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ArticleHealth psychology and behavioral medicine2026

From Gym to App: integrating digital monitoring to enhance student engagement in physical education.

Stefan Alecu, Gheorghe Adrian Onea

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Article in Health psychology and behavioral medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Stefan AlecuFaculty of Physical Education and Mountain Sports, Transilvania University, Brasov, Romania.
Gheorghe Adrian OneaFaculty of Physical Education and Mountain Sports, Transilvania University, Brasov, Romania.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study examines the effect of integrating a digital fitness application into university physical education on students' physical activity, motivation, and self-perceptions. A quasi-experimental design was conducted over 14 weeks with 1,614 undergraduate students, divided into an experimental group (

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digital technologymotivationPhysical activityphysical educationstudent engagement

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PMID42889825
PMCPMC13670276

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