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Perusek K, Sparks K, Little K, et al. A Comparison of Energy Expenditure During "Wii Boxing" Versus Heavy Bag Boxing in Young Adults. Games Health J. 2014;3(1):21-4doi: 10.1089/g4h.2013.0059.
Perusek, K., Sparks, K., Little, K., Motley, M., Patterson, S., & Wieand, J. (2014). A Comparison of Energy Expenditure During "Wii Boxing" Versus Heavy Bag Boxing in Young Adults. Games for health journal, 3(1), 21-4. https://doi.org/10.1089/g4h.2013.0059
Perusek, Kristen, et al. "A Comparison of Energy Expenditure During "Wii Boxing" Versus Heavy Bag Boxing in Young Adults." Games for health journal vol. 3,1 (2014): 21-4. doi: https://doi.org/10.1089/g4h.2013.0059
Perusek K, Sparks K, Little K, Motley M, Patterson S, Wieand J. A Comparison of Energy Expenditure During "Wii Boxing" Versus Heavy Bag Boxing in Young Adults. Games Health J. 2014 Feb;3(1):21-4. doi: 10.1089/g4h.2013.0059. Epub 2014 Jan 20. PMID: 26197251.
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Games Health J. 2014 Feb;3(1):21-4. doi: 10.1089/g4h.2013.0059. Epub 2014 Jan 20.

A Comparison of Energy Expenditure During "Wii Boxing" Versus Heavy Bag Boxing in Young Adults.

Games for health journal

Kristen Perusek, Kenneth Sparks, Kathleen Little, Mary Motley, Sheila Patterson, Jennifer Wieand

Affiliations

  1. 1 MetroHealth Medical Center , Cleveland, Ohio.
  2. 2 Department of Health and Human Performance, Cleveland State University , Cleveland, Ohio.
  3. 3 West Virginia Department of Education , Keyser, West Virginia.

PMID: 26197251 DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2013.0059

Abstract

Traditional computer videogames are sedentary, whereas new computer videogames, such as the Nintendo(®) (Redmond, WA) "Wii™ Sports" games, allow users to physically interact while playing the sport. Energy expenditure (EE), heart rate (HR), and rating of perceived exertion (RPE) during heavy bag boxing versus the Nintendo "Wii Boxing" game were compared. Fifteen males and 14 females (mean age, 25.6 years; height, 171.3 cm; weight, 71.8 kg) randomly selected (by a coin toss) heavy bag boxing or "Wii Boxing" for their first test session and completed the other protocol at their second session at least 2 days later. Each session lasted for a total duration of 30 minutes and consisted of 10 3-minute exercise bouts with measurements of HR, RPE, and EE obtained from indirect calorimetry. A paired-samples t test was used to analyze the results. Significant differences were found for HR (bag, 156 beats per minute; Wii, 138 beats per minute; P=0.001) and RPE (bag, 13.8; Wii, 11.4; P=0.0001) but not for EE (bag, 8.0 kcal/minute; Wii, 7.1 kcal/minute; bag, 241 total kcal; Wii, 213 total kcal; P=0.078). The results suggest that computer active videogames, such as the Nintendo Wii, have the potential to provide similar EE as their traditional forms of exercise and may be a sufficient replacement for traditional target HR zone activities, especially in less fit individuals. Further research is needed to compare EE for different "Wii Sports" games with those for their traditional forms of exercise.

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