Validity of a Consumer-Based Wearable to Measure Clinical Parameters in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Healthy Controls: Observational Study

Fien Hermans   ^{1, 2} , MSc ;   Eva Arents   ¹ , MSc ;   Astrid Blondeel   ² , PhD ;   Wim Janssens   ^{3, 4} , MD, PhD ;   Nina Cardinaels   ⁵ , MD ;   Patrick Calders   ¹ , PhD ;   Thierry Troosters   ² , PhD ;   Eric Derom   ⁵ , MD, PhD ;   Heleen Demeyer   ^{1, 2} , PhD

¹ Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

² Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

³ Department of Chronic Diseases, Metabolism and Aging (CHROMETA) - BREATHE, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

⁴ Clinical Department of Respiratory Diseases, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

⁵ Clinical Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium