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An Investigation Into the Attitudes of Virtual Cycling Participants Regarding Avatar Bodyweight Manipulation and Weight Doping

Bryce Dyer and Jacqui Taylor

difficulties in prevention, and also suggested many novel ideas. For example, a creative response was, “A focus on finding solutions like athlete agreements and ebiopassport (transparency) profiles should be more the focus as a prevention/intervention strategy.” The suggestions made by our respondents could be

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Exercise Recommendations for e-Athletes: Guidelines to Prevent Injuries and Health Issues

Arnau Baena-Riera, Lucia Maria Carrani, Aitor Piedra, and Javier Peña

 al., 2021 ). Furthermore, if these breaks are performed with vigorous intensity, they could help reduce the damage done to cardiometabolic health due to prolonged sedentary behavior ( Islam et al., 2022 ). Finally, as in many traditional sports, injury prevention improves player availability (e.g., it may

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Evaluating Musculoskeletal Discomfort in Esports: A Focus on Competitive and Recreational Players From the Philippines and Japan

Lizbeth Mariano, Ping Yeap Loh, Yujiro Ishihara, Jeewon Choi, and Satoshi Muraki

). Part IV included questions on injury prevention, frequency and length of breaks, warm-up and cooldown habits, and training attendance. In Part V, for the past 7 days and 6 months, the participants rated their esports-related discomfort in the 14 body regions shown in Figure  2 from the lowest rating

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Development of the Esportsmanship Scale and Analysis of Its Relationship to Well-Being, Physical Health Problems, Gaming Addiction Tendencies, Aggressive Feelings, Empathy, and Self-Positivity

Shiroh Ohno

risks, including gamer’s neck, hand, and wrist pain; metabolic disorders; and deep vein thrombosis, as they spend long hours in the same position in a gaming chair. They identified “health promotion and performance optimization recommendations” as guidelines for injury prevention and risk management in

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Introduction to the Journal of Electronic Gaming and Esports

David P. Hedlund

.R. , Walley , P.B. , & Calhoun , K.S. ( 1987 ). Relaxation training, in vivo exposure and response-prevention in the treatment of compulsive video-game playing . Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 16 ( 4 ), 185 – 190 . Larrabee , T. , & Mitchell , C.L. ( 1984 ). Gambit: A prototyping approach to video

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The Effect of Extended Reality Exercise on Physical Activity and Physical Performance in Children and Youth: A Scoping Review

Simon Schaerz, Morgan Boyes, and Amanda Mohamed

youth aged 11–17 years, revealed that over 80% of children and youth are not engaging in sufficient physical activity to meet the minimum recommendation ( Guthold et al., 2020 ). In the United States ( Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2022 ), Canada ( ParticipACTION, 2022 ), and Europe

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The AACTT of Trash Talk: Identifying Forms of Trash Talk in Esports Using Behavior Specification

Sidney V. Irwin, Anjum Naweed, and Michele Lastella

& Prevention, 99, 459 – 464 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2015.11.025 Hedlund , D.P. ( 2021 ). A typology of esport players . Journal of Global Sport Management . Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/24704067.2021.1871858 Helgeson , S. ( 2018 ). Esports’ battle of the Atlantic

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Physical Exercise and Performance in Esports Players: An Initial Systematic Review

Craig McNulty, Seth E. Jenny, Oliver Leis, Dylan Poulus, Peter Sondergeld, and Mitchell Nicholson

investigate performance changes could inform criteria for exercise in esports training. Exercise may have an important role in improving aspects such as player career longevity, injury prevention and rehabilitation, reducing stress, improving coping, and mitigating burnout in esports. For example, since

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Tryhard With a Vengeance: Meaning Making and Boundary Keeping on Twitch

Sarah Evans and Stephen M. Llano

spaces, looking for ways we can interrupt negative memetic behaviors and further build up and implement best practices. Research on successful interventions and strategies for prevention of race-, gender-, and sexuality-based harassment is and will continue to be invaluable as life—both symbolic and