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Fitness trackers are accurate enough

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Just how accurate are fitness trackers when it comes to monitoring your heart rate?

That's the question a small study published Monday in Annals of Internal Medicine hoped to answer.

Researchers discovered that while devices like smart watches and wristbands aren't as precise as the instruments used in your doctors office, they are accurate enough.

Participants wore four devices during the test and results varied on each. Accuracy dropped in all of the devices during increased activity.