BMJ

Recommendations for determining the validity of consumer wearable heart rate devices: expert statement and checklist of the INTERLIVE Network

Correspondence to Dr Moritz Schumann, Institute of Cardiovascular Research and Sports Medicine, Department of Molecular and Cellular Sports Medicine, German Sport University Cologne, Koln 50858, ...
BMJ

Recommendations for determining the validity of consumer wearable and smartphone step count: expert statement and checklist of the INTERLIVE network

Consumer wearable and smartphone devices provide an accessible means to objectively measure physical activity (PA) through step counts. With the increasing proliferation of this technology, consumers, ...
The Conversation

New technologies like AI come with big claims – borrowing the scientific concept of validity can help cut through the hype

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
Nature

Validity of an alternative anthropometric trait as cardiovascular diseases risk factor: example from individuals with traumatic lower extremity amputation

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of mortality in humans (World Health Organization, 2002). Clinicians and researchers have identified several risk factors of CVD to screen out the ...
Science Daily

Many published psychology experiments lack evidence of validity, study finds

An examination of nearly 350 published psychological experiments found that nearly half failed to show that they were based on a valid foundation of empirical evidence, suggesting that a wide swath of ...
The Hindu

Question the validity of information

In the digital age, information spreads rapidly through the Internet, shaping opinions, behaviours, and beliefs. While this instantaneous access to information can be beneficial, it also has a ...