An initial evaluation of the impact of Pokémon GO on physical activity

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Xian, Ying ^a   Xu, Hanzhang ^b   Xu, Haolin ^a   Liang, Li ^a   Hernandez, Adrian F ^a   Wang, Tracy Y ^a   Peterson, Eric D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Mobile games; Physical exercise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATION; MORTALITY RATE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POKEMON GO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICA; ACTIMETRY; ACTIVITY TRACKER; DEVICES; EXERCISE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; LEAST SQUARE ANALYSIS; MOBILE PHONE; ODDS RATIO; SELF REPORT; TIME FACTOR; VIDEO GAME; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADULT; CELL PHONE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS TRACKERS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019384986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.116.005341     Document Type: Article

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