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Digital Health Reviews (1723) Serious Games for Health and Medicine (802) Games and Gamification for Health (776) Innovations and Technology for Physical Activity Education (926) Exergames, Active Games and Gamification of Physical Activity (241) Prevention and Health Promotion (1360)

Published on in Vol 25 (2023)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/45243, first published .
Active Video Game Interventions Targeting Physical Activity Behaviors: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Active Video Game Interventions Targeting Physical Activity Behaviors: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Active Video Game Interventions Targeting Physical Activity Behaviors: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Authors of this article:

Arlen C Moller1 Author Orcid Image ;   Caio Victor Sousa2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Kelly Jihyeon Lee3 Author Orcid Image ;   Dar Alon3, 4 Author Orcid Image ;   Amy Shirong Lu3 Author Orcid Image
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