METs in adults while playing active video games: A metabolic chamber study

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1149-1153

  Miyachi, Motohiko ^a   Yamamoto, Kenta ^a   Ohkawara, Kazunori ^a   Tanaka, Shigeho ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Energy expenditure; Human calorimeter; Metabolic equivalents; Wii

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECREATION;

ADULT; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 77952533698     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181c51c78     Document Type: Article

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