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Fitness Trackers and Smart Pedometers/Accelerometers (571) Innovations and Technology for Physical Activity Education (756) mHealth for Wellness, Behavior Change and Prevention (2922) Wearable Devices and Sensors (903) Web-based and Mobile Health Interventions (3357)

Published on in Vol 8, No 7 (2020): July

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/15576, first published .
Effectiveness of Wearable Trackers on Physical Activity in Healthy Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Effectiveness of Wearable Trackers on Physical Activity in Healthy Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Effectiveness of Wearable Trackers on Physical Activity in Healthy Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Authors of this article:

Matilda Swee Sun Tang1 Author Orcid Image ;   Katherine Moore1 Author Orcid Image ;   Andrew McGavigan1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Robyn A Clark3, 4 Author Orcid Image ;   Anand N Ganesan1, 2, 4 Author Orcid Image
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