Obesity – Modus Health

PUBLICATIONS

Modus Health’s StepWatch™ has been validated in over 500 peer-reviewed publications. Its superb accuracy has StepWatch™ being used as the gold standard by researchers and companies such as Google, Fitbit, and Samsung Digital Health for measuring the accuracy of their fitness monitors.

We’re also trusted by some of the most respected research institutions in the world.

You can browse our entire publications catalog below, or use this form to download a PDF copy of our publications listing.

N. Mitre, L. Lanningham-Foster, R. Foster, J. A. Levine. Pedometer accuracy for children: can we recommend them for our obese population? Pediatrics 2009; 123(1):e127-131.

W. C. King, M. A. Kalarchian, K. J. Steffen, B. M. Wolfe, K. A. Elder, J. E. Mitchell. Associations between physical activity and mental health among bariatric surgical candidates. J Psychosom Res 2013; 74(2):161-9.

W. C. King, S. H. Belle, G. M. Eid, et al. Physical activity levels of patients undergoing bariatric surgery in the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery study. Surg Obes Relat Dis 2008; 4(6):721-8.

L. J. Carr, K. Karvinen, M. Peavler, R. Smith, K. Cangelosi. Multicomponent intervention to reduce daily sedentary time: a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 2013; 3(10):e003261.

S. H. Belle, P. D. Berk, A. P. Courcoulas, et al. Safety and efficacy of bariatric surgery: Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery. Surg Obes Relat Dis 2007; 3(2):116-26.

D. K. White, T. Neogi, Y. Zhang, et al. The association of obesity with walking independent of knee pain: the multicenter osteoarthritis study. J Obes 2012; 2012:261974.

R. C. Foster, L. M. Lanningham-Foster, C. Manohar, et al. Precision and accuracy of an ankle-worn accelerometer-based pedometer in step counting and energy expenditure. Prev Med 2005; 41(3-4):778-783.

W. C. King, J. Y. Hsu, S. H. Belle, et al. Pre- to postoperative changes in physical activity: report from the longitudinal assessment of bariatric surgery-2 (LABS-2). Surg Obes Relat Dis 2012; 8(5):522-32.

E. F. Shepherd, E. Toloza, C. D. McClung, T. P. Schmalzried. Step activity monitor: increased accuracy in quantifying ambulatory activity. J Orthop Res 1999; 17(5):703-708.

W. C. King, S. G. Engel, K. A. Elder, et al. Walking capacity of bariatric surgery candidates. Surg Obes Relat Dis 2012; 8(1):48-59.