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. 2021 Jul 20;7:50. doi: 10.21037/mhealth-20-131

Table 2. Summary of the retrieved articles.

Author(s) Surgery Wearable device(s) Device type Device-collected data N
Agarwal et al. (50) Radical prostatectomy Fitbit Charge HR (Boston, MA, USA) Wrist-mounted TDS, minutes slept and night-time awakenings 46
Appelboom et al. (51) Cranial and spinal neurosurgery FitBit Zip (San Francisco, CA, USA) Clip-on; waist-mounted and ankle-mounted Total steps ambulated, total distance walked, gait velocity, step length 37
Aziz et al. (52) Abdominal surgery e-AR Ear-mounted PAI 5
Berthelot et al. (53) Free tissue transfer for breast reconstruction post-mastectomy StO2 device Skin-patch StO2 14
Carmichaelet al. (54) Thoracic, inguinal hernia and open and minimally invasive abdominal surgery Garmin Vivofit 3 (Schaffhausen, Switzerland) Wrist-mounted TDS 143
Cook et al. (55) Cardiac surgery Fitbit (San Francisco, CA, USA) Ankle-mounted TDS 149
Daskivich et al. (56) Lung lobectomy, gastric bypass, hip replacement, robotic cystectomy, open colectomy, abdominal hysterectomy, sleeve gastrectomy and laparoscopic colectomy Fitbit Charge (San Francisco, CA, USA) Wrist-mounted TDS 100
Ghomrawi et al. (57) Paediatric surgery Actigraph GT3X or wGT3X-BT (Pensacola, FL, USA) Wrist-mounted PAI 25
Gorzelitz et al. (58) Endometrial and ovarian surgical oncology MiniMitter Phillips Actiwatch 64 (Bend, OR, USA) Wrist-mounted PAI 96
Inoue et al. (59) Laparoscopic and open colorectal surgery Active Tracer AC-301 (Tokyo, Japan) Ankle-mounted CA 62
Inoue et al. (60) Laparoscopic partial, open distal or open total gastrectomy Active Tracer AC-301 (Tokyo, Japan) Ankle-mounted CA 20
Keppler et al. (61) Hip arthroplasty, intramedullary nailing and osteosynthesis Trium actibelt (Munich, Germany) Waist-mounted TDS, gait speed 31
Kim et al. (62) Laminectomy Fitbit Charge (San Francisco, CA, USA) Wrist-mounted TDS, TDDT, DCE 22
Low et al. (63) Cytoreductive surgery for peritoneal carcinomatosis Fitbit Flex or Charge (San Francisco, CA, USA) Wrist-mounted TDS 71
Massouh et al. (64) Caesarean delivery Jawbone UP (San Francisco, CA, USA) Wrist-mounted TDS 200
Mobbs et al. (65) Lumbar spine surgery Fitbit Zip (San Francisco, CA, USA) Clip-on TDS, TDDT, DCE 30
Scheer et al. (66) Spinal surgery Fitbit Flex (San Francisco, CA, USA) Wrist-mounted TDS, total hourly steps, PAI 32
Stienen et al. (67) Spinal surgery Mi Band (Mountain View, CA, USA) Wrist-mounted TDS 30
Sun et al. (68) Curative resection for major abdominal cancer Garmin Vivofit 2 (Olathe, KS, USA) Wrist-mounted TDS 20
Symer et al. (69) Major abdominal surgery Fitbit Charge (San Francisco, CA, USA) Wrist-mounted TDS 31
Takahashi et al. (70) Cardiac surgery Active Style Pro HJA-350IT (Kyoto, Japan) Waist-mounted TDS 133
Toogood et al. (71) Total hip arthroplasty Fitbit (San Francisco, CA, USA) Ankle-mounted TDS 33
Wasowicz-Kemp et al. (72) Laparoscopic cholecystectomy PAM Model AM101 (Doorwerth, The Netherlands) Waist-mounted PAM score 64
Wu et al. (73) Laparoscopic or open gastrectomy for gastric cancer Apple Watch (Cupertino, CA, USA) or Samsung Gear S2 (Seoul, South Korea) Wrist-mounted TDS 43

Data on surgery types, wearable devices and device-collected data is reported as presented in the retrieved articles. TDS, total daily steps; e-AR, ear-worn activity recognition; PAI, physical activity intensity (studies varied on their definitions of different intensity levels); StO2, tissue oxygen saturation; CA, cumulative acceleration; TDDT, total daily distance travelled; DCE, daily caloric expenditure; PAM, personal activity monitor.