Validation of Physical Activity Tracking via Android Smartphones Compared to ActiGraph Accelerometer: Laboratory-Based and Free-Living Validation Studies

2015144 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Eric B. Hekler · Arizona State University

Matthew P. Buman · Arizona State University

Lauren A. Grieco · Stanford University

Mary E. Rosenberger · Stanford University

Sandra J. Winter · Stanford University

William L. Haskell · Stanford University

Abby C. King ·

Abstract

Overall, results suggest that an Android smartphone can provide comparable estimates of physical activity to an ActiGraph in both a laboratory-based and free-living context for estimating sedentary and MVPA and that different Android smartphones may reliably confer similar estimates.

Topics & Keywords

Physical Activity and Health Mobile Health and mHealth Applications Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Decent work and economic growth

Publication Details

Published in: JMIR mhealth and uhealth

Volume 3, Issue 2, pp. e36-e36

DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.3505

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