Validity of the Fitbit wearable activity monitor to estimate step counts in free-living conditions in ambulatory children and youth living with disability
Fitbit ChargeHR devices tend to overestimate daily step counts, but may still provide useful estimates of step counts and patterns in children and youth living with disability.
Authors
- Kelly P. Arbour‐Nicitopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1011-3669)
- Emily Bremer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1488-1032)
- Kathleen A. Martin Ginis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7076-3594)
- Christine Voss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3811-2465)
- Ritu Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1643-3591)
Institutions
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Acadia University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Disability and Rehabilitation
- Published
- 2025-03-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2025.2479655
- Primary Topic
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada