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Active video games: the mediating effect of aerobic fitness on body composition

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, May 2012
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (91st percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (90th percentile)

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Title
Active video games: the mediating effect of aerobic fitness on body composition
Published in
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, May 2012
DOI 10.1186/1479-5868-9-54
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Authors

Ralph Maddison, Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Andrew Jull, Harry Prapavessis, Louise S Foley, Yannan Jiang

Abstract

Increased understanding of why and how physical activity impacts on health outcomes is needed to increase the effectiveness of physical activity interventions. A recent randomized controlled trial of an active video game (PlayStation EyeToy™) intervention showed a statistically significant treatment effect on the primary outcome, change from baseline in body mass index (BMI), which favored the intervention group at 24 weeks. In this short paper we evaluate the mediating effects of the secondary outcomes.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 <1%
Canada 2 <1%
United States 2 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Singapore 1 <1%
Tunisia 1 <1%
Japan 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Unknown 209 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 39 18%
Student > Master 38 17%
Student > Bachelor 29 13%
Researcher 21 10%
Student > Postgraduate 10 5%
Other 38 17%
Unknown 45 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 40 18%
Sports and Recreations 31 14%
Nursing and Health Professions 24 11%
Psychology 20 9%
Social Sciences 17 8%
Other 28 13%
Unknown 60 27%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 October 2012.
All research outputs
#2,560,866
of 25,371,288 outputs
Outputs from International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
#887
of 2,116 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#15,504
of 175,880 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
#4
of 42 outputs
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