ExergameClinical

Video game requiring physical movement to play, used as an activity intervention.

Exergames are interactive video games that require bodily movement to control play, marketed or studied as a way to increase physical activity or motor skill practice, particularly in children. Their effectiveness relative to conventional coached activity is the subject of ongoing, methodologically inconsistent research.

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