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Wearable fitness devices provide a readiness score but do not directly predict injury risk, despite underlying data identifying patterns over time.
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Readiness scores are derived from heart rate variability, sleep, and workload metrics, with sleep being the strongest indicator of recovery.
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Research links shorter sleep duration and spikes in training load to increased injury risk, particularly among athletes.
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Eighty percent of wearable users are willing to share data with clinicians, but only 26.5% have actually done so.
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Clinicians lack a defined framework for integrating wearable data into treatment, highlighting the need for cautious interpretation.
