Table 2.

Details of the video game interventions in included articles

Author	VG equipment	Session duration	Frequency	VG intervention duration	VG intervention setting
Ashkenazi et al. [35]	PlayStation2 EyeToya	60mins (45mins video games)b	1x week (total of 10 sessions)	12 weeks	Unclear
Bonney et al. [36]	Nintendo Wiid	45mins	1x week	14 weeks	School
Bonney et al. [37]	Nintendo Wii	20mins	2x week	5 weeks	School
Bonney et al. [38]	Nintendo Wii	20mins	2x week	5 weeks	School
Bonney et al. [39]	Nintendo Wiid	45mins	1x week	14 weeks	School
Ferguson et al. [40]	Nintendo Wii	30mins	3x week	6 weeks	School
Hammond et al. [41]	Nintendo Wii	10mins	3x week	4 weeks	School
Howie et al. [42]	PlayStation3 Move and Eye, Xbox 360 Kinect	Minimum of 20mins	Most days (minimum of 4–5 days)	16 weeks	Home-based
Jelsma et al. [43]	Nintendo Wii	30mins	3x week	6 weeks	Schoolc
Jelsma et al. [44]	Nintendo Wii	30mins	3x week	6 weeks	Schoolc
Ju et al. [45]	Nintendo Wiie	45mins	3x week	4 weeks	Schoolc
Mombarg et al. [46]	Nintendo Wii	30mins	3x week	6 weeks	School
Smits-Engelsman et al. [48]	Nintendo Wii	20mins	2x week	5 weeks	School
Smits-Engelsman et al. [47]	Nintendo Wii	20mins	2x week	5 weeks	School
Straker et al. [49]	PlayStation3 Move and Eye, Xbox 360 Kinect	Minimum of 20mins	Most days (minimum of 4–5 days)	16 weeks	Home-based

VG, video game; ^asome games played with parents, some on different surfaces to increase instability; ^blast 15 min of session was for goal-directed tasks (e.g. riding a bicycle) and as such video games were only played for 45 min per session; ^cdetermined after contacting author; ^dintervention with the Nintendo Wii also included weighted backpacks to augment body mass and a wooden platform to raise the centre of mass; ^eused custom-made games that integrated with the Nintendo Wii