Table 2.

Articles’ main conclusion.

Exergame platform	Description of exergame platform	Outcomes
		Feasibility and safety	Physical activity	Balance	Cognition	Participants’ experiences
Nintendo Wii	Game computer with a wireless controller which detects movements in three dimensions through Bluetooth	Participants felt comfortable playing after five individualized training sessions19 Certain games were too difficult to play19,29 Adherence: 84–97.50%23,25 Practice resulted in improved performance on exergaming23 No serious adverse events26 Exergaming was feasible for stroke patients26	↑ EE29 ↑ Gait speed19 ↑ Physical status, especially cardiorespiratory fitness23 Exergaming resulted in light to moderate intensity range of activity23,28 ↑ Motor function26 No difference in EE exergaming while standing or sitting28	↑ Balance19 No relationship between EE or activity and balance status28	↑ Cognitive benefit23,25 ↑ Executive function23 ↑ Processing speed23	High level of enjoyment19,23 and would like to continue exergaming23 An experience that could be shared with the family, especially with grandchildren19,29 ↑ Mental related Quality of Life25 No increase in symptoms26 and decreased depression symptoms25 ↑ Sense of physical, social and psychological well-being29
Dance Dance Revolution (DDR)	Game computer with a dance mat including four step-sensitive target panels	Older adults were able to interact with the DDR27 Stepping performance was determined by characteristics of game play such as arrow drift speed and step rate27
Xbox 360 Kinect	Game computer with a webcam-style add-on peripheral that enables players to interact without the need to touch a game controller		Exergaming resulted in light physical activity28
Sony PlayStation Eyetoy	Game computer with a USB camera that translates body movements into a controller input	Less suitable for acute stroke patients24				High enjoyment and sense of presence exergaming24
Cybercycling	Enhanced stationary cycling using virtual tours		↑ EE than stationary cycling20		↑ Cognitive benefit, executive function compared to stationary biking20	Introduction of an on-screen competitor led to an increase in riding intensity for more competitive older adults, compared to less competitive, older adults21
Cyberwalking	Enhanced treadmill walking using virtual tours		↑ Max workload in cyberwalking than treadmill22 ↓ Number of sessions required to reach target heart rate and VO2 when cyberwalking compared to treadmill training22			Participants described cyberwalking as feeling immersed in the VR scene22

EE: energy expenditure; VR: virtual reality; VO2: oxygen uptake.