Peer Review reports Background The global sales and use of wearable devices in health care have been increasing and were expected to reach USD 4.5 billion by 2020 [1]. Among these are consumer-grade wrist-worn activity trackers. In addition to providing health-related information to consumers, ...
doi:10.1186/s13256-023-03806-3M. ZenzesPhilip SebaBettina Portocarrero Vivero-FhBioMed CentralJournal of Medical Case Reports
Among the top 100 best-selling BP devices on a popular online site, 79% of upper arm and 83% of wrist cuff devices were nonvalidated. The predominance of nonvalidated devices may have adverse consequences for management of hypertension; therefore, clinicians should ensure they are recommending va...
Fourth, exposure levels were assigned using data from the nearest air monitor rather than personal air pollution exposure data, which may have misclassified some participants by randomly underestimating exposure in some and over-estimating exposure in others, and also overlooked the indoor air pollutant...