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The Usability of a Heartbeat Measuring Mobile Phone app: an Observational Study

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  1. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Avda. de Atenas, s/n, 28922, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain

    Marta Elena Losa-Iglesias, Raquel Jimenez-Fernandez, Inmaculada Corral-Liria, Rocio Rodriguez Vazquez & Carmen Ecija Gallardo

  2. Manager of Centro Ortopedico y Quirurgico del Pie, C/ Diego de Leon 69, Madrid, Spain

    Klark Becerro-de-Bengoa Losa

  3. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad da Coruña, Campus de Esteiro, s/n, 28 15403, El Ferrol, La Coruña, Spain

    Daniel López-López

  4. Escuela Universitaria Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología. Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Avenida Complutense, 28040, Madrid, Spain

    Ricardo Becerro-de-Bengoa Vallejo

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Losa-Iglesias, M.E., Becerro-de-Bengoa Losa, K., López-López, D. et al. The Usability of a Heartbeat Measuring Mobile Phone app: an Observational Study. J Med Syst 43, 226 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-019-1367-5

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