NCT05077995

Validity and Reliability of the Polar M200 Activity Monitor

Validity and Reliability of the Polar M200 Activity Monitor to Measure Sedentary and Active Time

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hasselt University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study will be to investigate the validity of a consumer available activity tracker (Polar M200) in free-living conditions to measure sedentary time.

Detailed description

The aim of the present study is to evaluate the validity from a commercially available wearable Polar device. Consumer-based activity trackers are generally cheaper, designed for long-term wear and are less intrusive. Potentially, consumer-based activity trackers can be used for research purposes, but high-quality validation studies are needed. The aims of this study will be to assess validity of sedentary outcome measures of a Polar device during free-living conditions in comparison with the ActivPAL3TM activity monitor (AP; PAL Technologies Ltd, Glasgow, UK), which is considered the gold standard to measure sedentary time in free-living conditions.

Conditions

• Healthy Persons
• Fitness Trackers

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Polar M200	Participants will have to wear the activity monitors (AP and Polar M200) for at least 7 days. Minutes spent in each activity type will be summed to a total day score. Participants will be instructed to do their regular daily life activities without limitation, but to note their main activity categories in an activity diary, with a main focus on cycling and participation in structured exercise.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-07-25
• Primary completion: 2022-05-01
• Completion: 2022-05-01
• First posted: 2021-10-14
• Last updated: 2022-05-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium