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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION
Volume 99, Issue 5, Pages 372-380Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000001341
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Active Video Games; Exercises; Meta-analysis; Systematic Review
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Objective This review aimed to investigate the effectiveness of active video games as an adjunct to pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Design All entries to the following databases were searched up until April 3, 2019: PubMed, Embase Ovid, the Cochrane Central Register of Randomized Controlled Trials, Web of Science, Wanfang, Weipu, and Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure databases. Results A total of seven articles (three randomized controlled trials and four quasi-experimental studies) with 249 patients were included. Active video games can increase the 6-min walk distance by 30.9 meters on average. Four studies assessed quality of life and showed significant improvement. Four studies have reported that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease found active video games to be enjoyable. Patient adherence was assessed in two studies and showed high adherence with active video games. No adverse events related to active video games were reported. Conclusions The review demonstrated that active video games as an adjunct to pulmonary rehabilitation of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may prove to be useful and enjoyable. Additional studies should explore the differences between different types of active video games in order to create more effective game interventions for pulmonary rehabilitation.
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