ReviewCureus2023
Health Benefits of Esports: A Systematic Review Comparing the Cardiovascular and Mental Health Impacts of Esports.
Review in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06415578 (Effectiveness of Ergonomics Training and Exercise in Esports Players), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effectiveness of Ergonomics Training and Exercise in Esports Players
Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Association Between Esports Participation and Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2026Pooled it
- Virtual Nature, Metaverse, and NAD⁺: A Narrative Review for Health Planning and Healthy Ageing.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Behavioral and psychosocial correlates of awake bruxism behaviors in esports athletes: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Sleep Quality and Mental Health of High-Level Esports Competitors: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Reference values for respiratory muscle strength measured with the S-Index Test in well-trained athletes, e-sports athletes and age-matched controls.Experimental physiology · 2025Article
- Prevalence and Characteristics of Female and Male Esports Players among Norwegian Youth: A General Population Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Digital Challenges: Investigating Computer Vision Syndrome in Thai Esports Through a Case-Control Approach.Clinical optometry · 2024Article
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13 authors.
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Abstract
Sports all over the world are celebrated and embraced as an indicator of triumph of youth and the human experience. Esports have increasingly come to be associated with an industry likened to traditional sports. Professional gamers who continuously define new standards in the areas of gaming, entertainment, and esports have emerged. This systematic review sought to find out the extent to which these virtual sports affect cardiovascular and mental health, both positively and negatively, and if this is comparable to traditional sports to any degree. Using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses, we reviewed journals and full-text articles that addressed the topic with keywords, such as esports, cardiovascular, mental health, gaming, and virtual reality. Six articles were selected after quality assessment. In summary, rehabilitative medicine currently benefits the most from this entertainment platform, with comparable findings in the positive and negative effects on mental health. Cardiovascular health appears to benefit from esports, with an increase in physical activity with use, but is not at the level of replacing traditional sports. Unlike as seen with traditional sports, addiction to gaming appears to be a steadily emerging issue that mental health practitioners will, in the not-so-distant future, have to lay ground rules for if esports are to be incorporated in everyday affairs.
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