Laboratory comparison of consumer-grade and research-established wearables for monitoring heart rate, body temperature, and physical acitivity in sub-Saharan Africa
The Withings device showed adequate performance for heart rate at low activity levels and step count at higher activity levels, but had limited overall accuracy. The Tucky device showed poor agreement with the Tcore in all six different activity phases. The limited accuracy of consumer-grade devices suggests caution in their use for rigorous research, but points to their potential utility in capture general physiological trends in long-term field monitoring or population-health surveillance.
Authors
- Aditi Bunker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5906-156X)
- Stefan Mendt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8227-9655)
- Sandra Barteit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3806-6027)
- Martina Anna Maggioni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6319-8566)
- Marco Rabuffetti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1638-7978)
- Hanns‐Christian Gunga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0145-179X)
- Georgi Zout
Institutions
- University of Milan (IT)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation (IT)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Physiology
- Published
- 2025-02-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2025.1491401
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.16
Funders
- Ministero della Salute