Readiness, recovery, and strain: an evaluation of composite health scores in consumer wearables
Consumer wearables increasingly provide users with Composite Health Scores (CHS) – integrated biometric indices that claim to quantify readiness, recovery, stress, or overall well-being. Despite their growing adoption, the validity, transparency, and physiological relevance of these scores remain un...
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| description | Consumer wearables increasingly provide users with Composite Health Scores (CHS) – integrated biometric indices that claim to quantify readiness, recovery, stress, or overall well-being. Despite their growing adoption, the validity, transparency, and physiological relevance of these scores remain unclear. This study systematically evaluates CHS from leading wearable manufacturers to assess their underlying methodologies, contributors, and scientific basis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e06b2cf2d8a0402d9af92b0a4c3cb1f92025-08-20T03:43:00ZengDe GruyterTranslational Exercise Biomedicine2942-68122025-07-012212814410.1515/teb-2025-0001Readiness, recovery, and strain: an evaluation of composite health scores in consumer wearablesDoherty Cailbhe0Baldwin Maximus1Lambe Rory2Burke David3Altini Marco4School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, 8797University College Dublin, Dublin, IrelandInsight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics, University College Dublin, Dublin, IrelandSchool of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, 8797University College Dublin, Dublin, IrelandCardiology, Beacon Hospital, Dublin, IrelandDepartment of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsConsumer wearables increasingly provide users with Composite Health Scores (CHS) – integrated biometric indices that claim to quantify readiness, recovery, stress, or overall well-being. Despite their growing adoption, the validity, transparency, and physiological relevance of these scores remain unclear. This study systematically evaluates CHS from leading wearable manufacturers to assess their underlying methodologies, contributors, and scientific basis.https://doi.org/10.1515/teb-2025-0001wearable technologydigital healthheart rate variabilityconsumer wearables |
| spellingShingle | Doherty Cailbhe Baldwin Maximus Lambe Rory Burke David Altini Marco Readiness, recovery, and strain: an evaluation of composite health scores in consumer wearables Translational Exercise Biomedicine wearable technology digital health heart rate variability consumer wearables |
| title | Readiness, recovery, and strain: an evaluation of composite health scores in consumer wearables |
| title_full | Readiness, recovery, and strain: an evaluation of composite health scores in consumer wearables |
| title_fullStr | Readiness, recovery, and strain: an evaluation of composite health scores in consumer wearables |
| title_full_unstemmed | Readiness, recovery, and strain: an evaluation of composite health scores in consumer wearables |
| title_short | Readiness, recovery, and strain: an evaluation of composite health scores in consumer wearables |
| title_sort | readiness recovery and strain an evaluation of composite health scores in consumer wearables |
| topic | wearable technology digital health heart rate variability consumer wearables |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/teb-2025-0001 |
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