ArticleAmerican journal of public health2017
Pokémon GO: Healthy or Harmful?
Article in American journal of public health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
What it found
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Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed.
- Motivational Factors, Physical Activity Impacts, and Sociopsychological Effects of Pokémon GO in Players Over the Years: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Pokémon GO, Went, Gone…-Physical Activity Level, Health Behaviours, and Mental Well-Being of Game Users: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Upper Extremity and Musculoskeletal Injuries Related to Videogame and Augmented Reality Game Usage: A Narrative Review Article.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2025Review
- The Rationale Behind the Design Decisions in an Augmented Reality Mobile eHealth Exergame to Increase Physical Activity for Inactive Older People With Heart Failure.JMIR serious games · 2024Article
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- The Poké Ball sign in mature ovarian cystic teratoma.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2021Review
- Scoping Review of Pokémon Go: Comprehensive Assessment of Augmented Reality for Physical Activity Change.Games for health journal · 2020Article
- The Use of Augmented Reality Technology in Medical Specimen Museum Tours.Anatomical sciences education · 2019Article
- Step Counts of Middle-Aged and Elderly Adults for 10 Months Before and After the Release of Pokémon GO in Yokohama, Japan.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Article
- Pokémon GO and Physical Activity in Asia: Multilevel Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Article
- The Praise and Price of Pokémon GO: A Qualitative Study of Children's and Parents' Experiences.JMIR serious games · 2018Article
- Predictors of Playing Augmented Reality Mobile Games While Walking Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior: Web-Based Survey.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2017Article
- Examining Motivations to Play Pokémon GO and Their Influence on Perceived Outcomes and Physical Activity.JMIR serious games · 2017Article
- Pokémon GO and psychological distress, physical complaints, and work performance among adult workers: a retrospective cohort study.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Pokémon GO: snake oil or miracle cure for physical inactivity?Annals of translational medicine · 2017Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
6 authors.
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Abstract
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Registered trials
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