Measuring steps with the Fitbit activity tracker: An inter-device reliability study

Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 286-290

  Dontje, Manon L ^a   De Groot, Martijn ^a   Lengton, Remko R ^a   Van Der Schans, Cees P ^a,b   Krijnen, Wim P ^a,c  

^a HANZE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Fitbit; Objective measurement; Physical activity; Reliability

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; RELIABILITY;

ACCELEROMETRY; BEHAVIOURAL CHANGES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVICE RELIABILITY; FITBIT; MIXED-MODEL ANALYSIS; OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FITBIT ACTIVITY TRACKER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTER DEVICE RELIABILITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; WALKING; ACTIMETRY; AMBULATORY MONITORING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACTIGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84933511639     PISSN: 03091902     EISSN: 1464522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03091902.2015.1050125     Document Type: Article

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