ArticleJMIR serious games2019
Exergaming Improves Executive Functions in Patients With Metabolic Syndrome: Randomized Controlled Trial.
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Exergaming Improves Executive Functions in Patients With Metabolic Syndrome
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10 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Technology-Enhanced Exercise Training for Cardiometabolic Syndrome: A Scoping Review.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Review
- Effects of Web-Based Physical-Cognitive Telerehabilitation Exergaming on Physical and Cognitive Performance in Chronic Stroke Survivors: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- The Effects of Exergaming on Attention in Children With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR serious games · 2023Article
- Cognitive Benefits of Physical Exercise, Physical-Cognitive Training, and Technology-Based Intervention in Obese Individuals with and without Postmenopausal Condition: A Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Effects of Acute Visual Stimulation Exercise on Attention Processes: An ERP Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Do Older and Young Adults Learn to Integrate Geometry While Navigating in an Environment of a Serious Game?Neuroscience insights · 2021Article
- Effects of the e-Motivate4Change Program on Metabolic Syndrome in Young Adults Using Health Apps and Wearable Devices: Quasi-Experimental Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
- Feasibility of an exergaming training program in type 2 diabetes mellitus: A mixed method study.Digital healthArticle
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Abstract
backgroundRecent studies indicate that participation in exercise-related games can improve executive function, attention processing, and visuospatial skills.
objectiveThe aim of this study was to investigate whether exercise via exergaming (EXG) can improve executive function in patients with metabolic syndrome (MetS).
methodsA total of 22 MetS patients were recruited and randomly assigned to an EXG group or a treadmill exercise (TE) group. The reaction time (RT) and electrophysiological signals from the frontal (Fz), central (Cz), and parietal (Pz) cortices were collected during a Stroop task after 12 weeks of exercise.
resultsDuring the Stroop congruence (facilitation) judgment task, both the EXG and TE groups showed significantly faster RT after 12 weeks of exercise training. For N200 amplitude, the EXG group demonstrated significantly increased electrophysiological signals from the Fz and Cz cortices. These changes were significantly larger in the EXG group than in the TE group. Separately, for the P300 amplitude, the EXG groups presented significantly increased electrophysiological signals from the Fz, Cz, and Pz cortices, whereas the TE group showed significantly increased electrophysiological signals from the Cz and Pz cortices only. During the Stroop incongruence (interference) judgment task, both the EXG and TE groups showed significantly faster RT. For P300 amplitude, the EXG group had significantly increased electrophysiological signals from the Fz and Cz cortices only, whereas the TE group had significantly increased electrophysiological signals from the Fz, Cz, and Pz cortices.
conclusionsEXG improves executive function in patients with MetS as much as normal aerobic exercise does. In particular, a unique benefit of EXG beyond increased aerobic capacity is the improved selective attention among cognitive functions. Thus, EXG could be recommended to someone who needs to improve their brain responses of concentration and judgment as well as physical fitness.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT04015583; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04015583.
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