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. 2015 Apr 15:185:138-40.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.038. Epub 2015 Mar 4.

Fitbit®: An accurate and reliable device for wireless physical activity tracking

Keith M Diaz  1 , David J Krupka  2 , Melinda J Chang  2 , James Peacock  2 , Yao Ma  3 , Jeff Goldsmith  3 , Joseph E Schwartz  4 , Karina W Davidson  2
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Fitbit®: An accurate and reliable device for wireless physical activity tracking

Keith M Diaz et al. Int J Cardiol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Accelerometer; Activity monitoring; Fitbit; Physical activity; Validation; Walking.

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Figure. Relationship of criterion measures of steps counts and energy expenditure counts with Fitbit-estimated step counts and energy expenditure
Top panels: relationship of observed steps counts with hip-based (A) and wrist-based (B) Fitbit-estimated steps counts. Bottom panels: relationship of indirect calorimetry measured energy expenditure with hip-based (C) and wrist-based (D) Fitbit-estimated energy expenditure.
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