was to demonstrate that a wearable device (the Aktiia Bracelet) can accurately estimate BP in the most common body positions of daily life and thus become a candidate solution for the BP phenotyping of patients. We recruited 91 patients with BP ranging from low to hypertensive levels and compared BP values from the Aktiia Bracelet against auscultatory reference values for 4 weeks according to an extended ISO 81060-2 protocol. After initializing on day one, the observed means and standard deviations of differences for systolic BP were of 0.46 ± 7.75 mmHg in the sitting position, - 2.44 ± 10.15 mmHg in the lying, - 3.02 ± 6.10 mmHg in the sitting with the device on the lap, and - 0.62 ± 12.51 mmHg in the standing position. Differences for diastolic BP readings were respectively of 0.39 ± 6.86 mmHg, - 1.93 ± 7.65 mmHg, - 4.22 ± 6.56 mmHg and - 4.85 ± 9.11 mmHg. This study demonstrates that a wearable device can accurately estimate BP in the most common body positions compared to auscultation, although precision varies across positions. While wearable persistent BP monitors have the potential to facilitate the identification of individual BP phenotypes at scale, their prognostic value for cardiovascular events and its association with target organ damage will need cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. Deploying this technology at a community level may be also useful to drive public health interventions against the epidemy of hypertension.
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