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Table 2 Cardiorespiratory variables, energy expenditure, and perceived exertion of the 15 minutes Wii game play

From: Energy expenditure in chronic stroke patients playing Wii Sports: a pilot study

 

Tennis (n = 7)

Boxing (n = 8)

P

VO2 (ml/min)

891.6 (249.1)

980.1 (319.2)

0.345

VO2 (ml/kg/min)

11.0 (3.9)

11.9 (3.3)

0.345

VO2 (ml/FFM/min)

17.0 (5.2)

18.1 (4.4)

0.345

HR (beats/min)

96.8 (14.7)

106.1 (20.0)

0.225

VE (L/min)

25.7 (4.7)

33.2 (10.3)

0.225

RER

0.91 (0.06)

0.95 (0.07)

0.500

Energy expenditure (METs)

3.7 (0.8)

4.1 (0.7)

0.500

Perceived exertion

4.1 (1.2)

5.3 (2.7)

0.034

  1. Values are mean ± standard deviation
  2. VO2 = oxygen uptake
  3. FFM = fat free mass
  4. HR = heart rate
  5. VE = pulmonary ventilation
  6. RER = respiratory exchange rate
  7. METs = metabolic equivalents