Physical activity assessment with wearable devices in rheumatic diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors' conclusion
Physical activity can be lower than the recommended threshold in patients with RMDs when objectively measured using WD.
Study context
- Population
- Patients with noninflammatory and inflammatory rheumatic diseases whose physical activity (PA) was assessed with wearable devices51 articles
- Participants
- 7,488 patients
- Outcome
- Number of steps and moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), relative to recommended PA threshold
Methodological detailsrandom-effect meta-analysis, univariable meta-regression, Search of PubMed, Embase, CINAHL and Scopus, 22 studies moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) only, 16 steps only, 13 both outcomes
- Random-effect meta-analysis
- Univariable meta-regression
- Search of PubMed, Embase, CINAHL and Scopus
- 22 studies MVPA only, 16 steps only, 13 both outcomes
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
Difference from recommended PA threshold
MVPA: recommended PA threshold reached
36.35
95% CI 29.39, 43.31
Daily steps: recommended PA threshold not reached (−1640.42 to −544.77)
−1092.60
Further pooled results
Daily steps in fibromyalgia studies
- Higher number of daily steps vs other rheumatic musculoskeletal disorders (RMDs) (5198.65-7381.62)
- 6290
Daily steps by disease category
- Chronic inflammatory arthropathies seemed to fare better in daily steps than the other categories
PA by age
- Younger patients reported higher overall PA than elderly for both steps and MVPA
Original publication
Physical activity assessment with wearable devices in rheumatic diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Rheumatology (Oxford). Published 25 August 2022. doi:10.
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