Can We Use Consumer-Wearable Activity Tracker Fitbit in Parkinson Disease?

作     者：Kazuo Abe Kazuo Abe

作者机构：Department of Neurology Hyogo College of Medicine Hospital Nishinomiya Japan Headquarter Medical Welfare Corporation Kyowakai Kawanishi Japan Center of Neurology Gratia Hospital Minoo Japan 

出 版 物：《Advances in Parkinson's Disease》 (帕金森（英文）)

年 卷 期：2021年第10卷第2期

页      面：15-23页

学科分类：08[工学] 080502[工学-材料学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 

主　　题：Parkinson Disease Consumer-Wearable Activity Trackers Fitbit Physical Activity Sleep 

摘      要：Consumer-wearable activity trackers have been used for monitoring health-related metrics to estimate steps, distance, physical activity, energy expenditure, and sleep. The purpose of this mini review was to summarize the evidence for validity of the most popular wrist-worn activity tracker (Fitbit) to estimate those health-related metrics in Parkinson disease. We researched full-length English studies in PubMed, Science Direct, Google Scholar, and Scopus, through September, 2021. In total, 27 studies and a textbook description were included in the review. To adapt consumer-wearable activity trackers for evaluating health-related metrics in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients, there may be some points to be elucidated and conquered. First, measurement accuracy and precision are required. Second, inter-device reliability for measuring steps, distance, and energy expenditure must be considered. Third, wearability: there are some types of device such as wrist-worn, ankle-worn, belt-fixed, and so on. Overall, Fitbit has advantage for these points. This mini review indicates that Fitbit has enough measurement accuracy and precision to estimate health-related metrics of PD patients including amount of step, physical activity energy expenditure, and quality of sleep.