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Do E-Athletes Move? : A Study on Training and Physical Exercise in Elite E-Sports (2016)

Kari, T., & Karhulahti, V.-M. (2016). Do E-Athletes Move? : A Study on Training and Physical Exercise in Elite E-Sports. International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations, 8(4), 53-66. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJGCMS.2016100104

JYU-tekijät tai -toimittajat

Kari, Tuomas

Julkaisun tiedot

Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Kari, Tuomas; Karhulahti, Veli-Matti

Lehti tai sarja: International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations

ISSN: 1942-3888

eISSN: 1942-3896

Julkaisuvuosi: 2016

Volyymi: 8

Lehden numero: 4

Artikkelin sivunumerot: 53-66

Kustantaja: IGI Global

Julkaisumaa: Yhdysvallat (USA)

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4018/IJGCMS.2016100104

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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/53481

Lisätietoja: Uudelleenjulkaisu: Kari, T., & Karhulahti, V. (2021). Do E-Athletes Move? : A Study on Training and Physical Exercise in Elite E-Sports. In Research Anthology on Business Strategies, Health Factors, and Ethical Implications in Sports and eSports (pp. 915-929). IGI Global. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-7707-3.ch049

Tiivistelmä

This article offers possibly the first peer-reviewed study on the training routines of elite e-athletes with special focus on the subjects' physical exercise routines. The study is based on a sample of 115 elite e-athletes. According to the responses, e-athletes train approximately 5.28 hours every day around the year on the elite level. Approximately 1.08 hours of that training is physical exercise. More than half (55.6%) of the elite e-athletes believe that integrating physical exercise in their training programs has a positive effect on esport performance; however, no less than 47.0% of the elite e-athletes do their physical exercise chiefly to maintain overall health. Accordingly, the study indicates that elite e-athletes are active athletes as well, those of age 18 and older exercising physically more than three times the daily 21-minute activity recommendation given by World Health Organization.

YSO-asiasanat: harjoittelu; käytäntö; elektroninen urheilu

Vapaat asiasanat: sport; athletics; esport; physicality; exercise

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