Active fantasy sports: Rationale and feasibility of leveraging online fantasy sports to promote physical activity

JMIR Serious Games

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Moller, Arlen C ^a,b   Majewski, Sara ^a   Standish, Melanie ^a   Agarwal, Pooja ^a   Podowski, Aleksandra ^a   Carson, Rebecca ^a   Eyesus, Biruk ^a   Shah, Aakash ^a   Schneider, Kristin L ^c  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Active video game; Asynchronous; Enjoyment; Exergame; Games for health; Intrinsic motivation; Multiplayer; Physical activity; Social support; Sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016410857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22919279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/games.3691     Document Type: Article

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