Can wearable technology be used to approximate cardiopulmonary exercise testing metrics?

ConclusionsData recorded by the wearable device was able to consistently approximate CPET results, both with and without the addition of patient reported activity measures via IPAQ scores. This highlights the potential utility of wearable devices in formal assessment of physical functioning and suggests they could play a larger role in pre-operative risk assessment.EthicsThis study entitled “uSing wearable TEchnology to Predict perioperative high-riSk patient outcomes (STEPS)” gained favourable ethical opinion on 24 January 2017 from the Welsh Research Ethics Committee 3 reference number 17/WA/0006. It was registered onClinicalTrials.gov with identifier NCT03328039.

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Source: Perioperative Medicine - March 16, 2021 Category: Surgery Source Type: research