Exergames for Patients in Acute Care Settings: Systematic Review of the Reporting of Methodological Quality, FITT Components, and Program Intervention Details

Games for Health Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 224-235

  Knols, Ruud H ^a   Vanderhenst, Tom ^a   Verra, Martin L ^b   De Bruin, Eling D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CHILD; EVALUATION STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; VIDEO GAME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84987879721     PISSN: 2161783X     EISSN: 21617856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2015.0067     Document Type: Article

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