Quantifying Upper Body Physical Activity During Interactive Video Gaming for College Students

Sell, Katie; Lillie, Tia; Taylor, Julie E.; Vener, Jamie; Ransdell, Lynda B.; Tudor–Locke, Catrine

doi:10.1249/00005768-200505001-01696

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“…Of fifteen quantitative exergame studies, six tested games for the Nintendo Wii [Anders, 2008;Graf et al 2009;Graves et al 2008;Graves, Stratton, Ridgers, and Cable, 2007; Lanningham-Foster et McWha and Brown, 2009], three examined exertion with Sony's EyeToy games [Maddison et al 2007;Sell et al 2005;Walker et al 2006] and six used Konami's Dance Dance Revolution [Graf et al 2009;Lillie et al 2005;Olmstead, 2006;Sell et al 2008;Siegel et al 2009;Walker et al 2006]. One study compared exertion level of participants at different levels of game difficulty [Graf et al 2009].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Another DDR study found that experienced players exerted more energy than inexperienced participants [Sell et al 2008], which this work independently verifies. Some work has also been done to measure exertion of walking briskly or while watching TV or using a media system [Mellecker et al 2009;Sell et al 2005;Walker et al 2006]. A summary of results is shown in Figure 1.…”

Section: Survey Of Exergamesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The majority of the quantitative studies involved participants with mean age under 20 [Graf et al 2009;Graves et al 2008;Graves, Stratton, Ridgers, and Cable, 2007;Lanningham-Foster et al 2009;Maddison et al 2007;Mellecker and McManus, 2008;Mellecker et al 2009;Olmstead, 2006;Sell et al 2008;Siegel et al 2009;Walker et al 2006]. Several studies measured exertion in people with mean age above 20 [Anders, 2008;Lillie et al 2005;McWha and Brown, 2009;Sell et al 2005;Sell et al 2008;Siegel et al 2009]. While Siegel et al [2009] grouped participants into two groups: under 19 and 20 or over, only one study explicitly mentioned participants with a mean age above 30 .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The quantitative research typically uses instrumentation to objectively measure the biophysical outcomes of participants. In this work, we examine the latter to draw out general conclusions and commonalities of several studies [Anders, 2008;Graf et al 2009;Graves et al 2008;Graves et al 2007;Lanningham-Foster et al 2009;Lillie et al 2005;Maddison et al 2007;McWha and Brown, 2009;Mellecker and McManus, 2008;Mellecker et al 2009;Olmstead, 2006;Sell et al 2005;Sell et al 2008;Siegel et al 2009;Walker et al 2006]. We examine the physical aspects of exergame design in section 2.…”

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et al. 2010

Proceedings of the 5th ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Video Games

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A sedentary lifestyle is linked to many diseases, including diabetes and heart disease, as well as ailments such as obesity, which is becoming the major root cause of early death in most industrialized countries. The advent of the television, computers and videogames has resulted in a more sedentary lifestyle, with more time spent in front of a screen more than ever before. Exergaming is a term used to describe video games that provide encouragement to exercise, particularly for an audience that may be reluctant to engage in the more traditional forms of exercise. Exergames are a commonly accepted method of encouraging more physical activity to promote better health for those with high levels of sedentary screen time. In this work, we survey a number of quantitative exergame studies to define a general set of elements that make exergames effective from a physical standpoint. We also examine the intended audience and the incentive elements necessary for an exergame to meet the needs of its audience. Finally, we examine our own exergame system and how well it performs against commercial systems.

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