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Reviews (63) Games and Gamification for Health (807) Serious Games for Health and Medicine (827) Web-based and Mobile Health Interventions (4175) Exergames, Active Games and Gamification of Physical Activity (253) Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (213) Mobile Apps for Cardiology (193) Cardiac Self-Management (152) Cardiac Disease Management (165)

Published on in Vol 13 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/64410, first published .
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

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

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

Authors of this article:

Tianzhuo Yu1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Monica Parry2 Author Orcid Image ;   Tianyue Yu1 Author Orcid Image ;   Linqi Xu3 Author Orcid Image ;   Yuejin Wu1 Author Orcid Image ;   Ting Zeng1 Author Orcid Image ;   Xin Leng1 Author Orcid Image ;   Qian Tong4 Author Orcid Image ;   Feng Li1 Author Orcid Image
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