Active Video Games (Exergames) Provide Both Physical and Emotional Relief to Adults and Children Facing a Myriad of Health Challenges.
This study by Emma Stanmore and her associates at University of Manchester does a great job of highlighting the significant health benefits that are available when motion and cognitive challenges are incorporated into video game play.
Recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses of this growing literature have provided preliminary evidence that exergames can improve various health-related outcomes, including reducing childhood obesity, improving balance and falls risk factors in elderly adults, facilitating functional rehabilitation in people with Parkinson’s disease, and even reducing depression.
As gaming platforms continue to offer more ways to sense and track motion, and the science continues to develop, I expect we will see this genre of game continue to evolve and become a leading source for medicinal media.
Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014976341730129X
