Validity and reproducibility of mobile devices and applications to evaluate and monitor adult cardiorespiratory fitness: a systematic review

• Autor(a) principal: Foschiera, Diogo Bertella
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Legnani, Elto, Gustave, Eva Luziane Denkewicz, Ciesielski-Junior, Darlan França, Miranda-Junior, Ciro Renato, Abreu, Sérgio Luiz de, Legnani, Rosimeide Francisco Santos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Caderno de Educação Física e Esporte
• Texto Completo: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/cadernoedfisica/article/view/27552
• topic: Aptidão Cardiorrespiratória; Dispositivos Móveis; Dispositivos Aletrônicos; Aplicativos; Cardiorespiratory Fitness; Mobile Device; Electronic Devices; Applications

BACKGROUND: Traditionally, the assessment and monitoring of cardiorespiratory fitness is carried out indirectly, with few technological resources. Since the emergence and popularization of mobile electronic devices, this monitoring has also been carried out through these new resources. However, few portable devices are rigorously tested to identify their validity. OBJECTIVE: To develop a systematic review of the literature, seeking to identify the studies that carried out the validation and reproducibility of mobile devices and applications to assess and monitor cardiorespiratory fitness in adults. METHODS: Study of systematic literature review according to the methodological recommendations of The Cochrane Collaboration. The terms cardiorespiratory fitness, mobile devices, electronic device and adults were used to compose search syntaxes in the Web of Science, Scopus, LILACS – English; LILACS - Portuguese, SciELO, SciELO – Brazil and PubMed / MEDLINE databases, in languages portuguese, english and spanish. The temporal range of searches comprised the period from January 2015 to December 2019. RESULTS: A total of 3,396 studies were found from the initial searches. After applying the filters, 488 papers were selected for the reading of titles, of which 43 were included in the stage of reading abstracts. Nineteen studies were considered eligible for the full reading phase, of which, 09 were included in the present review. Regarding the validity of applications and devices, seven studies show satisfactory results regarding equipment data, indicating a high correlation between the results of the evaluated equipment and the comparative method, good accuracy of the equipment or validity of the generated data. On the other hand, two studies suggested prudence in the use of the equipment. CONCLUSION: The present review identified that there are few studies developed for the validation of mobile devices and applications aimed at monitoring cardiorespiratory fitness. Smartphone apps and smart clothes seem to be the most trusted resources to date.