The contribution of upper limb and total body movement to adolescents’ energy expenditure whilst playing Nintendo Wii Graves, Lee E. F., Ridgers, Nicola D. and Stratton, Gareth 2008, The contribution of upper limb and total body movement to adolescents’ energy expenditure whilst playing Nintendo Wii, European journal of applied physiology, vol. 104, no. 4, pp. 617-623, doi: 10.1007/s00421-008-0813-8. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The contribution of upper limb and total body movement to adolescents’ energy expenditure whilst playing Nintendo Wii Author(s) Graves, Lee E. F. Ridgers, Nicola D. orcid.org/0000-0001-5713-3515 Stratton, Gareth Journal name European journal of applied physiology Volume number 104 Issue number 4 Start page 617 End page 623 Total pages 7 Publisher Springer Berlin Place of publication Berlin, Germany Publication date 2008-11 ISSN 1439-6319 1439-6327 Keyword(s) physical activity video games accelerometer sedentary behaviour Summary Little research documents the contribution of upper limb and total body movement to energy expenditure (EE) during active video gaming. To address this, EE, heart rate (HR), and, upper limb and total body movement were assessed in 11- to 17-year-old adolescents whilst playing three active (Nintendo Wii) and one sedentary (XBOX 360) video games. Non-dominant upper limb activity, EE and HR were significantly greater during Wii Sports boxing [mean 267.2 (SD 115.8) J kg−1 min−1; 136.7 (24.5) beats min−1] than tennis or bowling (P ≤ 0.044). For all active games hip activity best predicted EE (R 2 ≥ 0.53), with two-measure models of HR and single-site activity data, and multi-site activity data, similarly explaining the variance in EE (R 2 ≥ 0.64). The physiological cost of upper-body orientated active video games increased when movement of both upper limbs was encouraged. Improvements in EE explanatory power provide support for multi-site activity monitoring during unique, non-ambulatory activities. Language eng DOI 10.1007/s00421-008-0813-8 Field of Research 110602 Exercise Physiology Socio Economic Objective 920501 Child Health HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2008, Springer-Verlag Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30029954 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 08 Sep 2010, 16:09:17 EST Wed, 08 Sep 2010, 16:11:08 EST Tue, 18 Jan 2011, 11:19:56 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 16:17:59 EST Thu, 11 Dec 2014, 16:42:50 EST Tue, 25 Sep 2018, 08:52:07 EST Tue, 25 Sep 2018, 08:52:45 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 138 times in TR Web of Science Cited 161 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1045 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 08 Sep 2010, 16:09:09 EST by Leanne Swaneveld