Whoop, the wearable biometric tracker used by athletes and embraced by the NFLPA, is expanding beyond the world of athletics and into healthcare.
The device is one of a few health monitors being used in a four-week sleep study that will look at patients with Type 1 diabetes. The research is being run by Evidation Health, a health data company, and Tidepool, an open source not-for-profit diabetes data provider.
Using connected devices including the Dexcom continuous glucose monitor, Emfit sleep monitor, and Whoop activity tracker, researchers plan to study how overnight blood sugar levels affect next-day behavior, activity, heart rates, and sleep patterns.