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. 2018 Mar 22;20(3):e110. doi: 10.2196/jmir.9157

Table 4.

Number of identified articles in Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE) and ClinicalTrials.

Brand MEDLINEa search term MEDLINE ClinicalTrials


Validation or reliability studiesb (total article count=61) Data collection studiesc (total article count=20) Validation or reliability studiesd Data collection studiese
Fitbit Fitbit AND (Alta OR Blaze OR Charge OR Flex OR Surge) 40 14 1 30
Garmin Garmin AND (Approach OR D2 OR Epix OR Fenix OR Forerunner OR Quatix OR Swim OR Tactix OR Vivo*) 18 4 1 2
Misfit Misfit AND (Flare OR Flash OR Link OR Ray OR Shine OR Vapor) 12 0 0 1
Apple Apple watch 6 2 1 1
Polar Polar AND (“Polar Loop” OR M200 OR M4?0 OR M600 OR V800 OR A3?0) 6 0 1 3
Withings Withings 5 0 0 2
Mio Mio Alpha OR Mio Fuse OR Mio Slice 5 0 1 2
Samsung Samsung Gear NOT “Gear VR” NOT Oculus 5 0 0 2
PulseOn PulseOn 4 0 0 1
TomTom TomTom 2 0 1  
Xiaomi Xiaomi 1 0 0 1

aMEDLINE: Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online.

bNumber of validation or reliability studies in MEDLINE.

cNumber of data collection studies in MEDLINE.

dNumber of validation or reliability studies in ClinicalTrials.

eNumber of data collection studies in ClinicalTrials.