Perception Of Athletes About Use And Accuracy Of Wearable Technology For Tracking Physiological Variables

Abstract

Wearable technology refers to those devices which used for monitoring different physiological variables such as heart rate, sleep patterns, and energy expenditure. It is considered an integral element of sports. This research study aimed to assess the perception of athletes about the use and awareness of athletes regarding Wearable Technology for real-time tracking of Physiological Variables. The population of the study was comprised of competitive athletes of various sports activities from different universities in the Punjab, Pakistan. Four hundred fifty (450) athletes were taken as a sample of the study by using available sampling technique. A structured Likert-scale questionnaire was developed by adapting validated items from the IPAQ, and the WHO-5 was used for data collection. The collected data were processed through statistical package for social sciences (SPSS, version 26), and thus, suitable statistical tools were applied. On the basis of data analysis and findings, the researcher arrived at the conclusion that the majority of respondents used different Wearable technologies for real-time tracking of physiological variables such as heart rate, sleep patterns, and energy expenditure. In addition, all of the respondents were satisfied with the accuracy of wearable technologies used in sports.