Version reporting and assessment approaches for new and updated activity and heart rate monitors

Authors: Collins, T., Woolley, S.I., Oniani, S., Pires, I.M., Garcia, N.M., Ledger, S.J. and Pandyan, A.

Journal: Sensors (Switzerland)

Volume: 19

Issue: 7

ISSN: 1424-8220

DOI: 10.3390/s19071705

Abstract:

This paper addresses the significant need for improvements in device version reporting and practice across the academic and technical activity monitoring literature, and it recommends assessments for new and updated consumer sensing devices. Reproducibility and data veracity are central to good scholarship, and particularly significant in clinical and health applications. Across the literature there is an absence of device version reporting and a failure to recognize that device validity is not maintained when firmware and software updates can, and do, change device performance and parameter estimation. In this paper, we propose the use of tractable methods to assess devices at their current version and provide an example empirical approach. Experimental results for heart rate and step count acquisitions during walking and everyday living activities from Garmin Vivosmart 3 (v4.10) wristband monitors are presented and analyzed, and the reliability issues of optically-acquired heart rates, especially during periods of activity, are demonstrated and discussed. In conclusion, the paper recommends the empirical assessment of new and updated activity monitors and improvements in device version reporting across the academic and technical literature.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/36615/

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Version Reporting and Assessment Approaches for New and Updated Activity and Heart Rate Monitors.

Authors: Collins, T., Woolley, S.I., Oniani, S., Pires, I.M., Garcia, N.M., Ledger, S.J. and Pandyan, A.

Journal: Sensors (Basel)

Volume: 19

Issue: 7

eISSN: 1424-8220

DOI: 10.3390/s19071705

Abstract:

This paper addresses the significant need for improvements in device version reporting and practice across the academic and technical activity monitoring literature, and it recommends assessments for new and updated consumer sensing devices. Reproducibility and data veracity are central to good scholarship, and particularly significant in clinical and health applications. Across the literature there is an absence of device version reporting and a failure to recognize that device validity is not maintained when firmware and software updates can, and do, change device performance and parameter estimation. In this paper, we propose the use of tractable methods to assess devices at their current version and provide an example empirical approach. Experimental results for heart rate and step count acquisitions during walking and everyday living activities from Garmin Vivosmart 3 (v4.10) wristband monitors are presented and analyzed, and the reliability issues of optically-acquired heart rates, especially during periods of activity, are demonstrated and discussed. In conclusion, the paper recommends the empirical assessment of new and updated activity monitors and improvements in device version reporting across the academic and technical literature.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/36615/

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Version Reporting and Assessment Approaches for New and Updated Activity and Heart Rate Monitors

Authors: Collins, T., Woolley, S.I., Oniani, S., Pires, I.M., Garcia, N.M., Ledger, S.J. and Pandyan, A.

Journal: SENSORS

Volume: 19

Issue: 7

eISSN: 1424-8220

DOI: 10.3390/s19071705

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/36615/

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Version Reporting and Assessment Approaches for New and Updated Activity and Heart Rate Monitors.

Authors: Collins, T., Woolley, S.I., Oniani, S., Pires, I.M., Garcia, N.M., Ledger, S.J. and Pandyan, A.

Journal: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)

Volume: 19

Issue: 7

Pages: E1705

eISSN: 1424-8220

ISSN: 1424-8220

DOI: 10.3390/s19071705

Abstract:

This paper addresses the significant need for improvements in device version reporting and practice across the academic and technical activity monitoring literature, and it recommends assessments for new and updated consumer sensing devices. Reproducibility and data veracity are central to good scholarship, and particularly significant in clinical and health applications. Across the literature there is an absence of device version reporting and a failure to recognize that device validity is not maintained when firmware and software updates can, and do, change device performance and parameter estimation. In this paper, we propose the use of tractable methods to assess devices at their current version and provide an example empirical approach. Experimental results for heart rate and step count acquisitions during walking and everyday living activities from Garmin Vivosmart 3 (v4.10) wristband monitors are presented and analyzed, and the reliability issues of optically-acquired heart rates, especially during periods of activity, are demonstrated and discussed. In conclusion, the paper recommends the empirical assessment of new and updated activity monitors and improvements in device version reporting across the academic and technical literature.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/36615/

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Version Reporting and Assessment Approaches for New and Updated Activity and Heart Rate Monitors.

Authors: Collins, T., Woolley, S.I., Oniani, S., Pires, I.M., Garcia, N.M., Ledger, S.J. and Pandyan, A.

Journal: Sensors

Volume: 19

Issue: 7

ISSN: 1424-8220

Abstract:

This paper addresses the significant need for improvements in device version reporting and practice across the academic and technical activity monitoring literature, and it recommends assessments for new and updated consumer sensing devices. Reproducibility and data veracity are central to good scholarship, and particularly significant in clinical and health applications. Across the literature there is an absence of device version reporting and a failure to recognize that device validity is not maintained when firmware and software updates can, and do, change device performance and parameter estimation. In this paper, we propose the use of tractable methods to assess devices at their current version and provide an example empirical approach. Experimental results for heart rate and step count acquisitions during walking and everyday living activities from Garmin Vivosmart 3 (v4.10) wristband monitors are presented and analyzed, and the reliability issues of optically-acquired heart rates, especially during periods of activity, are demonstrated and discussed. In conclusion, the paper recommends the empirical assessment of new and updated activity monitors and improvements in device version reporting across the academic and technical literature.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/36615/

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