Investigating the accuracy of Apple Watch VO2 max measurements: A validation study

Rory Lambe; Ben O’Grady; Maximus Baldwin; Cailbhe Doherty

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0323741

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Investigating the accuracy of Apple Watch VO₂ max measurements: A validation study

Rory Lambe ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: rory.lambe@ucdconnect.ie

Affiliations School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland, Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland

https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5866-361X

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Ben O’Grady,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland, Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Maximus Baldwin,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland, Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland, Institute for Sport and Health, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Cailbhe Doherty

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland, Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Investigating the accuracy of Apple Watch VO₂ max measurements: A validation study

Rory Lambe,
Ben O’Grady,
Maximus Baldwin,
Cailbhe Doherty

Published: May 15, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323741

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