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Digital Health Reviews (3463) Web-based and Mobile Health Interventions (5687) Games and Gamification for Health (972) mHealth for Wellness, Behavior Change and Prevention (4176) Behavior Change (1042) Innovations and Technology for Physical Activity Education (1041)

Published on in Vol 27 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/62906, first published .
People playing VR fitness games, boxing and running on treadmill.

Exergame-Based Behavior Change Interventions for Promoting Physical Activity: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Studies

Exergame-Based Behavior Change Interventions for Promoting Physical Activity: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Studies

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Si-Jia Li1 Author Orcid Image ;   Hao-Ming Ma1 Author Orcid Image ;   Lin-Qing Zhu2 Author Orcid Image ;   Hong-Yu Yu3 Author Orcid Image ;   Ao-Qi Wang1 Author Orcid Image ;   Xing-Yi Tang1 Author Orcid Image ;   Run-Yuan Pei1 Author Orcid Image ;   Mei-Hua Piao1 Author Orcid Image
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