From the Pediatric Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery Center (Dr. Garg and Dr. Erickson), Children's Hospital Colorado, and the Musculoskeletal Research Center (Quick, Kim), Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO.
J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2019 Oct 1;27(19):e859-e866. doi: 10.5435/JAAOS-D-18-00546.
Activity trackers are relatively inexpensive, easily available, and widely used by consumers. There has been increased interest in healthcare practice and research to use activity tracker data. Continuous collection of health variables including step count, heart rate, and calorimetry provides researchers and clinicians data to monitor patients after an intervention and/or encourage physical activity. The purpose of this article is to review the current use of activity trackers in orthopaedics and discuss potential applications in clinical research.
活动追踪器价格相对较低，易于获得，并且受到消费者的广泛使用。在医疗保健实践和研究中，越来越多的人对使用活动追踪器数据感兴趣。连续收集健康变量，包括步数、心率和热量测量，为研究人员和临床医生提供了监测干预后患者和/或鼓励身体活动的数据。本文的目的是回顾活动追踪器在矫形外科中的当前使用情况，并讨论其在临床研究中的潜在应用。
