ArticleSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2022
Associations Between Esports Participation and Health: A Scoping Review.
Article in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06415578 (Effectiveness of Ergonomics Training and Exercise in Esports Players), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effectiveness of Ergonomics Training and Exercise in Esports Players
Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Association Between Esports Participation and Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2026Pooled it
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- Mental Health Monitoring in Esports Athletes Using an mHealth App: Requirements Analysis and Usability Study.JMIR human factors · 2026Article
- As Critical as the Score in the E-Sports World: The Effect of Stress on Eating Behavior.Food science & nutrition · 2026Article
- Sleep Quality and Mental Health of High-Level Esports Competitors: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- SPINAL DISORDERS IN PROFESSIONAL ESPORTS ATHLETES: PROTOCOL FOR A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW.Acta ortopedica brasileira · 2026Review
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- Integrating physical activity into esports practice: predicting mental well-being and cognitive fatigue through a dual SEM-XAI approach.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- From "player" to "viewer": a survey on the willingness of video game players to alter their game consumption behavior.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Editorial: Monitoring and promoting physical exercise and physical performance in esports players.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Effects of Competitive Exergaming-Based Esports on Older Adults in Hong Kong: Nonrandomized Controlled Pilot Study.JMIR serious games · 2025Article
- Comparison of body mass index and physical activity levels of e-sportsmen.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Effects of a Playoff Match on Competitive Anxiety and Autonomic Regulation in Professional esports Players.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2025Article
- Video Game Skills across Diverse Genres and Cognitive Functioning in Early Adulthood: Verbal and Visuospatial Short-Term and Working Memory, Hand-Eye Coordination, and Empathy.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Prevalence and Characteristics of Female and Male Esports Players among Norwegian Youth: A General Population Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Promoting mental health in esports.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Parental support in esports through the lens of the theory of planned behaviour.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- ESport programs in high school: what's at play?Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Challenging the Portrait of the Unhealthy Gamer-The Fitness and Health Status of Esports Players and Their Peers: Comparative Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Perspectives of eFootball Players and Staff Members Regarding the Effects of Esports on Health: A Qualitative Study.Sports medicine - open · 2023Article
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Abstract
Esports are a contemporary phenomenon, with millions of people involved. Still, scientific literature on the topic is scarce. Anecdotal reports, mostly based on what is known from videogames practice, have associated esports with unhealthy lifestyles and health-related problems. The present scoping review aimed to provide an overview of findings from studies regarding the health and well-being in adult esports players, while identifying the most studied topics in the field and those still lacking scientific research.The search was conducted in MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science, B-on, and ESCBO databases. Studies regarding health consequences of esports practice conducted with adult esports players were included. No exclusion criteria concerning age, sex, esports modality, or esports level were applied, but articles related to other forms of video gaming or gambling were excluded. The search was limited to peer-reviewed articles. Opinion and review articles were excluded.There were 1416 articles retrieved from which 33 met the inclusion criteria. Lifestyle habits, sleep, exercise and physical health (including musculoskeletal health), physiological demands, and mental health were the main topics of investigation. Several gaps in the literature were identified, namely studies on cardiovascular, respiratory, or metabolic health, or consuming-related risks. Also, the lack of homogeneous methodologies and definitions used in esports-related studies was identified.Esports practice has been associated with different health-related symptoms, but more studies using more robust methodologies and appropriate research design are needed. Topics such as cardiovascular health or the use of performance-enhancing drugs are lacking.
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