Cardiovascular effects in adolescents while they are playing video games: A potential health risk factor?

Psychophysiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 327-332

  Borusiak, Peter ^a   Bouikidis, Anastasios ^b   Liersch, Rüdiger ^a   Russell, Jarrod B ^a  

^a HELIOS KLINIKUM WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oberhausen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cardiovascular response; Children; Energy consumption; Ergometer; Heart rate; Obesity; Video game

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EXERCISE TEST; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 38849209952     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2007.00622.x     Document Type: Article

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