Effectiveness of Wearable Trackers on Physical Activity in Healthy Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Matilda Swee Sun Tang Katherine Moore Andrew D McGavigan Robyn A Clarke Anand N Ganesan

Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2020)

These data suggest that the use of wearable trackers in healthy adults may be associated with modest short-term increases in physical activity. Further data are required to determine if a sustained benefit is associated with wearable tracker usage.

Keyphrases

systematic review
physical activity
heart rate
electronic health record
big data
meta analyses
body mass index
randomized controlled trial
blood pressure
sleep quality
data analysis
artificial intelligence