Key result
A 10-minute training session with the Nintendo Wii Free Run game significantly increased heart rate from a resting baseline of 75 bpm to a mean exercise heart rate of 176 bpm in sedentary women.
Why the study?
Does a 10-minute training session with Nintendo Wii Free Run trigger acute hemodynamic changes in healthy unfit women?
Population
25 healthy unfit women aged 28 ± 6 years not involved in regular physical exercise in the last six months…
Design
Other
Follow-up
10 minutes (immediate post-activity)
Authors
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May support active video gaming to reach aerobic HR zones in sedentary women; leaves open long-term adherence and fitness effects.
Does a 10-minute training session with Nintendo Wii Free Run trigger acute hemodynamic changes in healthy unfit women?
Absolute Event Rate: 176% vs 75%
p-value: p=<0.001
A 10-minute session of the Nintendo Wii Free Run game triggers acute hemodynamic changes sufficient to reach the target zone for aerobic exercise in unfit healthy women.
Monteiro-Júnior et al. (2014) studied Healthy, sedentary (n=25). Nintendo Wii Fit Plus (Free Run game) vs. Pre-activity baseline was evaluated on Heart rate (p=<0.001). A 10-minute training session with the Nintendo Wii Free Run game significantly increased heart rate from a resting baseline of 75 bpm to a mean exercise heart rate of 176 bpm in sedentary women.
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