Citation

Anderson N, Steele J, O'Neill LA, Harden LA. Br. J. Sports Med. 2016; 51(20): 1505-1506.

Affiliation

Farnham Chiropractic Wellness, Farnham, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/bjsports-2016-096762

PMID

27539503

Abstract

Pokémon Go is a smart phone game created by Niantic featuring the original creatures from Nintendo/GAMEFREAK/Creatures. The goal is to catch and level up Pocket monsters or Pokémon and your avatar through various tasks and by visiting various physical locations (figure 1).

It is an example of exergaming, ‘technology-driven physical activities, such as video game play, that requires participants to be physically active or exercise in order to play the …

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