TY - JOUR
T1 - Establishing a Global Standard for Wearable Devices in Sport and Fitness
T2 - Perspectives from the New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine Members
AU - Ash, Garrett I.
AU - Stults-Kolehmainen, Matthew
AU - Busa, Michael A.
AU - Gregory, Robert
AU - Garber, Carol Ewing
AU - Liu, Jason
AU - Gerstein, Mark
AU - Casajús, José Antonio
AU - Gonzalez-Aguero, Alex
AU - Constantinou, Demitri
AU - Geistlinger, Michael
AU - Guppy, Fergus M.
AU - Pigozzi, Fabio
AU - Pitsiladis, Yannis P.
N1 - Funding Information:
G.A. is supported by a fellowship grant from the Office of Academic Affiliations at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 by the American College of Sports Medicine.
PY - 2020/2
Y1 - 2020/2
N2 - The recent explosion of wearable technology and the associated concerns prompted the International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS) to create a quality assurance standard for wearable devices, which provides commissioned testing of marketing claims and endorsement of commercial wearables that test favorably. An open forum as announced in the conference advertising was held at the Annual Meeting of the New England Regional Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine (NEACSM) November 7 to 8, 2019, in Providence, Rhode Island, USA for attending NEACSM members to voice their input on the process. Herein, we report the proceedings. The round table participants perceived the quality assurance standard to be important, but identified some practical process challenges that included the broad scope and complexity of the device universe, the need for a multiphase testing pathway, and the associated fees for product evaluation. The participants also supported the evaluation of device data analysis, behavioral influences, and user experience in the overall evaluation. Looking forward, the FIMS quality assurance standard faces the challenge of balancing these broader perspectives with practical constraints of budget, facilities, time, and human resources.
AB - The recent explosion of wearable technology and the associated concerns prompted the International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS) to create a quality assurance standard for wearable devices, which provides commissioned testing of marketing claims and endorsement of commercial wearables that test favorably. An open forum as announced in the conference advertising was held at the Annual Meeting of the New England Regional Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine (NEACSM) November 7 to 8, 2019, in Providence, Rhode Island, USA for attending NEACSM members to voice their input on the process. Herein, we report the proceedings. The round table participants perceived the quality assurance standard to be important, but identified some practical process challenges that included the broad scope and complexity of the device universe, the need for a multiphase testing pathway, and the associated fees for product evaluation. The participants also supported the evaluation of device data analysis, behavioral influences, and user experience in the overall evaluation. Looking forward, the FIMS quality assurance standard faces the challenge of balancing these broader perspectives with practical constraints of budget, facilities, time, and human resources.
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U2 - 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000680
DO - 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000680
M3 - Article
C2 - 32028347
AN - SCOPUS:85079081076
SN - 1537-890X
VL - 19
SP - 45
EP - 49
JO - Current Sports Medicine Reports
JF - Current Sports Medicine Reports
IS - 2
ER -