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Establishing a Global Standard for Wearable Devices in Sport and Exercise Medicine: Perspectives From Academic and Industry Stakeholders Publisher Pubmed



Ash GI1, 2 ; Stultskolehmainen M3, 4 ; Busa MA5, 6 ; Gaffey AE1, 7 ; Angeloudis K8 ; Munizpardos B9 ; Gregory R10 ; Huggins RA11 ; Redeker NS12 ; Weinzimer SA13 ; Grieco LA14 ; Lyden K15 ; Megally E16 ; Vogiatzis I17, 18 Show All Authors
Authors
  1. Ash GI1, 2
  2. Stultskolehmainen M3, 4
  3. Busa MA5, 6
  4. Gaffey AE1, 7
  5. Angeloudis K8
  6. Munizpardos B9
  7. Gregory R10
  8. Huggins RA11
  9. Redeker NS12
  10. Weinzimer SA13
  11. Grieco LA14
  12. Lyden K15
  13. Megally E16
  14. Vogiatzis I17, 18
  15. Scher LA19, 20
  16. Zhu X21
  17. Baker JS22, 23, 24
  18. Brandt C1, 2, 25
  19. Businelle MS26, 27
  20. Fucito LM28, 29, 30
  21. Griggs S31
  22. Jarrin R32, 33
  23. Mortazavi BJ34
  24. Prioleau T35
  25. Roberts W28
  26. Spanakis EK36, 37
  27. Nally LM13
  28. Debruyne A38, 39
  29. Bachl N38, 39, 40, 41
  30. Pigozzi F38, 39, 42, 43
  31. Halabchi F38, 44, 45
  32. Ramagole DA38, 46
  33. Janse Van Rensburg DC38, 46
  34. Wolfarth B38, 47
  35. Fossati C42
  36. Rozenstoka S38, 39, 48
  37. Tanisawa K49
  38. Borjesson M38, 50, 51
  39. Casajus JA9, 38
  40. Gonzalezaguero A9, 38
  41. Zelenkova I9, 52
  42. Swart J38, 53
  43. Gursoy G54
  44. Meyerson W55, 56
  45. Liu J54
  46. Greenbaum D54, 57, 58
  47. Pitsiladis YP8, 38, 39
  48. Gerstein MB54, 56, 59, 60

Source: Sports Medicine Published:2021


Abstract

Millions of consumer sport and fitness wearables (CSFWs) are used worldwide, and millions of datapoints are generated by each device. Moreover, these numbers are rapidly growing, and they contain a heterogeneity of devices, data types, and contexts for data collection. Companies and consumers would benefit from guiding standards on device quality and data formats. To address this growing need, we convened a virtual panel of industry and academic stakeholders, and this manuscript summarizes the outcomes of the discussion. Our objectives were to identify (1) key facilitators of and barriers to participation by CSFW manufacturers in guiding standards and (2) stakeholder priorities. The venues were the Yale Center for Biomedical Data Science Digital Health Monthly Seminar Series (62 participants) and the New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting (59 participants). In the discussion, stakeholders outlined both facilitators of (e.g., commercial return on investment in device quality, lucrative research partnerships, and transparent and multilevel evaluation of device quality) and barriers (e.g., competitive advantage conflict, lack of flexibility in previously developed devices) to participation in guiding standards. There was general agreement to adopt Keadle et al.’s standard pathway for testing devices (i.e., benchtop, laboratory, field-based, implementation) without consensus on the prioritization of these steps. Overall, there was enthusiasm not to add prescriptive or regulatory steps, but instead create a networking hub that connects companies to consumers and researchers for flexible guidance navigating the heterogeneity, multi-tiered development, dynamicity, and nebulousness of the CSFW field. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.