Serious Games for Health and Medicine

Current Clinical and Educational Uses of Immersive Reality in Anesthesia: Narrative Review

Andrew Fleet, Lilia Kaustov, Elio BR Belfiore, Bill Kapralos, Clyde Matava, Julian Wiegelmann, Peter Giacobbe, Fahad Alam

J Med Internet Res 2025 (Mar 11); 27:e62785

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Comparative Efficacy of Video Games Versus Midazolam in Reducing Perioperative Anxiety in Pediatric Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Ziyue Luo, Sisi Deng, Ruihao Zhou, Ling Ye, Tao Zhu, Guo Chen

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Mar 10); 13:e67007

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Gamified Adaptive Approach Bias Modification in Individuals With Methamphetamine Use History From Communities in Sichuan: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Danlin Shen, Jianping Jiao, Liqun Zhang, Yanru Liu, Xiang Liu, Yuanhui Li, Tianjiao Zhang, Dai Li, Wei Hao

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Mar 10); 13:e56978

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Effects and Acceptability of a 1-Week Home-Based Virtual Reality Training for Supporting the Management of Stress and Anxiety: Randomized Pilot Trial

Federica Pallavicini, Eleonora Orena, Lisa Arnoldi, Federica Achille, Stefano Stefanini, Maddalena Cassa, Alessandro Pepe, Guido Veronese, Luca Bernardelli, Francesca Sforza, Sara Fascendini, Carlo Alberto Defanti, Marco Gemma, Massimo Clerici, Giuseppe Riva, Fabrizia Mantovani

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Mar 06); 13:e50326

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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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Kangaroo Stimulation Game in Tracheostomized Intensive Care–Related Dysphagia: Interventional Feasibility Study

Marjolein Jansen, Ingrid D van Iperen, Anke Kroner, Raphael Hemler, Esther Dekker-Holverda, Peter E Spronk

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Mar 05); 13:e60685

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Effects of a Session of Exergames and Traditional Games on Inhibitory Control in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Randomized Controlled Crossover Trial

Juliana Macedo Miranda, Rodrigo Alberto Vieira Browne, Weslley Quirino Alves da Silva, João Paulo Rodrigues dos Santos, Carmen Silvia Grubert Campbell, Isabela Almeida Ramos

JMIR Serious Games 2025 (Mar 05); 13:e65562

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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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