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UrduNew research shows how personalized support programs increase the use of wearable technology among older adults.
Tag: wearable activity monitors
EXI unveils first digital implementations of Exercise is Medicine®
EXI – the Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) that delivers personalized physical activity prescription and behavior change support for people with long-term health conditions – has unveiled its first Exercise is Medicine® (EIM) deployment alliances.
Freedom Aquatic & Fitness Center (FAFC) – located onsite at George Mason University Science & Technology campus in Manassus, Virginia, with a specialist team that delivers EIM in the community and via health provider referrals – and Logan Health, a Montana healthcare system offering EIM programs through its medical fitness center in Kalispell, Montana, will be the first facilities to deploy Exercise is Medicine® using EXI’s digital platform.
Wearable Technology Named Top Fitness Trend for 2023
The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) released survey results today in the article “Worldwide Survey of Fitness Trends for 2023,” published in the January/February issue of ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal®. Now in its 17th year, this annual, international survey found that technology continues to impact the fitness industry, so it’s not surprising that the more than 4,500 health and fitness pros surveyed identified wearables as the #1 trend for 2023. There are, however, several emerging trends that will influence the industry in the coming year.
Wearable Activity Trackers Can Be Used to Determine Health Metrics That Could Support Clinical Care
A new Johns Hopkins study shows that data gathered from wearable activity trackers can be used to obtain several metrics associated with the user’s general physical health and cardiovascular health status.
Wearable Devices Deliver Cardiac Care Beyond the Hospital
Physicians at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai are heading into the next frontier in heart medicine: Wearables. Also called digital therapeutics, wearable devices–like high tech watches and pendants–can track the heart beats and overall cardiac health of patients with conditions such as congestive heart failure.
Cardiologists: Big Data Advances Research, But Shouldn’t Do So at the Cost of Privacy
Your doctor protects your sensitive health data. But in a new publication, experts assert it’s important to check if that app you just downloaded will, too.
Patients Stick with Smartphone Activity Trackers Longer Than Wearable Devices
Six months after discharge, smartphone users were 32 percent more likely to continue sending health data to researchers than those using wearables
Sleep & Endurance Performance, Female Racers, Reducing Falls, Youth Fitness & More from the Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports & Science®
If you’re looking for health and fitness story ideas, view these research highlights from Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews and Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise®, ACSM’s flagship journal.
New Fitness Trends to Help You Achieve 2020 Health Goals
American College of Sports Medicine’s annual fitness trend forecast offers tips to meet 2020 fitness goals…and potentially spark ideas for last-minute holiday gifts.
What will make grandma use her Fitbit longer?
For older adults, Fitbits and other activity trackers may be popular gifts, but they may not be used for very long. While counterintuitive, engaging in competition with family and friends decreases the odds of long-term use among older adults, perhaps because they feel it’s demotivating, according to a new Michigan State University study.