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eJournal de la Recherche sur l'Intervention en Éducation Physique et Sport, 2019 This study compared objectively-assessed physical activity (PA), on-task behavior, and communication during adaptive physical education (AdPE) and exergaming sessions in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Zachary C. Pope +3 more
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Exergaming in patients with a left ventricular assist device: a feasibility study
ESC Heart Failure, 2023 Aims Exercise games (exergames) have been recently proposed as a mode of facilitating physical activity in patients with chronic diseases. Although patients supported with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) benefit from physical activity, specific ...
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JMIR Serious Games, 2022 BackgroundVirtual reality (VR) exergaming is a new intervention strategy to help humans engage in physical activity to enhance mood.
Genta Ochi +5 more
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Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberpspace, 2018 Dance exergaming, which involves playing an interactive video game that requires the player to make upper and lower body movements by dancing to music, may provide a social physical activity experience that positively impacts psychosocial health.
Amanda E. Staiano +4 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2022 Background Many studies have been performed on the use of intergenerational programs to improve the negative attitudes and misunderstandings of adolescents toward older people with dementia. However, the findings of these studies are inconclusive.
Yuan-Ju Liao +5 more
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Energy Cost of Exergaming [PDF]
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 2011 To determine the relative effect of interactive digital exercise that features player movement (ie, exergames) on energy expenditure among children of various body mass indexes (BMIs; calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared).Comparison study.GoKids Boston, a youth fitness research and training center located at University ...
Bruce W, Bailey, Kyle, McInnis
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JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, 2021 BackgroundRecently, movement-based videogames (exergames) have gained popularity in improving the rehabilitation process after surgery. During exergaming, participants are physically challenged as the game component stimulates adherence to the training ...
Hendrickx, Roel +4 more
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The Exergame Enjoyment Questionnaire (EEQ): An Instrument for Measuring Exergame Enjoyment
Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2020 Physical inactivity is on the rise. Exergames provide a new type of exercise that can be appealing to young people and possibly mitigate sedentary lifestyles. However, compliance and player attrition are issues. We assert that monitoring and increasing exergame enjoyment will increase exercise compliance, a view supported by the Social Cognitive Theory
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Exergames For Elderly: Social exergames to persuade seniors to increase physical activity [PDF]
Proceedings of the 5th International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, 2011 Games with remote controls and motion sensors that require the players to move, so-called exergames, have become very popular. Many of these games are also being played by the senior population. Participating in regular training sessions outside their homes can be challenging for elderly, and it is hard to motivate oneself to exercise regularly alone ...
Ellen Brox +3 more
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Applied Sciences, 2021 Falls are frequent and life-changing events for older adults worldwide. The ageing phenomenon has arrived in developing countries, which experience tensions between curative and rehabilitative services, combined with an increase in non-communicable ...
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