Mobile games and design requirements to increase teenagers’ physical activity

Arteaga, Sonia M.; González, Víctor; Kurniawan, Sri; Benavides, Raquel

doi:10.1016/j.pmcj.2012.08.002

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“…Regarding the intensities achieved in games, the main findings of the study were the following: a) structured and unstructured AVGs present similarities in the responses of HR and indirect EE during 6 weeks of intervention, Based on these results, the use of AVGs in order to improve fitness or increase the PA levels could be recommended for healthy young people, in agreement with previous research that had already recommended such activities with moderate or vigorous intensities [28,29]. However, although significant differences were not observed, structured AVGs, which promote increments by various exercises and use progression of intensity loads, are found to be more effective in keeping intensity levels near PWc170 during all intervention sessions, which means a rise in anaerobic components in each exercise session [30].…”

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Psyhical effort, energy expediture, and motivation in structured and unstructured active video games: a randomized controlled trial

Gomes¹,

Perrier-Melo²,

Oliveira³

et al. 2019

Hum Mov.

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Purpose. The goals of the study were: a) to compare the way that two types of active video games (AVG) influenced physical effort and motivation in young adults; b) to compare direct and indirect instruments and use an indirect instrument (heart rate analysis) as a practical tool to verify physical effort in AVGs. Methods. Initially, 16 healthy but physically inactive young adult males with no AVGs experience took part in the randomized control trial. After the baseline assessments of blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), and aerobic capacity (AE), the participants were randomized into two groups: structured AVG (n = 6) and unstructured AVG (n = 7) (3 dropouts). They played 3 sessions a week, during 6 weeks. Direct and indirect metabolic measurements were made. To compare direct and indirect AE, Student t-test was used for related samples. changes (group × time) in HR, perceived exertion (PE), calculated energy expenditure (EE), calculated metabolic equivalent (MET), and motivation (points) were assessed with the two-way analysis of variance. Results. There were no differences between direct and indirect AE (36.0 ± 5.2 vs 33.9 ± 6.0 ml/kg/min: unstructured; 39.0 ± 5.9 vs 37.7 ± 5.9 ml/kg/min; p > 0.05). No differences were observed in maximal HR, PE, or motivation (p > 0.05). Statistically significant differences referred to average HR, MET, and EE over the sessions (p < 0.05). HR and EE values were higher in structured than in unstructured AVGs. conclusions. HR and EE responses of structured AVGs turned out higher than those of unstructured AVGs, and the measurements proved efficient to analyse physical effort in AVGs in a long-term perspective.

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Psyhical effort, energy expediture, and motivation in structured and unstructured active video games: a randomized controlled trial

Gomes¹,

Perrier-Melo²,

Oliveira³

et al. 2019

Hum Mov.

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“…Mobile apps and games were designed and evaluated to measure and/or promote PA with or without wireless sensors. These apps and games were generally rated as enjoyable by youth .…”

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“…SMS was used in RCTs (in addition to other forms of contact as email, calls, websites) (7,9,10,13) in pilot intervention studies (23,(28)(29)(30) and was formatively evaluated in design studies (31)(32)(33). Mobile apps and games with or without sensors were the most commonly employed technology in pilot intervention and user studies and often focused on accurately measuring or promoting increased PA and behaviours (15)(16)(17)(18)(20)(21)(22)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)47) and accurately recording and/or improving dietary intake (14,19,(42)(43)(44)(45)(46). Several apps and games increased PA (20)(21)(22), readiness to change PA behaviours (15), decreased perceived barriers and perceived efforts to exercise (15,16), and increased breakfast (14) and FV consumption (19).…”

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“…Preferred frequency of SMS delivery ranged from one (29) to two times a day (31) for youth and twice a week (from pediatricians) for parents (32). Mobile apps and games were designed and evaluated to measure and/or promote PA with (34,35) or without (36)(37)(38) wireless sensors. These apps and games were generally rated as enjoyable by youth (34,37).…”

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Prevention and treatment of pediatric obesity using mobile and wireless technologies: a systematic review

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Mobile health (mHealth) is a relatively nascent field, with a variety of technologies being explored and developed. Because of the explosive growth in this field, it is of interest to examine the design, development, and efficacy of various interventions as research becomes available. This systematic review examines current use of mobile health technologies in the prevention or treatment of pediatric obesity to catalogue the types of technologies utilized and the impact of mHealth to improve obesity-related outcomes in youth. Of the 4021 articles that were identified, 41 articles met inclusion criteria. Seventeen intervention studies incorporated mHealth as the primary or supplementary treatment. The remaining articles were in the beginning stages of research development and most often described moderate to high usability, feasibility, and acceptability. Although few effects were observed on outcomes such as body mass index, increases in physical activity, self-reported breakfast and fruit and vegetable consumption, adherence to treatment, and self-monitoring were observed. Findings from this review suggest that mHealth approaches are feasible and acceptable tools in the prevention and treatment of pediatric obesity. The large heterogeneity in research designs highlights the need for more agile scientific processes that can keep up with the speed of technology development.

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“…It involves direct and personal contact between patients and healthcare professionals to provide psychological support. Furthermore, Mobile health applications can be explored as mobile games that stimulate people to improve their metabolic health with physical activity and measure vital signs [66].…”

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A Research on the Classification and Applicability of the Mobile Health Applications

Pires

Marques

García

et al. 2020

JPM

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Mobile health applications are applied for different purposes. Healthcare professionals and other users can use this type of mobile applications for specific tasks, such as diagnosis, information, prevention, treatment, and communication. This paper presents an analysis of mobile health applications used by healthcare professionals and their patients. A secondary objective of this article is to evaluate the scientific validation of these mobile health applications and to verify if the results provided by these applications have an underlying sound scientific foundation. This study also analyzed literature references and the use of mobile health applications available in online application stores. In general, a large part of these mobile health applications provides information about scientific validation. However, some mobile health applications are not validated. Therefore, the main contribution of this paper is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the usability and user-perceived quality of mobile health applications and the challenges related to scientific validation of these mobile applications.

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Mobile games and design requirements to increase teenagers’ physical activity

Cited by 28 publications

References 18 publications

Psyhical effort, energy expediture, and motivation in structured and unstructured active video games: a randomized controlled trial

Psyhical effort, energy expediture, and motivation in structured and unstructured active video games: a randomized controlled trial

Prevention and treatment of pediatric obesity using mobile and wireless technologies: a systematic review

A Research on the Classification and Applicability of the Mobile Health Applications

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