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. 2023 Feb 23;6:29. doi: 10.1038/s41746-022-00745-z

Table 2.

Walking classification accuracy across all subjects and activities.

Locations typical to Smartphone Smartwatch
Thigh Waist Chest Arm Unspecified Wrist
Walking
    Normal walking 0.92 (0.91,0.93), 459 0.95 (0.94,0.97), 538 0.97 (0.95,0.98), 110 0.92 (0.88,0.96), 60 0.93 (0.91,0.94), 273 0.92 (0.9,0.94), 352
    Stair climbing
        Ascending stairs 0.83 (0.8,0.85), 361 0.85 (0.83,0.88), 396 0.93 (0.89,0.96), 74 0.82 (0.76,0.88), 60 0.9 (0.85,0.94), 69 0.73 (0.68,0.77), 222
        Descending stairs 0.85 (0.83,0.87), 364 0.86 (0.84,0.89), 392 0.78 (0.71,0.85), 74 0.81 (0.73,0.89), 62 0.83 (0.76,0.89), 70 0.73 (0.69,0.77), 213
    Treadmill
        1 mph 0.19 (0.13,0.24), 31 0.02 (0.01,0.03), 31 0 (0,0), 31
        2 mph 0.82 (0.73,0.91), 30 0.77 (0.67,0.87), 30 0.05 (0.01,0.09), 30
        3 mph 0.96 (0.95,0.98), 29 0.99 (0.98,1), 29 0.91 (0.85,0.97), 29
        3.5 mph 0.97 (0.94,0.99), 28 0.99 (0.98,1), 28 0.79 (0.68,0.9), 28
    Other walking 0.81 (0.72,0.9), 17 0.68 (0.52,0.83), 17 0.79 (0.69,0.88), 17 0.47 (0.31,0.63), 17
Non-walking
    Stationary & TV 0.99 (0.99,1), 401 1 (1,1), 380 0.99 (0.99,1), 89 1 (0.99,1), 60 1 (0.99,1), 133 0.99 (0.98,0.99), 257
    Desk work 1 (1,1), 153 1 (1,1), 33 0.99 (0.98,0.99), 35 1 (1,1), 154
    Eating 1 (0.99,1), 212 0.97 (0.97,0.98), 57 0.99 (0.98,1), 214
    Drinking 0.99 (0.98,1.01), 61 1 (0.99,1), 81
    Motorized transport 1 (1,1), 32 0.92 (0.9,0.93), 117 1 (0.99,1), 32
    Household
        Sweeping 0.94 (0.91,0.97), 34 0.95 (0.94,0.97), 53 0.9 (0.88,0.93), 19 0.99 (0.97,1.01), 2 0.57 (0.51,0.62), 53
        Vacuuming 0.98 (0.96,0.99), 19 1 (0.99,1), 19 0.92 (0.84,1), 19
        Folding clothes 0.97 (0.95,1), 51 0.73 (0.68,0.78), 51
        Washing dishes 1 (1,1), 19 1 (1,1), 19 0.99 (0.98,1.01), 5 0.96 (0.93,0.99), 19
        Grooming 0.93 (0.86,1.01), 15
        Dressing 0.91 (0.75,1.07), 8
        Cooking 0.98 (0.97,1), 12
        Filling shelves 0.94 (0.9,0.97), 32 0.98 (0.98,0.99), 32 0.74 (0.69,0.79), 32
    Personal hygiene
        Combing hair 0.67 (0.44,0.9), 5
        Brushing teeth 1 (1,1), 51 0.98 (0.97,0.99), 54
    Sports
        Running 0.94 (0.93,0.96), 431 0.97 (0.96,0.98), 430 0.95 (0.92,0.98), 114 0.97 (0.95,0.99), 60 0.92 (0.89,0.95), 126 0.97 (0.96,0.99), 264
        Cycling 0.96 (0.94,0.98), 62 0.97 (0.94,0.99), 90 0.99 (0.97,1.01), 48 0.99 (0.99,1), 10 0.84 (0.75,0.92), 23 0.99 (0.98,1), 110
        Jumping 0.14 (0.11,0.17), 326 0.18 (0.15,0.22), 354 0.13 (0.07,0.19), 85 0.13 (0.06,0.2), 50 0.14 (0.06,0.21), 61 0.21 (0.17,0.26), 176
    Other
        Hand clapping 0.98 (0.96,1), 51 0.93 (0.9,0.96), 51
        Smoking 1 (1,1), 10 1 (1,1), 10
        Giving a talk 1 (1,1), 10 0.96 (0.92,1), 10
        Body transitions 0.97 (0.95,0.98), 108 0.99 (0.98,1), 85 0.93 (0.89,0.98), 17 1 (0.99,1), 29
        Coughing 1 (1,1), 17 1 (1,1), 17 1 (1,1), 17 1 (1,1), 17

The accuracy is provided as mean (95% CI), sample size. For walking activities, the metric indicates sensitivity; for non-walking activities, the metric indicates specificity.