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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Comparison of Students' Physical Activity at Different Times and Establishment of a Regression Model for Smart Fitness Trackers.

Xiangrong Cheng, Jingmin Liu, Ye Wang, Yue Wang, Zhengyan Tang, Hao Wang

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Xiangrong ChengDivision of Sports Science and Physical Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Jingmin LiuDivision of Sports Science and Physical Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Ye WangDivision of Sports Science and Physical Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Yue WangDivision of Sports Science and Physical Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Zhengyan TangDivision of Sports Science and Physical Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4379-5547
Hao WangDivision of Sports Science and Physical Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.

Funding

2020 Qingdao Social Science Planning and Research Project QDSKL2001240
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Under the strategy of Healthy China, students' physical health status not only affects their future life and studies but also influences social progress and development. By monitoring and measuring the daily PA levels of Chinese students over a week, this study aimed to fully understand the current PA status of students at different times, providing data support for improving students' PA levels and physical health. (1) Wearable fitness trackers have advantages such as low cost, portable wearability, and intuitive test data. By exploring the differences between wearable devices and PA testing instruments, this study provides reference data to improve the accuracy of wearable devices and promote the use of fitness trackers instead of triaxial accelerometers, thereby advancing scientific research on PA and the development of mass fitness. A total of 261 students (147 males; 114 females) were randomly selected and wore both the Actigraph GT3X+ triaxial accelerometer and Huawei smart fitness trackers simultaneously to monitor their daily PA levels, energy metabolism, sedentary behavior, and step counts from the trackers over a week. The students' PA status and living habits were also understood through literature reviews and questionnaire surveys. The validity of the smart fitness trackers was quantitatively analyzed using ActiLife software 6 Data Analysis Software and traditional analysis methods such as MedCal. Paired sample Wilcoxon signed-rank tests and mean absolute error ratio tests were used to assess the validity of the smart fitness trackers relative to the Actigraph GT3X+ triaxial accelerometer. A linear regression model was established to predict the step counts of the Actigraph GT3X+ triaxial accelerometer based on the step counts from the smart fitness trackers, aiming to improve the accuracy of human motion measurement by smart fitness trackers. There were significant differences in moderate-to-high-intensity PA time, energy expenditure, metabolic equivalents, and step counts between males and females (

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ExerciseFitness TrackersStudentsAccelerometryAdultChinaEnergy MetabolismFemaleHumansMalePhysical FitnessRegression AnalysisSurveys and QuestionnairesWearable Electronic DevicesYoung AdultChinese studentsphysical activitysedentary behaviorsmart fitness trackerstep count

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PMID40292814
PMCPMC11946377

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