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.

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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.

Y. Feito, D. R. Bassett, D. L. Thompson, B. M. Tyo. Effects of body mass index on step count accuracy of physical activity monitors. J Phys Act Health 2012; 9(4):594-600.

M. G. Browning. Accuracy of physical activity monitors in persons with class III obesity, in Kinesiology. University of Tennessee: http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/1280/. 2012; 1-73.

B. M. Tyo, E. C. Fitzhugh, D. R. Bassett, Jr., D. John, Y. Feito, D. L. Thompson. Effects of body mass index and step rate on pedometer error in a free-living environment. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2011; 43(2):350-6.

N. Chapman, K. Hill, S. Taylor, M. Hassanali, L. Straker, J. Hamdorf. Patterns of physical activity and sedentary behavior after bariatric surgery: an observational study. Surg Obes Relat Dis 2014; 10(3):524-30.

N. A. Silcott, D. R. Bassett, Jr., D. L. Thompson, E. C. Fitzhugh, J. A. Steeves. Evaluation of the Omron HJ-720ITC pedometer under free-living conditions. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2011; 43(9):1791-7.