Monitoring Steps and Heart Rate Using a Withings Smartwatch in Children and Adolescents With Cancer: Validation Study
Emma den Hartog, Marta Fiocco, Patrick van der Torre, Wim J E Tissing, Emma J Verwaaijen · 2026
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Emma den Hartog and colleagues check a consumer smartwatch in young cancer patients in this 2026 validation study. Watches could track activity through treatment, but their accuracy in children and teens with cancer was unproven.
Fourteen patients aged eight to 18 wore a Withings watch for twelve weeks. For one week they also wore a research-grade motion tracker, and resting heart rate was checked against a clinical monitor. The watch's resting heart rate was close on average, though individual readings scattered widely. Step counts told a worse story: the watch missed thousands of steps a day, more so in more active children. The authors advise against using its step counts for care targets.
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| CREATOR | Emma den Hartog, Marta Fiocco, Patrick van der Torre, Wim J E Tissing, Emma J Verwaaijen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32024 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |