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Eligible studies used video games to provide physical therapy, psychological therapy, improved disease self-management, health education, distraction from discomfort, increased physical activity, and skills training for clinicians. Among the 38 studies, a total of 195 health outcomes were examined.
Jun 1, 2012 · Video games improved 69% of psychological therapy outcomes, 59% of physical therapy outcomes, 50% of physical activity outcomes, 46% of clinician skills outcomes, 42% of health education...
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Objective The objective of this scoping review is to investigate the possible links between the practice of video games and physical health. It seeks to answer the following question: What are the physical health consequences of playing video games in healthy video game player? and How is it currently investigated?. Methods A scoping review was con...
In order to address the main objective of the study, which is to increase the broad knowledge about the conse-quences of video gaming on physical health of healthy video game players, the following research question was developed: What are the consequences of playing video games on physical health indicators and behaviours in healthy video game pla...
To define the inclusion criteria for the articles to be included in this scoping review, the PICO framework was used.20Articles that discussed the effect of video games in non-healthy videogame players (with a reported medical diagnosis), as well as articles focusing on active or exergames (like Wii Sports) or the effect of playing video games on v...
The content of the studies from the Excel form was dis-cussed by the two reviewers (FP & VHP) to highlight relevant information about the consequences of video games on various physical health indicators and beha-viours. Studies such as literature reviews discussing physi-cal health and video games that were not part of the final selection were use...
This scoping review focused on the impacts of video games on physical health indicators and behaviours of healthy video game players. In this study, physical health is defined as a multi-component construct that refers to health complaints and acute health concerns (notably injuries), but also includes lifestyle choices like commit-ments to physica...
This scoping review overviews the few studies exploring the topic of video gaming and physical health. Results suggest preliminary evidence of an association between video game playing time and a deterioration of some physical health indicators and behaviours such as BMI and general health status. Overall, available evidence is scarce and was mostl...
MD and CT designed the study and the search strategy whereas the selection process, extraction and risk of bias analyses were carried out by VHP, AL and FP. VHP and AL wrote the manuscript, while MD and CT directed the project and reviewed all stages of the study including writing the manuscript.
The study was funded by the Chaire de recherche internationale en santé neuromusculosquelettique.
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- Vincent Huard Pelletier, Arianne Lessard, Florence Piché, Charles Tétreau, Martin Descarreaux
- 2020
Dec 12, 2023 · Indirect to these domains (physical and cognitive), video games also provide benefits for maintaining and improve the social health of older adults as an aggregate value of serious games.
Jan 29, 2018 · There is increasingly strong evidence that online video games have beneficial cognitive effects in older adults (7). For instance, video game training improves several aspects of cognitive functioning (8), such as reaction time, memory, and attention span, as well as general cognitive control and multitasking (9).
- Marios Kyriazis, Elisavet Kiourti
- 2018
More recently, some basic computer games have been developed and evaluated that train doctors in clinical skills. The studies presented in this article represent a body of work outlining positive effects of playing video games in the area of health care. Keywords: video games, interventions, technology, health.
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Jan 29, 2018 · The aim of this study was to use three-dimensional video gaming technology in virtual reality training to improve postural balance and lower extremity strength in a population of community ...
