Validación del dispositivo de monitorización de actividad TomTom Touch Fitness Tracker® para medir la frecuencia cardíaca durante el esfuerzo

Abstract

Introduction Fitness trackers are affordable devices for monitoring people's health. The TomTom Touch Fitness Tracker® model, due to its characteristics, could be useful in this regard. Objective The objective of this study was to assess the validity of the TomTom Touch Fitness Tracker® fitness trackers in a population of healthy adults. Design The study design was descriptive, longitudinal, and prospective and aimed to assess the validity of the TomTom Touch Fitness Tracker® activity tracker in healthy young adults compared to the validated POLAR RS800® model. Methods. In the study, 38 healthy young college students from the University of Salamanca were selected. Heart rate was produced using the TomTom Touch Fitness Tracker® activity bracelet and compared with data obtained by the POLAR RS800® model. Results An average blood pressure of 109mmHg and 68mm Hg was found. The mean baseline heart rate was 61 beats per minute (bpm). After performing a stress test, a strong connection was evident between the results obtained with the TomTom device and the Polar model. If an inference is performed using linear regressions, positive relationships with statistically significant results are revealed between the TomTom device and the Polar model. Conclusions TomTom devices can improve users’ health require reliable data on heart rate measurement. TomTom devices allow users to control the level of training and effort.