Do Motion Controllers Make Action Video Games Less Sedentary? A Randomized Experiment

• Main Authors: Elizabeth J. Lyons (Author), Deborah F. Tate (Author), Dianne S. Ward (Author), Kurt M. Ribisl (Author), J. Michael Bowling (Author), Sriram Kalyanaraman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Sports- and fitness-themed video games using motion controllers have been found to produce physical activity. It is possible that motion controllers may also enhance energy expenditure when applied to more sedentary games such as action games. Young adults (N = 100) were randomized to play three gam...