Rebecca Gusmer,  School of Kinesiology alum (B.S., ’12) and current U of M physical therapy student, is the lead author of an article published in the journal, Open Sports Medicine Journal. The article titled, “Comparison of FitBit® Ultra to ActiGraphTM GT1M for assessment of physical activity in young adults during treadmill walking, ” examined the accuracy of the FitBit Ultra to assess physical activity and calories consumed. The research for this article was part of  Gusmer’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Project (UROP).

Co-authors on this article include: Donald R. Dengel, professor of kinesiology,  and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology,  and School of Kinesiology graduate students, Tyler Bosch, Joe Ostrem, and Ashley Watkins.