Fitbit Flex: an unreliable device for longitudinal sleep measures in a non-clinical population

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 853-854

  Baroni, Argelinda ^a   Bruzzese, Jean Marie ^a   Di Bartolo, Christina A ^a   Shatkin, Jess P ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CHILD STUDY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACTIMETRY; ALGORITHM; COLLEGE STUDENT; FITBIT FLEX; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LETTER; MEASUREMENT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME TRACKING SYSTEM; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP PATTERN; ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCELEROMETRY; ACTIGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944691550     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-015-1271-2     Document Type: Letter

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