Serious Games for Health and Medicine

Identifying Key Principles and Commonalities in Digital Serious Game Design Frameworks: Scoping Review

Raluca Ionela Maxim, Joan Arnedo-Moreno

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Mar 05); 13:e54075

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Effect of a Gamified Family-Based Exercise Intervention on Adherence to 24-Hour Movement Behavior Recommendations in Preschool Children: Single-Center Pragmatic Trial

Gaizka Legarra-Gorgoñon, Yesenia García-Alonso, Robinson Ramírez-Vélez, Loreto Alonso-Martínez, Mikel Izquierdo, Alicia M Alonso-Martínez

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Mar 04); 13:e60185

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Diaphragmatic Breathing Interfaces to Promote Relaxation for Mitigating Insomnia: Pilot Study

Yi-Jen Lai, Hsiao-Yean Chiu, Ko-Chiu Wu, Chun-Wei Chang

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Mar 04); 13:e67000

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A Self-Adaptive Serious Game to Improve Motor Learning Among Older Adults in Immersive Virtual Reality: Short-Term Longitudinal Pre-Post Study on Retention and Transfer

Gauthier Everard, Louise Declerck, Thierry Lejeune, Martin Gareth Edwards, Justine Bogacki, Cléo Reiprich, Kelly Delvigne, Nicolas Legrain, Charles Sebiyo Batcho

JMIR Aging 2025 (Mar 03); 8:e64004

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Machine Learning Analysis of Engagement Behaviors in Older Adults With Dementia Playing Mobile Games: Exploratory Study

Melika Torabgar, Mathieu Figeys, Shaniff Esmail, Eleni Stroulia, Adriana M Ríos Rincón

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Mar 03); 13:e54797

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Reward Feedback Mechanism in Virtual Reality Serious Games in Interventions for Children With Attention Deficits: Pre- and Posttest Experimental Control Group Study

Hao Fang, Changqing Fang, Yan Che, Xinyuan Peng, Xiaofan Zhang, Di Lin

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Feb 24); 13:e67338

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Exergame (ExerG)-Based Physical-Cognitive Training for Rehabilitation in Adults With Motor and Balance Impairments: Usability Study

Silvia Herren, Barbara Seebacher, Sarah Mildner, Yanick Riederer, Ulrike Pachmann, Nija Sonja Böckler, Stephan Niedecken, Sabrina Alicia Sgandurra, Leo Bonati, Isabella Hotz, Alexandra Schättin, Roman Jurt, Christian Brenneis, Katharina Lenfert, Frank Behrendt, Stefan Schmidlin, Lennart Nacke, Corina Schuster-Amft, Anna Lisa Martin-Niedecken

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Feb 14); 13:e66515

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Enhancing Immersion in Virtual Reality–Based Advanced Life Support Training: Randomized Controlled Trial

Dilek Kitapcioglu, Mehmet Emin Aksoy, Arun Ekin Ozkan, Tuba Usseli, Dilan Cabuk Colak, Tugrul Torun

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Feb 14); 13:e68272

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A Serious Game to Study Reduced Field of View in Keyhole Surgery: Development and Experimental Study

Phoebe Whitley, Connor Creasey, Matthew J Clarkson, Stephen Thompson

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Feb 11); 13:e56269

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Comparing In-Person, Standard Telehealth, and Remote Musculoskeletal Examination With a Novel Augmented Reality Exercise Game System: Pilot Cross-Sectional Comparison Study

Richard Wu, Keerthana Chakka, Sara Belko, Ninad Khargonkar, Kevin Desai, Balakrishnan Prabhakaran, Thiru Annaswamy

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Feb 05); 13:e57443

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Exploring Virtual Reality and Exercise Simulator Interventions in Patients With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Comprehensive Literature Review

Gurdeep Sarai, Prem Prakash Jayaraman, Oren Tirosh, Nilmini Wickramasinghe

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Jan 29); 13:e57297

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Effectiveness of Mobile Health–Based Gamification Interventions for Improving Physical Activity in Individuals With Cardiovascular Diseases: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Tianzhuo Yu, Monica Parry, Tianyue Yu, Linqi Xu, Yuejin Wu, Ting Zeng, Xin Leng, Qian Tong, Feng Li

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Jan 24); 13:e64410

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Bridging Needs and Expectations of Individuals With Physical Disabilities and Community Services Stakeholders for the Cocreation of an Adapted Physical Activity Platform in Virtual Reality: Qualitative Study

Aurélien Ramos, Maxence Boisvert, Elodie Traverse, Danielle Levac, Martin Lemay, Marika Demers, Martine Bordeleau, Sarah-Maude Ruest, Roxanne Périnet-Lacroix, Krista L Best, Maxime T Robert

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Jan 17); 13:e59704

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Transformative Gamified Binocular Therapy for Unilateral Amblyopia in Young Children: Pilot Prospective Efficacy and Safety Study

Wenqing Zhu, Shuneng Gu, Jian Li, Jin Lin, Chanling Hu, Rui Liu

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Jan 16); 13:e63384

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Gamified Web-Delivered Attentional Bias Modification Training for Adults With Chronic Pain: Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Julie F Vermeir, Melanie J White, Daniel Johnson, Geert Crombez, Dimitri M L Van Ryckeghem

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Jan 16); 13:e50635

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Pervasive Games for Sexual Health Promotion: Scoping Literature Review

Claudio Rubio, Felipe Besoain

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Jan 15); 13:e58912

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Effectiveness of a Virtual Reality Serious Video Game (The Secret Trail of Moon) for Emotional Regulation in Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Randomized Clinical Trial

Marina Martin-Moratinos, Marcos Bella-Fernández, María Rodrigo-Yanguas, Carlos González-Tardón, Chao Li, Ping Wang, Ana Royuela, Pilar Lopez-Garcia, Hilario Blasco-Fontecilla

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Jan 08); 13:e59124

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Virtual Reality High-Intensity Interval Training Exergaming Compared to Traditional High-Intensity Circuit Training Among Medical Students: Pilot Crossover Study

Pietro Merola, Marcos Barros Cardoso, Gabriel Barreto, Matheus Carvalho Chagas, Luana Farias Oliveira Saunders, Bryan Saunders, Danilo Cortozi Berton

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Jan 07); 13:e63461

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User Experience of a Semi-Immersive Musical Serious Game to Stimulate Cognitive Functions in Hospitalized Older Patients: Questionnaire Study

Laurent Samson, Lena Carcreff, Frédéric Noublanche, Sophie Noublanche, Hélène Vermersch-Leiber, Cédric Annweiler

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Jan 06); 13:e57030

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Game-Based Promotion of Assertiveness to Mitigate the Effects of Bullying in High School Students: Development and Evaluation Study

Francisco Lepe-Salazar, Fernando Mejía-Romero, Dámaso Benicio-Rodríguez, Aylin Hernández-Reyes, Tatsuo Nakajima, Sarita Salgado-Torres

JMIR Serious Games 2024 (Dec 24); 12:e58452

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