Evaluation of methods for computing athlete’s energy expenditure implemented on Android devices

Sylwester Muzyka


Lublin University of Technology (Poland)

Piotr Wójcik

piotr.wojcik3@pollub.edu.pl
Lublin University of Technology (Poland)

Jakub Smołka


Lublin University of Technology (Poland)

Abstract

The article presents two methods of computing calories burned during exercise. They use data obtained using sensors available on mobile devices running Android OS. These methods were compared with each other and with the results obtained from two applications available on the Google Play store. These applications are Endomondo and Sports Tracker.


Keywords:

consumed energy; calories burned; Android; sensor

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Published
2019-03-30

Cited by

Muzyka, S., Wójcik, P., & Smołka, J. (2019). Evaluation of methods for computing athlete’s energy expenditure implemented on Android devices . Journal of Computer Sciences Institute, 10, 44–48. https://doi.org/10.35784/jcsi.193

Authors

Sylwester Muzyka 

Lublin University of Technology Poland

Authors

Piotr Wójcik 
piotr.wojcik3@pollub.edu.pl
Lublin University of Technology Poland

Authors

Jakub Smołka 

Lublin University of Technology Poland

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