Can step counters & foot pods be used for scientific studies in our Home Lab, or is it better to choose a treadmill?

There are papers about foot pods: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=de&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=+foot+pod&btnG= And especially also papers about the Stryd foot pod: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=de&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=stryd+foot+pod&btnG= And there is a paper from https://runnersconnect.net about accuracy and injury prevention: But is there a paper among those which strikes you? What stroke us personally the most is that for our scientific home lab treadmill devices are …