How consumer physical activity monitors could transform human physiology research

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 312, Issue 3, 2017, Pages R358-R367

  Wright, Stephen P ^a   Hall Brown, Tyish S ^b   Collier, Scott R ^c   Sandberg, Kathryn ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Activity tracker; Fitness trackers; Wearable device

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACTIVITY TRACKER; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOBILE APPLICATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMARTPHONE; ACTIMETRY; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; TELEMEDICINE; TRENDS;

ACTIGRAPHY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FITNESS TRACKERS; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PHYSIOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 85015188007     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00349.2016     Document Type: Review

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