Energy expenditure during eSports – a case report

Haupt, Sandra; Wolf, A.; Heidenreich, Heiko; Schmidt, W.

doi:10.5960/dzsm.2020.463

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“…These findings lead to the expectation that sympathetic activation as an increase in HR,

, SV, and cortisol could also occur in amateur esports, although to a lesser extent than in professional esports. This assumption is also supported by the case study of Haupt et al, in which a mental but no metabolic stress response was triggered in an amateur esports player (Haupt et al, 2021 ).…”

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“…As the only study to date that investigated metabolism and EE in esports, the case study by Haupt et al likewise did not detect an increase in metabolic response or EE. However, a major stress situation occurred during the gaming session (Haupt et al, 2021 ). At the metabolic level, these findings are supported by this study, as metabolism, expressed by the parameters

O 2 ,

CO 2 , and RER, as well as the EE, showed no acute change due to the 30-min esports intervention.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The intermediate performance level of amateur esports players has thus far not been considered, and so there is almost no research on how and to what extent amateur esports affect metabolism and EE and whether this is coupled with the stress responses. The only available study linking metabolic and stress data in amateur esports demonstrated that the stress response is decoupled from the metabolic response as HR was markedly increased while EE did not change (Haupt et al, 2021 ). However, this case study has weak explanatory power, and further research is urgently required.…”

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Acute Effects of Esports on the Cardiovascular System and Energy Expenditure in Amateur Esports Players

Zimmer

Haupt

Heidenreich

et al. 2022

Front. Sports Act. Living

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IntroductionEsports is practiced by millions of people worldwide every day. On a professional level, esports has been proven to have a high stress potential and is sometimes considered equivalent to traditional sporting activities. While traditional sports have health-promoting effects through muscle activity and increased energy expenditure, amateur esports could represent a purely sedentary activity, which would carry potentially harmful effects when practiced regularly. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the acute effects of esports on the cardiovascular system and energy expenditure in amateur esports players to show whether esports can be considered as physical strain or mental stress or whether amateur esports has to be seen as purely sedentary behavior.MethodsThirty male subjects participated in a 30-min gaming session, playing the soccer simulation game FIFA 20 or the tactical, first-person multiplayer shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Respiratory and cardiovascular parameters, as well as energy expenditure, blood glucose, lactate, and cortisol, were determined pre-, during, and post-gaming.ResultsThere were no significant changes in oxygen uptake, carbon dioxide output, energy expenditure, stroke volume, or lactate levels. Heart rate, blood glucose and cortisol decreased through the intervention until reaching their minimum levels 10 min post-gaming (Cortisolpre: 3.1 ± 2.9 ng/ml, Cortisolpost: 2.2 ± 2.3 ng/ml, p < 0.01; HRmin0.5: 82 ± 11 bpm, HRpost: 74 ± 13 bpm, p < 0.01).ConclusionA 30-min esports intervention does not positively affect energy expenditure or metabolism in amateur esports players. Therefore, it cannot provide the same health-promoting effects as traditional sports participation, but could in the long-term rather cause the same potentially health-damaging effects as purely sedentary behavior. However, it does not trigger a negative stress response in the players. Deliberate physical activity and exercise routines adapted to these demands should therefore be part of the daily life of amateur esports players.

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“…These findings lead to the expectation that sympathetic activation as an increase in HR,

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 60%

O 2 ,

CO 2 , and RER, as well as the EE, showed no acute change due to the 30-min esports intervention.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Heidenreich

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“…Physical punishment is not possible due to the digital environment in which the competition takes place. Lastly and since competitive gaming is no substitution for physical exertion, we must remind that aesthetics or health is not promoted (Haupt et al, 2021; Schmidt et al, 2018). Authorities that would usually monitor these attributes in traditional sports, including self-surveillance or beauty standards (i.e.…”

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Using panopticism to theorize the social role of the body in competitive gaming and electronic sport

Riatti

Thiel

2023

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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The role of the body is a common topic for discussions concerning competitive gaming, also known as electronic sport (esport). In esport, the focus on the body shifts from its physical presence towards digitality and therefore differs significantly compared to traditional sports. It is therefore questionable whether disciplinary mechanisms typical for sport that originate from the physical body being surveyed can be observed in competitive gaming as well. This conceptual paper uses Michel Foucault's concept of panopticism to theorize what consequences of deviant or normative behaviour can be derived from a (partially) absent physical corporeality in esport. Our approach reveals that esport and competitive gaming are lacking disciplinary mechanisms typical for traditional sports. We introduce the term dysopticon as a concept where players are not exposed to surveillance like in traditional sports, because of a perceived absence of the players’ physical bodies while competing. This can result in arbitrariness and deviant behaviour but also be an opportunity for inclusion or self-expression regardless of hegemonic corporeal norms and standards. Stakeholders, including players, clubs, associations, and corporations, can build upon these insights to develop and promote esport beneficially for sport and society.

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“…This article seeks to make novel headway in the discussion surrounding the cybersport thesis by focusing specifically on a dimension of sports that is broadly assumed to be essential to the concept itself, and which has become a central theme of the discussion surrounding esports: physicality. “Physicality” can, like sports, of course mean different things, e.g., physical exertion, physical risk, or physical health, all of which have been explored by other researchers within the context of esports (Bayrakdar, 2020 ; Emara et al, 2020 ; Kocadaǧ, 2020 ; Haupt et al, 2021 ; Ketelhut et al, 2021 ; Giakoni-Ramírez et al, 2022 ; Wall Tweedie, 2022 ). Instead, I will focus specifically on the claim that there exists a gap between the physicality and virtuality of esports performance; that “where” an esports practitioner performs is only indirectly related to “where” the result of her performance occurs.…”

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Both Physical and Virtual: On Immediacy in Esports

Ekdahl

2022

Front. Sports Act. Living

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This article strives to make novel headway in the debate concerning esports' relationship to sports by focusing on the relationship between esports and physicality. More precisely, the aim of this article is to critically assess the claim that esports fails to be sports because it is never properly “direct” or “immediate” compared to physical sports. To do so, I focus on the account of physicality presented by Jason Holt, who provides a theoretical framework meant to justify the claim that esports is never properly immediate and therefore never sports. I begin by motivating Holt's account of physicality by contrasting it with a more classical way of discussing physicality and sports, namely in terms of physical motor skills. Afterwards, I introduce Holt's account of physicality as immediacy and engage with its assumptions more thoroughly to problematize the claim that esports is fundamentally indirect. Lastly, I argue that the assumption that esports necessarily lacks immediacy is based on a narrow understanding of body and, consequently, of space. In response, I offer a different way of thinking about body and space, focusing on the subjective, bodily engagement of the esports practitioners with their practice, whereby physical space and virtual space can be appreciated as immediately interconnected during performance in a hybrid manner. In providing such an account, the article contributes directly to the broader, growing discussion on the relationship between physicality and virtuality in an increasingly digital world.

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Energy expenditure during eSports – a case report

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Acute Effects of Esports on the Cardiovascular System and Energy Expenditure in Amateur Esports Players

Acute Effects of Esports on the Cardiovascular System and Energy Expenditure in Amateur Esports Players

Using panopticism to theorize the social role of the body in competitive gaming and electronic sport

Both Physical and Virtual: On Immediacy in Esports

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